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James Patten: The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands - test

• Pranav Mistry The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology (37) test
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• Cosmin Mihaiu Physical therapy is boring -- play a game instead (33) test
• Carlo Ratti Architecture that senses and responds (31) test
• David Merrill Toy tiles that talk to each other (31) test

James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (41) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (40) test
• Erez Yoeli How to motivate people to do good for others (38) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (37) test
• Dan Gilbert Why we make bad decisions (37) test

James Rhee: The value of kindness at work - test

• Jacqueline Novogratz Patient capitalism (28) test
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James Stavridis: A Navy Admiral's thoughts on global security - test

• Benedetta Berti Did the global response to 9/11 make us safer? (42) test
• Eve Ensler What security means to me (38) test
• Gordon Brown Wiring a web for global good (32) test
• David Rothkopf How fear drives American politics (29) test
• Jeremy Gilley One day of peace (29) test

James Surowiecki: The power and the danger of online crowds - test

• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (41) test
• Linus Torvalds The mind behind Linux (38) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (37) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (37) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (37) test

James Tanton: Can you solve the risky disk riddle? - test

• Alex Rosenthal Can you solve the rogue submarine riddle? Difficulty level Master (27) test
• Tanya Khovanova Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle? (25) test
• José Américano N L F de Freitas How exactly does binary code work? (24) test
• Arthur Benjamin A performance of "Mathemagic" (21) test
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James Tanton: Can you survive the creation of the universe by solving this riddle? - test

• Rolf Landua What happened to antimatter? (33) test
• Risa Wechsler The search for dark matter -- and what we've found so far (29) test
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein The search for the invisible matter that shapes the universe (28) test
• Jonathan Butterworth What's the smallest thing in the universe? (24) test
• Patricia Burchat Shedding light on dark matter (24) test

James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe - test

• James Veitch This is what happens when you reply to spam email (25) test
• Alex Koster What will the dream car of the future be like? (21) test
• Steven Levitt Surprising stats about child carseats (21) test
• Adam Alter Why our screens make us less happy (20) test
• Shai Agassi A new ecosystem for electric cars (20) test

James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email - test

• James Veitch The agony of trying to unsubscribe (25) test
• Cesar Kuriyama One second every day (25) test
• Adam Alter Why our screens make us less happy (24) test
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James Watson: How we discovered DNA - test

• Sebastian Kraves The era of personal DNA testing is here (39) test
• Karissa Sanbonmatsu The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain (33) test
• Dan Gibson How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet (32) test
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• Paul Rothemund DNA folding, in detail (32) test

James Zucker: How do you know you exist? - test

• Greg Anderson Why there's no such thing as objective reality (35) test
• Anil Ananthaswamy Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look (24) test
• Kate Messner How to build a fictional world (24) test
• Anil Seth How your brain invents your "self" (23) test
• Alex Kipman A futuristic vision of the age of holograms (22) test

Jamie Bartlett: How the mysterious dark net is going mainstream - test

• Ethan Zuckerman Listening to global voices (26) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (24) test
• Sergey Brin + Larry Page The genesis of Google (24) test
• Glenn Greenwald Why privacy matters (23) test
• Don Tapscott How the blockchain is changing money and business (23) test

Jamie Bernthal: How to write the perfect crime, according to Agatha Christie - test

• Sascha Morrell Why is William Faulkner so difficult to read? (18) test
• Chiki Sarkar How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers (18) test
• Tyler Cowen Be suspicious of simple stories (16) test
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Jamie C. Beard: The untapped energy source that could power the planet - test

• Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes (47) test
• Bjørn Otto Sverdrup How to realistically decarbonize the oil and gas industry (40) test
• Richard Sears Planning for the end of oil (39) test
• Tessa Khan How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels (38) test
• Kathy Hannun How to heat your home without hurting the planet (37) test

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals - test

• Michael Green How we can make the world a better place by 2030 (48) test
• Gordon Brown Wiring a web for global good (37) test
• Jacqueline Novogratz Invest in Africa's own solutions (37) test
• Gordon Brown Global ethic vs. national interest (36) test
• Michael Specter The danger of science denial (34) test

Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired - test

• Dave deBronkart Meet e-Patient Dave (47) test
• Giorgia Lupi How we can find ourselves in data (42) test
• Russ Altman What really happens when you mix medications? (42) test
• Tim Berners-Lee The next web (40) test
• Jer Thorp Make data more human (40) test

