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How Music Makes Me a Better Neuroscientist
“Music isn’t music until your brain makes it so.” […]
Around The Web
Around The Web
How Far Away Can You Get From Everybody Else?
How far away can you possibly get from every other human on the planet? The answer is actually quite far, there are a lot of extremely remote places left in the world and some of them have actually yet to be reached by anybody in all of history. […]
Language
What Makes a Word “Real”? – Anne Curzan
Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make on a constant basis. […]
Math
Things to See and Hear in the Fourth Dimension – Matt Parker
Matt Parker, comedian and mathematician, shows how four-dimensional shapes appear a 3D world in this hands-on talk, featuring what is possibly the world’s nerdiest knitted hat! […]
Arts
The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People
It turns out great minds don’t think alike. Discover how some of the world’s greatest artists, writers, and musicians structured their day. […]
Communication
4 Reasons to Learn a New Language – John McWhorter
English is fast becoming the world’s universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. But with 6,000 languages coexisting in 200 nations, bilingualism […]