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How to use your muscles — or risk losing them w/ Bonnie Tsui | from How to Be a Better Human
Dec 30, 2025Did you know that you start losing bone AND muscle mass as soon as the age of thirty? Or that your fingers and toes don’t have muscles? Or how women in Scotland are starting to compete in the lighting...
The surprising science of adolescent brains | from TED Talks Daily
Dec 23, 2025Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...
Interview: 4 ways to design a disability-friendly future with BJ Miller
Dec 16, 2025Dr. BJ Miller was a college sophomore when a sudden electrical accident nearly took his life. After months in a hospital burn unit and multiple amputations, he emerged into a world that saw him — and ...
Feeling stuck on climate change? Here’s what to do | Kris De Meyer
Dec 09, 2025To spark action on climate change, the conventional wisdom says that awareness must precede action — but neuroscientist Kris De Meyer suggests the opposite is true: actions drive beliefs. He digs into...
Interview: Grief is complicated — but drawing cartoons can help with Dr. Nathan Gray
Dec 02, 2025With just a few lines, cartoons can say so much with so little. In a moving talk, cartoonist Navied Mahdavian shares his process for distilling huge concepts into drawings on the page — and shows how ...
Could Mental Workouts Keep Your Brain Young? | NPR’s Short Wave
Nov 25, 2025Today, we’re featuring an episode from NPR’s science podcast Short Wave. In it, host Regina G. Barber talks to NPR brain correspondent Jon Hamilton about MENTAL EXERCISES. Scientists have found the f...
Interview: What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani
Nov 18, 2025Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus, computational neuroscientist Mehdi Ordikhani-S...
Mark Cuban and Dr. Fumiko Chino Try to F-Up Healthcare | from Before We Go
Nov 11, 2025Today’s episode features two people who are shaking up the U.S. healthcare system in very different but deeply humane ways. Dr. Fumiko Chino knows firsthand how devastating medical debt can be. After ...
Your zip code shouldn’t determine your lifespan with Dion Dawson
Nov 04, 2025What if ending food insecurity meant ditching charity models that haven’t been updated since the 1960s? Dion Dawson, TED Fellow and founder of Dion’s Chicago Dream, shares how he turned a spontaneous ...
The surprising cause of stomach ulcers with Rusha Modi
Oct 28, 2025It’s a common misconception that stomach ulcers are caused by emotional upset, psychological distress, or spicy food. Yet no convincing study has ever demonstrated that these factors directly cause ul...