You can grow new brain cells. Here’s how
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how...
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Dr. Wade Davis, PhD
Jan 26, 20211 min read
The worldwide web of belief and ritual
Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories...
Joan Halifax
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Compassion and the true meaning of empathy
Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned...
Bob Thurman
Jan 24, 20211 min read
We can be Buddhas
In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first...
Dr. Jonathan Haidt, PhD
Jan 23, 20211 min read
Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose...
Pico Ayer
Jan 22, 20211 min read
The art of stillness
The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at...
Yves Morieux
Jan 21, 20211 min read
As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify
Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex -- and...
Stephen Cave
Jan 20, 20211 min read
The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death
Philosopher Stephen Cave begins with a dark but compelling question: When did you first realize you were going to die? And even more...
Jennifer Senior
Jan 19, 20211 min read
For parents, happiness is a very high bar
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer...
Louie Schwartzberg
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Hidden miracles of the natural world
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world...
Brian Greene
Jan 17, 20211 min read
Is our universe the only universe?
Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics...
Gregg Braden
Jan 16, 20211 min read
Cycles of Time with Gregg Braden
The biggest questions concerning who we are, where we come from and where we are going have captivated scientists and mystics for...
Genevieve von Petzinger
Jan 15, 20211 min read
Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?
Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully...
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