Jamie Oliver: Food revolutionaries - test

• Jamie Oliver Teach every child about food (44) test
• Josette Sheeran Ending hunger now (44) test
• Shukla Bose Teaching one child at a time (41) test
• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli The future of the food ecosystem -- and the power of your plate (38) test
• Helen Pearson Lessons from the longest study on human development (38) test

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food - test

• Josette Sheeran Ending hunger now (55) test
• Ann Cooper What's wrong with school lunches (54) test
• Ellen Gustafson Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue (54) test
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• Tristram Stuart The global food waste scandal (50) test

Jamie Paik: Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves - test

• Giada Gerboni The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots (25) test
• Rodney Brooks Robots will invade our lives (24) test
• Emma Hart Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution (24) test
• Vijay Kumar Robots that fly ... and cooperate (24) test
• Dennis Hong My seven species of robot -- and how we created them (23) test

Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour - test

• Maz Jobrani A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ... (38) test
• Maz Jobrani Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American? (37) test
• Hannah Gadsby Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not. (27) test
• William Ury The walk from "no" to "yes" (26) test
• Chris Bliss Comedy is translation (25) test

Jamil Zaki: How to escape the cynicism trap - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (55) test
• John Biewen The lie that invented racism (49) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (49) test
• Tanya Menon The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet (47) test
• Dan Ariely What makes us feel good about our work? (47) test

Jamila Gordon: How AI can help shatter barriers to equality - test

• David Lee Why jobs of the future won't feel like work (35) test
• John McWhorter 4 reasons to learn a new language (34) test
• Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman How do we find dignity at work? (33) test
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• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (32) test

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English - test

• Poet Ali The language of being human (41) test
• David Peterson Why language is humanity's greatest invention (38) test
• Anna Babel Who counts as a speaker of a language? (38) test
• John McWhorter 4 reasons to learn a new language (38) test
• Archie Crowley Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has) (36) test

Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance - test

• Srdja Popovic How to topple a dictator (49) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (43) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (42) test
• Wadah Khanfar A historic moment in the Arab world (41) test
• Zarlasht Halaimzai What it's like to be a war refugee (39) test

Jan Bill: What was so special about Viking ships? - test

• Maria Gallucci The carbonless fuel that could change how we ship goods (19) test
• Helen Farr and Jon Adams Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved? (19) test
• Cesar Harada A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills (16) test
• Rose George Inside the secret shipping industry (16) test
• Roz Savage Why I'm rowing across the Pacific (15) test

Jan Chipchase: The anthropology of mobile phones - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (42) test
• Margaret Gould Stewart How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too) (42) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (42) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (42) test
• Bill Burnett 5 steps to designing the life you want (41) test

Jan Rader: In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life - test

• Michael Botticelli Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one (30) test
• Jeffrey Brown How we cut youth violence in Boston by 79 percent (28) test
• Raj Panjabi Community health heroes (28) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (27) test
• Johann Hari This could be why you're depressed or anxious (27) test

Jan Stejskal: The last living members of an extinct species - test

• Eugenia Cheng An unexpected tool for understanding inequality abstract math (22) test
• Eugenia Cheng How abstract mathematics can help us understand the world (22) test
• Christina Greer How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable (21) test
• Prosanta Chakrabarty Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish (21) test
• Peggy McIntosh How to recognize your white privilege — and use it to fight inequality (20) test

Jan Wurzbacher: The massive machines removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere - test

• Jennifer Wilcox A new way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (49) test
• Emily Parsons-Lord Art made of the air we breathe (47) test
• Gabrielle Walker What you need to know about carbon removal (38) test
• Romain Lacombe A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing (37) test
• Tapiwa Chiwewe You don't have to be an expert to solve big problems (33) test

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives - test

• Atul Gawande Want to get great at something? Get a coach (26) test
• Timothy Prestero Design for people, not awards (26) test
• Sue Desmond-Hellmann A smarter, more precise way to think about public health (25) test
• Wajahat Ali The case for having kids (25) test
• Henna-Maria Uusitupa How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health (25) test

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship - test

• Sheryl Sandberg So we leaned in ... now what? (53) test
• Hanna Rosin New data on the rise of women (52) test
• Madeleine Albright On being a woman and a diplomat (49) test
• Jackson Katz Violence against women -- it's a men's issue (49) test
• Ricardo Coler Allá donde las mujeres mandan (49) test

