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Minecraft isn't just a game. It's an art form.

Adults Art Creativity Gaming
Minecraft maps are unique worlds, but they can also be an art form.

Everything Scientists Could Learn By Looking At Your Skull

Adults Biology History Human
Our skulls are all unique, but they also share characteristics across groups of people. Scientists can use this information to learn a lot about the previous "owner" of the skull.

How a 15-year-old solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 seconds

Adults Math Sports
Rubik's Cube world record-holder Collin Burns tells us how he did it.

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

Adults Human Mental Health Science
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

Adults Math Psychology
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

Adults Education Language
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

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

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

Adults Life Space
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

Adults Art Creativity Culture
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

Adults Ecology Nature Technology
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

Adults Animals Nature
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

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

The economics of beard popularity in the US

Adults Economy Philosophy Society
We may have reached "peak beard."

This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

Adults Biology Neuroscience Self
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

Adults Society World
Earth has a flag... and its story will move you.

How one woman used fashion to reclaim her Muslim American identity

Adults Culture Religion
From skater girl to Muslim hipster this is Layla Shaikley's American story.

Solving World Hunger Is Just A Matter of Logistics

Adults Business Equality Food
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.