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4:21
Michael Corballis
Evolution's great mystery: Language
Posted
Aug 2020
14:12
Debbie Millman
How symbols and brands shape our humanity
Posted
Feb 2020
20:10
Mark Pagel
How language transformed humanity
Posted
Aug 2011
19:24
Robert Full
The sticky wonder of gecko feet
Posted
Nov 2007
23:03
Jim Simons
The mathematician who cracked Wall Street
Posted
Sep 2015
19:28
Susan Blackmore
Memes and "temes"
Posted
Jun 2008
5:15
Rebecca Tarvin
Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?
Posted
Jul 2018
4:50
Ameya Gondhalekar
Why are cockroaches so hard to kill?
Posted
Apr 2022
5:03
Anne Gaskett
The sexual deception of orchids
Posted
Feb 2019
13:59
Gary Marcus
The urgent risks of runaway AI — and what to do about them
Posted
May 2023
5:04
Ilan Stavans
A brief history of Spanish
Posted
Aug 2022
12:03
Shane Campbell-Staton
How life on Earth adapts to you and me
Posted
Jul 2023
9:56
Margaret Mitchell
How we can build AI to help humans, not hurt us
Posted
Feb 2018
4:00
Amanda Mattes
Kabuki: The people's dramatic art
Posted
Sep 2013
5:02
Rob Ulrich
How do oysters make pearls?
Posted
Nov 2022
4:52
Matt Anticole
Why the metric system matters
Posted
Jul 2016
5:07
Chris A. Kniesly
History through the eyes of a chicken
Posted
Oct 2018
3:32
George Zaidan and Charles Morton
The uncertain location of electrons
Posted
Oct 2013
5:08
Nigel Hughes
Is this the most successful animal ever?
Posted
Aug 2021
13:06
Ryan Martin
Why we get mad — and why it's healthy
Posted
Jun 2019
9:52
Ray Kurzweil
Get ready for hybrid thinking
Posted
Jun 2014
5:01
Kenny Coogan
Why are sloths so slow?
Posted
Apr 2017
4:40
David Ian Howe
A brief history of dogs
Posted
Mar 2019
4:54
Matthew Borths
Claws vs. nails
Posted
Oct 2019
13:35
Titus Kaphar
Can beauty open our hearts to difficult conversations?
Posted
Jul 2020
14:48
Nina Jablonski
Skin color is an illusion
Posted
Jul 2009
15:27
Lara Durgavich
An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease
Posted
Apr 2020
14:37
Martin Hanczyc
The line between life and not-life
Posted
Nov 2011
4:41
Emma Bryce
Why do cats have vertical pupils?
Posted
Jan 2022
5:04
Steve Rothstein
Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?
Posted
Dec 2021
13:38
Ingrid Fetell Lee
Where joy hides and how to find it
Posted
May 2018
4:42
Tony Buffington
Why do cats act so weird?
Posted
Apr 2016
15:33
Denis Dutton
A Darwinian theory of beauty
Posted
Nov 2010
4:42
Kenny Coogan
This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms
Posted
Jul 2022
5:26
Noah R. Bressman
The fish that walk on land
Posted
Aug 2020
4:37
Gilad Bino
A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals
Posted
Jul 2021
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