A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI | Lucy Farey-Jones
How comfortable are you with robots taking over your life? Covering a wide range of potential applications -- from the mundane (robot house cleaner) to the mischievous (robot sex partner) to the downr...
17 Mar 20205min
A campaign for period positivity | Ananya Grover
Having your period is exhausting -- and for many people across the world, menstruation is even more challenging because of stigmas and difficulty getting basic hygiene supplies, says social activist A...
16 Mar 20209min
How we could change the planet's climate future | David Wallace-Wells
The climate crisis is too vast and complicated to solve with a silver bullet, says author David Wallace-Wells. What we need is a shift in how we live. Follow along as he lays out some of the dramatic ...
13 Mar 202011min
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
