Image: Many people's faces from may ethnicities

20 minutes

[ Culture ]

How Saving Languages Can Save the World!

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Have you ever thought about the relationship between language and knowledge? Each of the 7000 languages spoken around the world is a powerful encyclopedia of generational wisdom. Half of these records of human history may be going extinct in the next decade, but there are amazing people out there working to save this knowledge!

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Image: underwater shot of three dolphins. One dolphin is looking at the camera!

25 minutes

[ Animals ]

What Are Animals Trying to Say to Us?

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What if animals have been trying to tell us things all this time… and we just can’t hear them? What if we could? What sort of insights could we glean from their experience in the world? Here’s a look at how technology is bringing us closer to them.

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Image: A group of traditionally dressed girls in China laughing and having a conversation

15 minutes

[ Psychology ]

How Does Language Shape the Way You See the World?

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Lera Boroditsky shows us how our language shapes our perception of the world in her fascinating TED talk! What are the implications of these variations?

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Source: Endangered Alphabet Carving

12 minutes

[ Art ]

Endangered Alphabets

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Have you ever considered what might happen if the alphabet you use became extinct? It’s happening slowly, but here is one person using his unique talents to change that!

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Image: cartoon of how Bacteria communicate

21 minutes

[ Education Enrichment ]

Can Bacteria Talk to Each Other?

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Can single-celled organisms like bacteria communicate, or are they blindly moving through their lifespan, like tiny organic machines? Princeton University’s Bonnie Bassler has a fascinating answer.

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