The science behind the Impossible Burger
Adults Creativity Food NeuroscienceThe Impossible Burger is meatless, but it tastes, smells, and bleeds like the real thing. The secret ingredient? Neuroscience.
The Clowns Helping Refugee Children To Laugh Through Play | Amazing Humans
Adults Creativity Humor SocietyAsh and his team of clowns, musicians and dancers are 'play specialists' who work with children in refugee camps across Europe. The aim is to allow the kids "to feel good, feel daft, and feel playful".
Binging with Babish: Puerco Pibil from Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Adults Creativity FoodOnce Upon a Time in Mexico, against all odds, played a large role in the creation of BwB - my first-ever DVD, its special features showed me that I could one day be a filmmaker *and* a chef. In this 2003 Banderas action-comedy, Johnny Depp inexplicably caps a cook for making this Yucatanian special a bit too perfectly; as director Robert Rodriguez says, make at your own peril.
MIT's self-folding origami technology
Adults Creativity TechnologyMIT's self-folding origami technology that could change how we design everything from airbags to wearables.
The power of creative constraints - Brandon Rodriguez
Adults Creativity PsychologyImagine you were asked to invent something new. It could be whatever you want, made from anything you choose, in any shape or size. That kind of creative freedom sounds so liberating, doesn't it? Or ... does it? if you're like most people you'd probably be paralyzed by this task. Why? Brandon Rodriguez explains how creative constraints actually help drive discovery and innovation.
The Man Who Has Inseminated Over 1,000 Honeybees | Amazing Humans
Adults Animals Global Warming NatureThe bee population has dropped dramatically and Michael Waite is taking matters into his own hands with a scheme to inseminate Queen bees.
The real reason streetcars are making a comeback
Adults Cities Economy Transportation AutomotiveIt's mostly about economic development.
China's Amazing Water Canal | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 2
Adults Construction Future TechnologySouth-to-North Water Transfer Project: The huge populations filling China's northern megacities have a shortage of the single most necessary resource for life: water. To solve that problem, the Chinese will soon be moving 44.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water each year from the wetter South to the dryer North.
100 Years of Family Dinners ? Mode.com
Adults Creativity Food HistoryFoodie fans, this one's for you! Whether you lean toward 1915-style roast beef and franconia potatoes, or if 2015's kale craze suits your taste, this look at food over the past century will satiate your palate.
100 Years of Male Pop Stars | Vanity Fair
Adults History Masculinity MusicHow have music icons changed over the last century? We look at how the styles of male icons have evolved over the years, from Duke Ellington and Bing Crosby to Michael Jackson and Prince.
Jing-Jin-Ji, A MEGALOPOLIS | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 1
Adults Construction Future TechnologyJing-Jin-Ji: China is in the midst of a construction spree unparalleled in human history. These are the Megaprojects that will lift China into the future. China wants to make its capital, Beijing, the center of the world's largest supercity, by merging three provinces into one continuous megalopolis of 130 million people.
Why We Are All Addicts
Adults Addiction Mental Health PsychologyWe tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using something, anything, to keep our real emotions, fears and hopes at bay. There are many more addicts among us than we think.