Jane Fonda: How to transform your climate concern into action - test

• Jane Fonda Why I protest for climate justice (50) test
• Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future (47) test
• Luisa Neubauer Why you should be a climate activist (46) test
• Luisa Neubauer The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story (45) test
• Tzeporah Berman The bad math of the fossil fuel industry (45) test

Jane Fonda: Life's third act - test

• Laura Carstensen Older people are happier (36) test
• Dan Buettner How to live to be 100+ (36) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (36) test
• Emily Esfahani Smith There's more to life than being happy (36) test
• Johann Hari This could be why you're depressed or anxious (35) test

Jane Fonda: Why I protest for climate justice - test

• Jane Fonda How to transform your climate concern into action (50) test
• Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future (44) test
• David Lammy and Justin J. Pearson How to be a leader for climate justice (43) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (43) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (40) test

Jane Goodall: Every day you live, you impact the planet - test

• Jane Goodall How humans and animals can live together (53) test
• Jane Goodall What separates us from chimpanzees? (52) test
• Emma Marris Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it (49) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (46) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (42) test

Jane Goodall: How humans and animals can live together - test

• Jane Goodall What separates us from chimpanzees? (64) test
• Jane Goodall Every day you live, you impact the planet (53) test
• Fields Wicker-Miurin Learning from leadership's missing manual (46) test
• Parag Khanna Where on Earth will people live in the future? (44) test
• Spencer Wells A family tree for humanity (44) test

Jane Goodall: What separates us from chimpanzees? - test

• Jane Goodall How humans and animals can live together (64) test
• Jane Goodall Every day you live, you impact the planet (52) test
• Fields Wicker-Miurin Learning from leadership's missing manual (43) test
• Cleo Wade Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care (43) test
• Spencer Wells A family tree for humanity (40) test

Jane Hirshfield: The art of the metaphor - test

• James Geary Metaphorically speaking (33) test
• Jonathan Harris The Web's secret stories (23) test
• Kate Messner How to build a fictional world (22) test
• Cleo Wade Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care (21) test
• Gillian Tett An invitation to reexamine your familiar world (21) test

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world - test

• David Perry Are games better than life? (58) test
• Noah Raford How gaming can be a force for good (57) test
• Gabe Zichermann How games make kids smarter (53) test
• Brenda Romero Gaming for understanding (51) test
• Herman Narula The transformative power of video games (49) test

Jane McGonigal: Massively multi-player… thumb-wrestling? - test

• Brenda Romero Gaming for understanding (28) test
• Gonzalo Vilariño How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions (26) test
• Serena Williams and Gayle King On tennis, love and motherhood (25) test
• Seth Priebatsch The game layer on top of the world (24) test
• Tom Chatfield 7 ways games reward the brain (24) test

Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life - test

• Jane McGonigal Gaming can make a better world (48) test
• Noah Raford How gaming can be a force for good (40) test
• David Perry Are games better than life? (39) test
• Martin Seligman The new era of positive psychology (39) test
• Bruce Feiler The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions (38) test

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2 - test

• Eric Hinterman How going to Mars improves life on Earth (32) test
• Philip Rosedale Life in Second Life (29) test
• Kim Stanley Robinson Remembering climate change ... a message from the year 2071 (29) test
• Clara Sousa-Silva The fingerprints of life beyond Earth (28) test
• Daniel Lismore My life as a work of art (28) test

Jane Velkovski: The life-changing power of assistive technologies - test

• Rosario Perazolo Masjoan ¿Cuándo te importa mi silla de ruedas? (42) test
• Judith Heumann Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet (41) test
• Shane Wickes Why I came out as a gay football coach (36) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (36) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (35) test

Jane Walsh: The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them - test

• Laura Vanderkam How to gain control of your free time (29) test
• Julie Cordua How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet (28) test
• Anne Milgram Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime (27) test
• Estelle Gibson The true cost of financial dependence (27) test
• Lisa Godwin How teachers can help students navigate trauma (27) test

Jane Zelikova: The hidden wonders of soil - test

• Asmeret Asefaw Berhe A climate change solution that's right under our feet (68) test
• Steven Allison Earth's original inhabitants -- and their role in combating climate change (50) test
• Joanne Chory How supercharged plants could slow climate change (48) test
• Gabrielle Walker What you need to know about carbon removal (47) test
• Kristen Bell + Giant Ant Where does all the carbon we release go? (46) test

Janell Hobson: The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman - test

• Karlos Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? (29) test
• Lisa Kristine Photos that bear witness to modern slavery (25) test
• Keenan Norris One of the most "dangerous" men in American history (24) test
• T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change... (22) test
• Yeonmi Park What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea (21) test

