A bold idea to replace politicians | César Hidalgo
CésarHidalgo has a radical suggestion for fixing our broken political system: automate it! In this provocative talk, he outlines a bold idea to bypass politicians by empowering citizens to create pers...
5 Mar 201913min
How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza | Majd Mashharawi
Majd Mashharawi was walking through her war-torn neighborhood in Gaza when an idea flashed in her mind: What if she could take the rubble and transform it into building materials? See how she designed...
4 Mar 201910min
How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution | Juliet Brophy
In 2013, a treasure trove of unusual fossils were uncovered in a cave in South Africa, and researchers soon realized: these were the remains of a new species of ancient humans. PaleoanthropologistJuli...
1 Mar 201911min
Is your country at risk of becoming a dictatorship? Here's how to know | Farida Nabourema
Farida Nabourema has dedicated her life to fighting the military regime in Togo, Africa's oldest autocracy. She's learned two truths along the way: no country is destined to be oppressed -- and no cou...
28 Feb 201911min
The self-assembling computer chips of the future | Karl Skjonnemand
The transistors that power the phone in your pocket are unimaginably small: you can fit more than 3,000 of them across the width of a human hair. But to keep up with innovations in fields like facial ...
27 Feb 201912min
A juror's reflections on the death penalty | Lindy Lou Isonhood
Lindy Lou Isonhood grew up in a town where the death penalty was a fact of life, part of the unspoken culture. But after she served as a juror in a capital murder trial -- and voted "yes" to sentencin...
26 Feb 201915min
An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall | Ronald Rael
What is a border? It's a line on a map, a place where cultures mix and merge in beautiful, sometimes violent and occasionally ridiculous ways. And a border wall? An overly simplistic response to that ...
25 Feb 201911min
How education helped me rewrite my life | Ashweetha Shetty
There's no greater freedom than finding your purpose, says education advocate Ashweetha Shetty. Born to a poor family in rural India, Shetty didn't let the social norms of her community stifle her dre...
21 Feb 201910min
