Why it's so hard to talk about the N-word | Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
Professor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor leads a thoughtful and history-backed examination of one of the most divisive words in the English language: the N-word. Drawing from personal experience, she explai...
12 Mar 202019min
The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down | Nicola Jones
The ocean is a naturally noisy place full of singing whales, grunting fish, snapping shrimp, cracking ice, wind and rain. But human-made sounds -- from ship engines to oil drilling -- have become an a...
11 Mar 202012min
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
