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5:08
Alessandra King
A brief history of numerical systems
4:47
Cheri Dobbs
What's so great about the Great Lakes?
4:11
Adrian Treharne
What does this symbol actually mean?
1:49
Jessica Oreck
How the stethoscope was invented | Moments of Vision 7
4:27
Carlos Reif
Why do we kiss under mistletoe?
14:55
Simon Anholt
Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election?
5:48
Joshua Borths
The secrets of Mozart's "Magic Flute"
3:54
Clay Routledge
Why do we feel nostalgia?
12:00
Dan Bricklin
Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
4:10
Peter Paccone
How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed?
11:15
Ramiro Fernandez
Por qué tememos a lo nuevo
5:56
Alex Gendler
How to recognize a dystopia
1:49
Jessica Oreck
How the sandwich was invented | Moments of Vision 5
4:32
Tejal Gala
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld
14:37
Nathalia Holt
For the future of women in science, look to the past
14:59
Erika Gregory
The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons
3:57
Chinaka Hodge
What will you tell your daughters about 2016?
5:39
Tom Mullaney
What caused the French Revolution?
16:05
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi
An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter
19:48
Sandi Toksvig
A political party for women's equality
12:29
Brittney Cooper
The racial politics of time
19:20
Dr. Turi King
King Richard III: Solving a 500-year-old cold case
4:34
Wisecrack
Plato's best (and worst) ideas
4:04
Betsy Schwarm
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?
18:51
Fernando Salem
Cómo los niños pueden aprender historia
7:25
Steven Johnson
The playful wonderland behind great inventions
13:42
Ari Wallach
3 ways to plan for the (very) long term
4:46
Peter Campbell
How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean?
4:34
James Earle
Why is Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring" considered a masterpiece?
6:15
Adeline Cuvelier
How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
18:37
David Autor
Will automation take away all our jobs?
4:53
Camille Brown
The history of African-American social dance
4:52
Matthew Jordan
The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
10:10
Jorge Batlle
El último testimonio de un ex-presidente
1:45
Jessica Oreck
How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3
18:23
Rebecca Brachman
Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD?
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