You Don’t Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants | Shankar Vedantam | TED
AdultsEducationHumanPsychology..."You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
AdultsCreativityEducationScienceThis episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.
Hobbies On The Space Station
KidsSpaceTechnologyEducation...ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about her hobbies on the ISS.
What's The Smartest Age?
YouthEducationSciencePsychologyAt what age are you smartest? Dig into how your brain development affects your skills at different stages of your life.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
AdultsEducationLifeNature...I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
Befriending A Millipede
YouthAnimalsEducationEnvironment...David Attenborough makes friends with one of natures creepiest crawlies: the millipede.