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Our Prehistoric Ancestors

Cave Structures Shed New Light on Neanderthals

Clues about the Evolution of Our Extraordinary Minds

Did Our Ancestors Have Sex with Neanderthals?

Is a Sense of Fairness Uniquely Human?

Ochre at the Blombos Cave

Prehistoric Animations Emerge from Cave Walls

Self-Recognition in Apes

The Human Spark—Kids Are Naturally Altruistic

The Journey of Man (Part 1 of 13)-A Genetic Odyssey

The Marsoulas Cave Conch: Evidence of Prehistoric Music

Understanding Sound Waves

Why Inequality and Violence are Sometimes Good: The Evolution of Human Values with Ian Morris

The Evolution of Language

Babylonian Numbers

How Language Shapes the Way We Think

How the Languages We Speak Shape the Ways We Think

The Oldest (Known) Song of All Time

The Story of 1

When Zero Was First Discovered

Ideas that Shaped Our Modern World

Al Khwarizmi—The father of Algebra

Astronomy—The Science of the Stars

Göbekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe—The World's First Temple

Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen)–Optics: The True Nature of Light

Ibn Rushd: The Muslim Philosopher Who Paved the Way to the European Renaissance

Misquoting Jesus in the Bible

Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)

Plato’s Cave

Science & Islam

Secrets of the Aegean Apocalypse

Talking Stone–Rock Art of the Cosos

UNBOXED: Avicenna’s Floating Man & Descartes’ Deceiving Demon

Why the West Rules—For Now

Tools and the Development of Contemporary Society

Are Smartphones Ruining childhood?

Digitalization & Energy: A New Era in Energy?

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Renée DiResta: How to Beat Bad Information

Speaking of Psychology: How Social Media Affects Teens’ Mental Health

A Sustainable Planet

A Brief History of Plastic (#TeamSeas)

Al Gore–The future: Six Drivers of Global Change

Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change

Are We Living in the Sixth Extinction?

Before the Flood

Book Launch: The Big Ratchet

Can Sea Water Desalination Save the World?

Cleaning the Rivers

Connectivity Conservation

Cosmic Knowledge and the Future of the Human Race

David Wallace-Wells | The Uninhabitable Earth

Drowning in Plastic—Visualizing the World’s Addiction to Plastic Bottles

How Plastic Recycling Actually Works

Is THIS the Real Reason Weather is Getting Wilder?

Mr. Trash Wheel Is Keeping Baltimore Rivers Clean

Praying for Rain in Ethiopia

Restoring Landscapes for Life

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is

The Sixth Extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert

The Threat from Climate Tipping Points

Why Wildlife Corridors Matter

Working Lands, a Story of Bears and Ranching

The Changing World Economy

A world without information? Right to Information and SDGs

Creating a Learning Society

Cryptocurrencies: Looking Beyond the Hype

Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Money and Sustainability: The Missing Link

New Thoughts on Capital in the Twenty-First Century

The "Bottom Billion" People

The Value of Everything

Why It’s Time for “Doughnut Economics”

Health and Education in the Modern World

Build a School in the Cloud

Coronavirus Is Our Future

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Enhancing Learning with the Power of Passive Exposure

Explorations in Law and Neuroscience: The Adolescent Brain

Healthy Pleasures: The New Science of Happiness

How to Make Stress Your Friend

Magic of Reading

One-Moment Meditation: “How to Meditate in a Moment”

Our Failing Schools: Enough Is Enough

Peace and Stability Begin with Literacy

The “Big Bang” in Learning: Brain Changes and Childhood Learning

The Adolescent Brain: A Thriving Look

The Future of Learning

The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life

The Karamoja Youth Initiative in Northern Uganda

The Kenyan Teacher Who Gives His Salary to the Poor

The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

The Teen Brain: Mysteries and Misconceptions

Understanding the Teenage Brain

We Can Make COVID-19 the Last Pandemic

Why Bill and Melinda Gates Put 20,000 Students through College

Our Mind in the Modern World

Brian Klaas on Chaos Theory

How Your Memory Works—And Why Forgetting Is Totally OK

Jonathan Haidt on The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Morality without Religion

Robin Dunbar on Human Evolution

Sensation vs. Perception: What's the Difference?

The Limbic System: Our Motivations, Emotions, Memories, and Drives

The Nature of Higher Consciousness

The Psychology of Evil

The Social Brain and Its Superpowers

The Trolley Problem

Three Steps of Anxiety Overload—and How You Can Take Back Control

What Is Emotional Intelligence? The School of Life