Jim Carrey on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams
Jim Carrey delivered an inspiring commencement speech to Maharishi University of Management’s class of 2014. via
View ArticlePro Infirmis: Get closer
Pro Infirmis, a Swiss organization who helps people with disabilities, created this experiment. It’s not only touching. It makes you think. Get closer! And check out one of their earlier events....
View ArticleBalan the Blowpipe Maker
Only a few elders of Borneo’s Penan tribe still know how to make their unique hunting tool, the blowpipe. Balan is the last person in his village who practices the dying craft. This short film is an...
View ArticleTED Talk: Anne Curzan – What makes a word “real”?
One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don’t appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually...
View ArticleCompassion for World Farming: The Secrets of Food Marketing
This is a must-see talk! No amount of marketing makes factory farming acceptable. You can stop the spin here.
View ArticleTED talk: Julian Treasure – How to speak so that people want to listen
Have you ever felt like you’re talking, but nobody is listening? Here’s Julian Treasure to help you fix that. As the sound expert demonstrates some useful vocal exercises and shares tips on how to...
View ArticleMarie’s Dictionary
Well done, Marie! This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.
View ArticleHow Wolves Change Rivers: What Happened When Wolves Were Re-Introduced Into...
Yellowstone National Park is on my personal To Go List. This is one of the reasons! You might have seen this video running around the social platforms. I can’t get enough of it myself. via
View ArticleSpace Station Astronauts Grow a Water Bubble in Space
During Expedition 40 in the summer of 2014, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman – along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst – explored the phenomenon of water surface...
View ArticleBabbel Insights: Untranslatable Words from Other Cultures
Sometimes a country doesn’t have the word in their language, because the people simply don’t have the act in their culture. Danes always need to explain our word ‘Hygge’. via
View ArticleThe unexpected math behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” by Natalya St. Clair
Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, “When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.” As difficult as...
View ArticleTED Talk: Lizzie Velasquez – How Do YOU Define Yourself
In a time when beauty is defined by supermodels, success is defined by wealth, and fame is deified by how many followers you have on social media, Lizzie Velasquez asks the question how do you define...
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