Biologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into new research that suggests certain bacteria in your gut can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to...
Storyteller Golriz Lucina recounts how the historic sacrifice of Iranian 19th-century poet and mystic Táhirih planted the seeds for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests today, offering...
After years of brand building, marketing veteran Sylvester Chauke realized that his industry had sold the world on overconsumption, with devastating consequences. He shares how marketers...
“I think of my paintings as alarm clocks,” says artist Isabella Kirkland. “They’re reminders of what’s at stake; the only problem is we keep pushing the...
Don’t second-guess what “distracts” you, says actor-producer Yara Shahidi; that’s your curiosity coming through. The star of hit shows like “black-ish” and “grown-ish” tells how she...
What if a robot could find and deliver your lost phone? AI researcher Tara Boroushaki presents how she’s using wireless signals and sensors to create AI-powered...
Climate innovation leader Rich Powell dives into the bureaucracy, bottlenecks and not-in-my-backyard attitude preventing the US from achieving its green energy goals, warning that we need...
How does getting an abortion — or not — influence a woman’s life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her...
“Today, Hungary is in the gray zone between a dictatorship and a democracy,” says activist Tessza Udvarhelyi. “This did not happen overnight.” In a rousing talk,...
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