How menopause affects the brain | Lisa Mosconi
Many of the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression and anxiety -- start in the brain. How exactly does menopause impact cognitive health? Sharing groun...
10 Mar 202012min
What happens when a Silicon Valley technologist works for the government | Matt Cutts
What if the government ran more like Silicon Valley? Engineer Matt Cutts shares why he decided to leave Google (where he worked for nearly 17 years) for a career in the US government -- and makes the ...
9 Mar 20205min
France Villarta: The legacy of gender equality and fluidity in the Philippines
In much of the world, gender is viewed as binary: man or woman, each assigned characteristics and traits designated by biological sex. But that's not the case everywhere, says France Villarta. In a ta...
9 Mar 202010min
How women are revolutionizing Rwanda | Agnes Binagwaho
In 1996, Agnes Binagwaho returned home to Rwanda in the aftermath of its genocide. She considered leaving amid the overwhelming devastation, but women in her community motivated her to stay and help r...
6 Mar 202011min
What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health | Kay M. Tye
Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings --...
5 Mar 202012min
How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration | Jill Seubert
Ask any deep space navigator like Jill Seubert what makes steering a spacecraft so difficult, and they'll tell you it's all about the timing; a split-second can decide a mission's success or failure. ...
5 Mar 202011min
What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus | David Heymann
What happens if you get infected with the coronavirus? Who's most at risk? How can you protect yourself? Public health expert David Heymann, who led the global response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, s...
4 Mar 20209min
How to turn climate anxiety into action | Renée Lertzman
It's normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by climate change, says psychologist Renée Lertzman. Can we turn those feelings into something productive? In an affirming talk, Lertzman discusses the emoti...
2 Mar 202013min
