People, especially freelancers, often have trouble getting paid by a client for the work they were doing. Are any of these familiar to you: We ended up…
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The debate explores the causes of and cures for the enduring problem of severe poverty which still affects many people in the world. On the panel are…
Since the 1970′s we’ve been told we need to eat less and exercise more. Today more of us are dieting and exercising than ever and yet more…
The Fongoli Chimpanzees, in Senegal, are the first community of savanna chimps to be habituated to human presence. They exhibit unique behaviors related to the extremely hot,…
We live in a world of black and white. For hundreds of years, human skin color has been used as a marker of race. Now, science is…
The guests are the authors of two innovative books on the subject. “In The Faith Instinct”‘s Nicholas Wade of the New York Times examines the scientific evidence…
Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in…
Maria Konnikova reveals how Sherlock Holmes can teach us to optimize not only our own everyday existence, but our broader contributions to society and the lives of…
Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data – including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a…
Award-winning food writer Michael Pollan shows how we can become more mindful of what we eat, and how we can make food choices that are better for…
In The Black Swan, Taleb showed that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In his new book Antifragile, he provides a blueprint…