Janelle Peters: How Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles - test

• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (36) test
• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (35) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (35) test
• Rob Harmon How to keep rivers and streams flowing (34) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (34) test

Janelle Shane: The danger of AI is weirder than you think - test

• Kathryn Schulz On being wrong (28) test
• Sendhil Mullainathan Solving social problems with a nudge (28) test
• Nick Bostrom What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? (27) test
• Stuart Russell 3 principles for creating safer AI (26) test
• Zeynep Tufekci Machine intelligence makes human morals more important (25) test

Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously - test

• Sarah Sze How we experience time and memory through art (27) test
• Lucas Rizzotto Why I built my own time machine (25) test
• Stephen Wilkes The passing of time, caught in a single photo (24) test
• Bran Ferren To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering (24) test
• Wangechi Mutu The timeless, ancient language of art (23) test

Janet Iwasa: How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis - test

• Janet Iwasa The wonders of the molecular world, animated (37) test
• Steve McCarroll How data is helping us unravel the mysteries of the brain (24) test
• David Bolinsky Visualizing the wonder of a living cell (24) test
• Drew Berry Animations of unseeable biology (23) test
• Sara-Jane Dunn The next software revolution programming biological cells (21) test

Janet Iwasa: The wonders of the molecular world, animated - test

• Drew Berry Animations of unseeable biology (45) test
• Andrea M. Henle How CRISPR lets you edit DNA (39) test
• Floyd E. Romesberg The radical possibilities of man-made DNA (39) test
• Janet Iwasa How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis (37) test
• David Baker 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins (35) test

Janet Iwasa: Why it's so hard to cure HIV/AIDS - test

• Philip A. Chan How close are we to eradicating HIV? (70) test
• Patience Mthunzi Could we cure HIV with lasers? (59) test
• Edsel Salvaña The dangerous evolution of HIV (54) test
• Shereen El Feki HIV -- how to fight an epidemic of bad laws (52) test
• Gareth Thomas How to tackle the stigma of living with HIV (46) test

Janet Stovall: How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace - test

• Mellody Hobson Color blind or color brave? (39) test
• Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter (36) test
• Rosalind G. Brewer How to foster true diversity and inclusion at work (and in your community) (36) test
• Vernā Myers How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them (36) test
• John Biewen The lie that invented racism (31) test

Janette Sadik-Khan: New York's streets? Not so mean any more - test

• Jeff Speck 4 ways to make a city more walkable (44) test
• Kent Larson Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city (41) test
• Amanda Burden How public spaces make cities work (40) test
• Peter Calthorpe 7 principles for building better cities (36) test
• Rahul Mehrotra The architectural wonder of impermanent cities (36) test

Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action - test

• Janine Benyus Biomimicry's surprising lessons from nature's engineers (45) test
• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (42) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (40) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (39) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (39) test

Janine Benyus: Biomimicry's surprising lessons from nature's engineers - test

• Janine Benyus Biomimicry in action (45) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (37) test
• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (36) test
• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (36) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (35) test

Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn't a broken person - test

• Amy Purdy Living beyond limits (38) test
• Bruce Feiler The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions (34) test
• Ric Elias 3 things I learned while my plane crashed (34) test
• Alua Arthur Why thinking about death helps you live a better life (34) test
• Carolyn Jones A tribute to nurses (32) test

Janine di Giovanni: What I saw in the war - test

• Zarlasht Halaimzai What it's like to be a war refugee (43) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (40) test
• Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed Mother and daughter doctor-heroes (39) test
• Wadah Khanfar A historic moment in the Arab world (38) test
• Brian Sokol What photos don't tell you about the refugee experience (38) test

Janja Lalich: Why do people join cults? - test

• Stacie Bosley How to spot a pyramid scheme (24) test
• Hilary Cottam Social services are broken. How we can fix them (20) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (20) test
• Diana Adams Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family (20) test
• Karen Armstrong Let's revive the Golden Rule (19) test

Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes - test

• Fabio Pacucci Could the Earth be swallowed by a black hole? (69) test
• Sheperd Doeleman Inside the black hole image that made history (66) test
• Fabio Pacucci Can a black hole be destroyed? (56) test
• Andrea Ghez The hunt for a supermassive black hole (55) test
• Katie Bouman How to take a picture of a black hole (48) test

