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How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor

AdultsHumanMental Health...
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.

Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten

AdultsMathPsychology
Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what's going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.

Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages

AdultsEducationLanguage
Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner has been teaching himself languages since he was 13. He now speaks nearly 20 languages! Join Tim on a cultural tour of New York unlike any you've ever heard!

The Healthiest Diet In The World Isn't Just About Food

AdultsFoodHealth
Most people think the Mediterranean diet is just about restricting what you eat, but they're getting it all wrong.

A Huge Advancement in Mind-Controlled Tech

AdultsDisabilitySoftware Engineering...
This tech helps paralyzed people type with their minds, but the sky's the limit.

We Found New Planets. No, You Can't Live There

AdultsLifeSpace
Everyone is freaking out about the discovery of 7 new potentially-habitable exoplanets, but is Trappist-1 really as good as it sounds?

5 CARTOONS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES

AdultsArtCreativity...
In several countries, some famous scenes from different animated films look quite different from the way they look in other countries. You might not know this, but people working in animated films love their work and their audience, and sometimes change their films to include some important aspects for this or that culture. So, here are 5 animated films that look different in other countries.

Indigenous Panamanians protect their forests with drones

AdultsEcologyNature...
Settlers are illegally clearing trees on their land. So indigenous people are employing modern technology to stop them.

Why wild African elephants get by with hardly any sleep

AdultsAnimalsNature
Scientists tracked elephants with devices like Fitbits, and discovered African elephants in the wild sleep far less than anyone expected. It proves there's a huge gap in what we know about how and why animals sleep.

The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons

AdultsSpaceTechnology
Large chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?

Take Augmented Reality Onto the Squash Court

AdultsSportsTechnology
Improve your squash game in a surprising way.

The economics of beard popularity in the US

AdultsEconomyPhilosophy...
We may have reached "peak beard."

This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

AdultsBiologyNeuroscience...
After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.

Earth's Flag Is a Reminder That We're in This Together

AdultsSocietyWorld
Earth has a flag... and its story will move you.

How one woman used fashion to reclaim her Muslim American identity

AdultsCultureReligion
From skater girl to Muslim hipster this is Layla Shaikley's American story.

Solving World Hunger Is Just A Matter of Logistics

AdultsBusinessEquality...
At just 22 years old, Komal Ahmand set out to create an app called Copia, which connects businesses with excess food to communities in need.

What Ever Happened To Saving The Rainforest?

AdultsEnvironmentGlobal Warming...
The efforts to save the Amazon rainforest actually did save it. However, new threats have arisen to combat conservation efforts.

How a dictionary writer defines English

AdultsEducationLanguage
Kory Stamper works for Merriam-Webster. So how does a dictionary writer define the language? Vox's Phil Edwards found out in this episode of Vox Almanac.

We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA

AdultsGeneticsInternet Culture...
Nature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.

Saito: The Sushi God of Tokyo

AdultsCreativityFood
Sushi Saito is a 3 Michelin Star sushi restaurant, and many regard it as the best in Japan. We got to spend the day with Saito, to ask him about his work, and to eat his soul shattering sushi.

Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life

AdultsBiologyNature...
Scientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life.