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Steven Pinker, Michio Kaku, Dan Ariely

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What Is Déjà Vu?

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Telepathy Is Easier Than You Think

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1 min

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Harvard’s Steven Pinker: how we speak reveals what we think

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50 min

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Don’t Act. Just Think.

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7 min

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Who you find attractive is based on how hot you are

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7 min

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The evolution of intelligence

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6 min

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Consciousness Can be Quantified

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4 min

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Bored at work? Your brain is trying to tell you something.

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6 min

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Michio Kaku on the science of dreams

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5 min

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Mindfulness: How to Call Off the Emotional Attack Dogs

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10 min

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Creativity is the subconscious mind combined with intuition and rationality

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4 min

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Scott Barry Kaufman

These simple habits can optimize your gut and brain bacteria

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12 min

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How ADHD Affects Your Brain

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5 min

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Harold Koplewicz

This is Your Brain on a Laser Beam

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Depression is different for everyone. Here’s what it’s like for me.

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7 min

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How Our Brains Feel Emotion

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9 min

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Antonio Damasio

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How one moment of shamelessness saved Andrew Zimmern’s life

After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, the chef and television personality labeled himself as an ‘irredeemable human being.’ Everything changed when he found the courage to ask for help.

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The surprising data on AI and unemployment rates

“I’m here to argue that AI is not going to cause a rise in unemployment. I think it’s actually increased employment in the United States, not decreased it.”

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The truth about supplements, from a doctor

“The truth is there are very few supplements that have good evidence-based medicine to support them.”

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How record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad found strength and healing in the water

From anger to awe: How one woman overcame “debilitating trauma” to conquer a near-impossible 53-hour swim at 64.

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