Jared Diamond: How societies can grow old better - test

• Laura Carstensen Older people are happier (60) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (49) test
• Dan Gilbert The psychology of your future self (45) test
• Seth Godin The tribes we lead (43) test
• Tanya Menon The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet (42) test

Jared Diamond: Why do societies collapse? - test

• Kevin Kelly The future will be shaped by optimists (31) test
• Jared Diamond How societies can grow old better (27) test
• Will MacAskill What are the most important moral problems of our time? (26) test
• Bjorn Lomborg Global priorities bigger than climate change (26) test
• Michael Porter The case for letting business solve social problems (25) test

Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!) - test

• Tasos Frantzolas Everything you hear on film is a lie (36) test
• Renzo Vitale What should electric cars sound like? (35) test
• Julian Treasure The 4 ways sound affects us (33) test
• Woody Norris Hypersonic sound and other inventions (32) test
• Christine Sun Kim The enchanting music of sign language (31) test

Jaron Lanier: How we need to remake the internet - test

• Lucas Rizzotto Why I built my own time machine (33) test
• Sergey Brin + Larry Page The genesis of Google (33) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (33) test
• Charlie Jane Anders Go ahead, dream about the future (32) test
• Zeynep Tufekci We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads (31) test

Jarrell Daniels: What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other - test

• Shaka Senghor Why your worst deeds don’t define you (37) test
• Teresa Njoroge What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit (36) test
• Peter Ouko From death row to law graduate (36) test
• Clementine Jacoby How bad data traps people in the US justice system (34) test
• Nyra Jordan 4 steps to hiring fairly -- and supporting criminal justice reform (32) test

Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana - test

• Zachariah Mampilly How protest is redefining democracy around the world (33) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (30) test
• Patrick Awuah How to educate leaders? Liberal arts (30) test
• John Biewen The lie that invented racism (30) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (30) test

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist - test

• Jarrett J. Krosoczka Why lunch ladies are heroes (37) test
• Young-ha Kim Be an artist, right now! (36) test
• Raghava KK My 5 lives as an artist (36) test
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka Live drawings of the human experience (36) test
• Olympia Della Flora Creative ways to get kids to thrive in school (35) test

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Live drawings of the human experience - test

• Jarrett J. Krosoczka How a boy became an artist (36) test
• Giles Duley When a reporter becomes the story (35) test
• Pico Iyer The art of stillness (33) test
• Tyler Cowen Be suspicious of simple stories (32) test
• Bruce Feiler The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions (30) test

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes - test

• Jarrett J. Krosoczka How a boy became an artist (37) test
• Linda Cliatt-Wayman How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard (36) test
• Pearl Arredondo My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher (36) test
• Ann Cooper What's wrong with school lunches (34) test
• Sam Kass Want kids to learn well? Feed them well (33) test

Jasmine Crowe: What we're getting wrong in the fight to end hunger - test

• Tristram Stuart The global food waste scandal (68) test
• Josette Sheeran Ending hunger now (67) test
• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli The future of the food ecosystem -- and the power of your plate (60) test
• Tessa Clarke The surprising climate benefits of sharing your stuff (59) test
• Ellen Gustafson Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue (59) test

Jason B. Rosenthal: The journey through loss and grief - test

• Alua Arthur Why thinking about death helps you live a better life (40) test
• Kelli Swazey Life that doesn't end with death (35) test
• Elaine Fong My mother's final wish -- and the right to die with dignity (34) test
• Michelle Knox Talk about your death while you're still healthy (34) test
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Jim Chuchu: Why are stolen African artifacts still in Western museums? - test

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Jim Hagemann Snabe: Dreams and details for a decarbonized future - test

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Jim Hemerling: 5 ways to lead in an era of constant change - test

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Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist? - test

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Jim Hudspeth: The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear - test

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Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark - test

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Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse - test

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Joan C. Williams: Why corporate diversity programs fail -- and how small tweaks can have big impact - test

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Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change - test

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Joao Pedro de Magalhaes: Why do animals have such different lifespans? - test

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Jodie Houlston-Lau: How to make a sad story funny - test

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Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace - test

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Joe Gebbia: How Airbnb designs for trust - test

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Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright - test

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Joe Lassiter: We need nuclear power to solve climate change - test

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Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling - test

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Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel - test

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Joey Alexander: An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz - test

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Johan Rockström: 10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet - test

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Johan Rockström: Let the environment guide our development - test

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Johann Daniel Harnoss: How your company can gain a global talent advantage - test

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