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20:10

Mark Pagel

How language transformed humanity

Posted Aug 2011
5:17

Christian Moro

Why do you get a fever when you're sick?

Posted Nov 2020
10:54

Christoph Keplinger

The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future

Posted Apr 2019
11:13

Richard Thompson Ford

A tailored history of who wears what — and why

Posted Nov 2021
4:03

Nina G. Jablonski

Why do we have hair in such random places?

Posted Jun 2021
14:12

Debbie Millman

How symbols and brands shape our humanity

Posted Feb 2020
5:01

Kenny Coogan

Why are sloths so slow?

Posted Apr 2017
9:52

Ray Kurzweil

Get ready for hybrid thinking

Posted Jun 2014
4:40

David Ian Howe

A brief history of dogs

Posted Mar 2019
4:54

Matthew Borths

Claws vs. nails

Posted Oct 2019
5:03

Anne Gaskett

The sexual deception of orchids

Posted Feb 2019
5:04

Ilan Stavans

A brief history of Spanish

Posted Aug 2022
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
5:08

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
3:32

George Zaidan and Charles Morton

The uncertain location of electrons

Posted Oct 2013
5:07

Chris A. Kniesly

History through the eyes of a chicken

Posted Oct 2018
4:21

Michael Corballis

Evolution's great mystery: Language

Posted Aug 2020
4:52

Matt Anticole

Why the metric system matters

Posted Jul 2016
5:02

Rob Ulrich

How do oysters make pearls?

Posted Nov 2022
5:26

Noah R. Bressman

The fish that walk on land

Posted Aug 2020
13:35

Titus Kaphar

Can beauty open our hearts to difficult conversations?

Posted Jul 2020
4:42

Kenny Coogan

This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms

Posted Jul 2022
4:27

Judy Cebra-Thomas

How turtle shells evolved... twice

Posted Aug 2019
14:37

Martin Hanczyc

The line between life and not-life

Posted Nov 2011
0:00

Steve Rothstein

Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?

Posted Dec 2021
15:33

Denis Dutton

A Darwinian theory of beauty

Posted Nov 2010
4:42

Tony Buffington

Why do cats act so weird?

Posted Apr 2016
0:00

Emma Bryce

Why do cats have vertical pupils?

Posted Jan 2022
13:38

Ingrid Fetell Lee

Where joy hides and how to find it

Posted May 2018
4:37

Gilad Bino

A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals

Posted Jul 2021
15:27

Lara Durgavich

An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease

Posted Apr 2020
14:48

Nina Jablonski

Skin color is an illusion

Posted Jul 2009
12:51

Sarah Brosnan

Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness

Posted Dec 2020
20:59

Nicholas Christakis

The hidden influence of social networks

Posted May 2010