It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.
AdultsHealthTransportationWork...My commute is like a second job, and it might be killing me.
Can you solve the dark coin riddle? - Lisa Winer
AdultsCreativityMathGamingYou heard the travelers' tales, you followed the maps, and now, you've finally located the dungeon containing a stash of ancient coins. The good news: the wizard who owns the castle has generously agreed to let you have the coins. The bad news: he's not quite as generous about letting you leave the dungeon ... unless you solve his puzzle. Can you solve it and get out alive? Lisa Winer shows how.
Kids Try 100 Years of the Most Expensive Foods | Bon Appetit
AdultsCreativityFoodHistory...In this episode of "Kids Try Food", the kids try 100 years of expensive foods. Let's see how kids eat and react to raw oysters, frog legs provençale, shrimp cocktail, lobster thermidor, beef wellington with Madeira truffle sauce, truffled tagliatelle with truffle butter and shaved truffles, caviar and egg, seared foie gras with cherry gastrique, Barclay prime wagyu cheesesteak with yellow label Veuve Clicquot, Manila Social Club 24K golden Cristal Ube donut.
I Got Popular...And It Changed Me
AdultsSelfSocietyMental Health...Isaiah had never been cool or popular. He was known as strange, the weird kid - the weirdo - and he stuck to himself. The mean girls and popular kids didn't help his shyness, really hurt his self-esteem, and so, after middle school, he was determined to make high school different.
Should You Let A Dog Lick Your Face?
AdultsHealthHumanPetsCanine and human mouths are bacterial ecosystems, but can they harm one another? "Sometimes, the oral contact between dogs and their owners can be more extensive than that between parent and child. Dogs kiss and lick their owners to express amiable emotions. This raises the possibility of transferring bacteria from the oral microbiome of dogs to their human owners."
Agoraphobic Traveler | @streetview.portraits // 60 Second Docs
AdultsMental HealthPhotographyTravel...When Jacqui Kenny was diagnosed with agoraphobia, the fear of leaving home and entering public spaces, she knew she'd never live out her dreams of photographing the world. But with Google Street View she's been able to travel the back roads of the world in places like Mongolia, Senegal, and Chile to become a celebrated photographer. To date she's taken roughly 27,000 screenshots of moments frozen in time, sharing the best ones on her Instagram, @streetview.portraits.
See With Your Ears: Spielberg And Sound Design
AdultsCreativityFilmArtA look at how sound design can structure a movie scene.
The myth of Oisin and the land of eternal youth - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryReligionSpirituality...In a typical hero's journey, the protagonist sets out on an adventure, undergoes great change and returns in triumph to their point of origin. But in the Irish genre of myth known as echtrai, the journey to the otherworld ends in a point of no return. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of Oisin and the land of eternal youth.
How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) - Brian Christian
AdultsProductivitySoftware EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceHuman beings and computers alike share the challenge of how to get as much done as possible in a limited time. Over the last fifty or so years, computer scientists have learned a lot of good strategies for managing time effectively - and they have a lot of experience with what can go wrong. Brian Christian shares how we can use some of these insights to help make the most of our own lives.
The Truth About the Titanic Has Been Revealed
AdultsHistoryTransportationTravel...Recent findings reveal the truth that has been buried for over one hundred years. Scientists have debunked the theory that the cause of the Titanic sinking was an iceberg.
What are mini brains? - Madeline Lancaster
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceShielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Luckily, scientists can use brain organoids - pencil eraser-sized masses of cells that function like human brains but aren't part of an organism - to look closer. How do they do it? And is it ethical? Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.
How to Make Pillowy, Delicious Ricotta Dumplings | From the Test Kitchen
AdultsCreativityFoodHow-toSenior Food Editor Andy Baraghani teaches us how to make these perfect, handmade ricotta dumplings paired with asparagus and green garlic. Once you get the hang of it, forming these dumplings is easy, but it may take a little practice at first.