What commercialization is doing to cannabis | Ben Cort
In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to brownies and beyond. But to say that we've l...
5 Sep 201816min
How data is helping us unravel the mysteries of the brain | Steve McCarroll
Geneticist Steve McCarroll wants to make an atlas of all the cells in the human body so that we can understand in precise detail how specific genes work, especially in the brain. In this fascinating t...
4 Sep 201817min
The new American Dream | Courtney E. Martin
For the first time in history, the majority of American parents don't think their kids will be better off than they were. This shouldn't be a cause for alarm, says journalist Courtney E. Martin. Rathe...
3 Sep 201815min
Let's get honest about our money problems | Tammy Lally
Struggling to budget and manage finances is common -- but talking honestly and openly about it isn't. Why do we hide our problems around money? In this thoughtful, personal talk, author Tammy Lally en...
31 Aug 201812min
A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks
When a baby is born, so is a mother -- but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. In this quick, ...
30 Aug 20186min
How I went from child refugee to international model | Halima Aden
Halima Aden made history when she became the first hijab-wearing model on the cover of Vogue magazine. Now she returns to Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp -- where she born and raised until the age of seve...
30 Aug 20187min
How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change | Angel Hsu
China is the world's biggest polluter -- and now one of its largest producers of clean energy. Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Ange...
29 Aug 201812min
A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe | Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
What's it like to discover a galaxy -- and have it named after you? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil lets us know in this quick talk about her team's surprising discovery of a mysteri...
28 Aug 20184min
