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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