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Brittney Cooper
The racial politics of time
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Laura Vanderkam
How to gain control of your free time
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Prosanta Chakrabarty
Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish
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Stephen Wilkes
The passing of time, caught in a single photo
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R. Luke DuBois
Insightful human portraits made from data
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Tim Urban
Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
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Robert Waldinger
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
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Dec 2015
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Allan Adams
The discovery that could rewrite physics
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Brian Greene
Is our universe the only universe?
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Apr 2012
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Robin Ince
Science versus wonder?
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Nov 2011
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15:54
Sean M Carroll
Distant time and the hint of a multiverse
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May 2011
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Deb Roy
The birth of a word
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Mar 2011
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George Smoot
The design of the universe
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Nov 2008
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16:40
John Hodgman
Aliens, love — where are they?
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Oct 2008
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16:09
Patricia Burchat
Shedding light on dark matter
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Aug 2008
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10:12
Stephen Hawking
Questioning the universe
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Apr 2008
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17:26
Martin Rees
Is this our final century?
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Jan 2007
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