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M Jackson: How to grow a glacier - test

• Tshering Tobgay An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole" (46) test
• Andri Snær Magnason On time and water (33) test
• Balsher Singh Sidhu Are we running out of clean water? (30) test
• Kristin Poinar What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? (27) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (27) test

Ma Jun: An interactive map to track (and end) pollution in China - test

• Hongqiao Liu Can China achieve its ambitious climate pledges? (40) test
• TED Countdown Is there a role for carbon credits in the transition to a fair, net-zero future? (37) test
• Angel Hsu How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change (37) test
• Angel Hsu Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it (36) test
• Stacy Kauk The billion-dollar pollution solution humanity needs right now (33) test

Ma Yansong: Urban architecture inspired by mountains, clouds and volcanoes - test

• Ole Scheeren Why great architecture should tell a story (47) test
• Norman Foster My green agenda for architecture (46) test
• Frank Gehry My days as a young rebel (46) test
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Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism - test

• Zachariah Mampilly How protest is redefining democracy around the world (35) test
• Takis S. Pappas The rise of modern populism (33) test
• Eric X. Li A tale of two political systems (32) test
• Ivan Krastev Can democracy exist without trust? (30) test
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Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door - test

• Stephen Ritz A teacher growing green in the South Bronx (35) test
• Young-ha Kim Be an artist, right now! (34) test
• Geoffrey Canada Our failing schools. Enough is enough! (33) test
• Adora Svitak What adults can learn from kids (33) test
• Dave Eggers My wish Once Upon a School (32) test

Mac Stone: Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades - test

• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (33) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (33) test
• Rob Harmon How to keep rivers and streams flowing (32) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (32) test
• Fahad Al-Attiya A country with no water (30) test

Machine Dazzle: How to unleash your inner maximalist through costume - test

• Brittney Cooper The racial politics of time (29) test
• Adam Savage My love letter to cosplay (27) test
• Chris Milk The birth of virtual reality as an art form (26) test
• Alexander Leitner Can time be wasted? (26) test
• Laura Vanderkam How to gain control of your free time (25) test

Macinley Butson: How ancient technology inspired my award-winning inventions - test

• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (40) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (40) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (38) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (37) test
• Sonaar Luthra We need to track the world's water like we track the weather (37) test

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego: Music with a message should be accessible - test

• Madame Gandhi Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression (65) test
• Joey Alexander An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz (45) test
• Michael Tilson Thomas Music and emotion through time (43) test
• Elizabeth Cawein How to build a thriving music scene in your city (39) test
• Tod Machover + Dan Ellsey Inventing instruments that unlock new music (39) test

Madame Gandhi: Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression - test

• Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego Music with a message should be accessible (65) test
• Joey Alexander An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz (57) test
• Michael Tilson Thomas Music and emotion through time (52) test
• Elizabeth Cawein How to build a thriving music scene in your city (48) test
• David Byrne How architecture helped music evolve (48) test

Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat - test

• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (60) test
• Sheryl Sandberg So we leaned in ... now what? (56) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (55) test
• Srishti Bakshi My long walk across India for women's freedom (55) test
• Laura Bates Everyday sexism (54) test

Madhavi Venkatesan: The life cycle of a pair of jeans - test

• Josephine Philips The simple solution to fast fashion (27) test
• Mindy Scheier How adaptive clothing empowers people with disabilities (20) test
• Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez The problem with plastics -- and how they're changing the environment (20) test
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• Michael R. Stiff Why is cotton in everything? (17) test

Madhumita Murgia: How data brokers sell your identity - test

• Jennifer Zhu Scott Why you should get paid for your data (53) test
• Veronica Barassi What tech companies know about your kids (50) test
• Giorgia Lupi How we can find ourselves in data (49) test
• Tim Berners-Lee The next web (48) test
• Mallory Freeman Your company's data could help end world hunger (48) test

Madhumita Murgia: How stress affects your brain - test

• Kelly McGonigal How to make stress your friend (53) test
• Sharon Horesh Bergquist How stress affects your body (51) test
• Elizabeth Cox The surprising link between stress and memory (46) test
• Rob Cooke The cost of work stress -- and how to reduce it (40) test
• Claudia Aguirre Does stress cause pimples? (38) test

Mads Tang-Christensen: The brain science of obesity - test

• Mia Nacamulli What is obesity? (39) test
• Sandra Aamodt Why dieting doesn't usually work (37) test
• Peter Attia Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? (31) test
• Dean Ornish Healing through diet (27) test
• Jamie Oliver Teach every child about food (27) test

Mae Jemison: Teach arts and sciences together - test

• Jack Dangermond How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future (33) test
• Freeman Hrabowski 4 pillars of college success in science (32) test
• Ben Cameron Why the live arts matter (30) test
• Hadi Eldebek Why must artists be poor? (30) test
• Sir Ken Robinson Do schools kill creativity? (30) test

Magatte Wade: Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (42) test
• Efosa Ojomo Reducing corruption takes a specific kind of investment (40) test
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Want to help Africa? Do business here (39) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (38) test
• David Lee Why jobs of the future won't feel like work (37) test

Magda Sayeg: How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (35) test
• Philip Rosedale Life in Second Life (30) test
• Alicia Eggert Imaginative sculptures that explore how we perceive reality (29) test
• Edi Rama Take back your city with paint (29) test
• Jehane Noujaim My wish A global day of film (29) test

Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture - test

• Gary Greenberg The beautiful nano details of our world (50) test
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• Reed Kroloff A tour of modern architecture (21) test
• Allan Savory How to fight desertification and reverse climate change (19) test
• Willie Smits How to restore a rainforest (18) test

Mai Lan: "Autopilote" / "Pumper" - test

• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (19) test
• Eleni Myrivili A 3-part plan to take on extreme heat waves (19) test
• Douglas J. Casa What happens when you get heat stroke? (18) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (18) test
• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (18) test

Mainak Mazumdar: How bad data keeps us from good AI - test

• Tim Berners-Lee The next web (60) test
• Giorgia Lupi How we can find ourselves in data (58) test
• Jennifer Zhu Scott Why you should get paid for your data (53) test
• Sebastian Wernicke How to use data to make a hit TV show (52) test
• Tricia Wang The human insights missing from big data (51) test

Maira Kalman: The illustrated woman - test

• Raghava KK My 5 lives as an artist (36) test
• Amy Tan Where does creativity hide? (35) test
• Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine (34) test
• Ethan Hawke Give yourself permission to be creative (33) test
• Marc Pachter The art of the interview (33) test

Maisie Williams: Why talent carries you further than fame - test

• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (38) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (36) test
• Jeff Skoll My journey into movies that matter (36) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (35) test
• Bill Strickland Rebuilding a neighborhood with beauty, dignity, hope (35) test

Maja Bosnic: How to share public money fairly - test

• Gaby Barrios Why gender-based marketing is bad for business (48) test
• Jo Michael Rezes A playful exploration of gender performance (44) test
• Zineb Sqalli Climate action's hidden opportunities for women (40) test
• Michael Kimmel Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included (37) test
• France Villarta The gender-fluid history of the Philippines (30) test

Majd Mashharawi: How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (38) test
• Robert Neuwirth The hidden world of shadow cities (34) test
• Yvonne van Amerongen The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care (34) test
• Seth Godin The tribes we lead (33) test
• Ernesto Sirolli Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! (33) test

Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship - test

• Ernesto Sirolli Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! (41) test
• Tiffani Ashley Bell How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills (41) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (40) test
• Geoff Mulgan Post-crash, investing in a better world (40) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (39) test

Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto - test

• Peggy Shepard How to build an equitable and just climate future (41) test
• Majora Carter You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one (36) test
• Amanda Burden How public spaces make cities work (33) test
• Ozawa Bineshi Albert Climate action needs new frontline leadership (32) test
• Majora Carter 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship (32) test

Majora Carter: You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one - test

• Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero The path to ending systemic racism in the US (42) test
• Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero The path to ending systemic racism in the US (42) test
• John Biewen The lie that invented racism (41) test
• Robert Neuwirth The hidden world of shadow cities (40) test
• Niki Okuk When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient (40) test

Makhtoum Abdalla: Education is a fundamental right for every child - test

• Mary Maker Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) (36) test
• Charles Leadbeater Education innovation in the slums (35) test
• Sir Ken Robinson Do schools kill creativity? (34) test
• Sir Ken Robinson How to escape education's death valley (33) test
• Amel Karboul The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it (32) test

Malachy McHugh: How stretching actually changes your muscles - test

• Jeffrey Siegel What makes muscles grow? (34) test
• Christian Moro The surprising reason our muscles get tired (33) test
• Eva Vertes Meet the future of cancer research (25) test
• Christoph Keplinger The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future (21) test
• Robert Katzschmann The future of machines that move like animals (20) test

Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce - test

• A.J. Jacobs My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee (30) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (27) test
• Michael Specter The danger of science denial (27) test
• Seth Godin How to get your ideas to spread (26) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (26) test

Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight - test

• Keith Lowe Why we need to stop obsessing over World War II (27) test
• P.W. Singer Military robots and the future of war (26) test
• Samantha Nutt The real harm of the global arms trade (25) test
• Natalie Cargill How to solve the world's biggest problems (21) test
• Zarlasht Halaimzai What it's like to be a war refugee (20) test

Malcolm Gladwell: The unheard story of David and Goliath - test

• Billy Graham On technology and faith (18) test
• Artūrs Miksons The benefits of expressing your emotions (constructively) (18) test
• Stewart Brand The Long Now (15) test
• Jacqueline Woodson What reading slowly taught me about writing (15) test
• Amy Tan Where does creativity hide? (15) test

Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground" - test

• Sakena Yacoobi How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school (21) test
• Victor Rios Help for kids the education system ignores (21) test
• Nisha Anand The radical act of choosing common ground (19) test
• Sydney Jensen How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers? (19) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (19) test

Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build - test

• Lloyd Pendleton The Housing First approach to homelessness (28) test
• Ben Cameron Why the live arts matter (23) test
• Becky Blanton The year I was homeless (23) test
• Laura Vanderkam How to gain control of your free time (21) test
• Mae Jemison Teach arts and sciences together (21) test

Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world - test

• Jehane Noujaim My wish A global day of film (33) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (33) test
• Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine (33) test
• Henrietta Fore How we can help young people build a better future (31) test
• Deeyah Khan What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids (31) test

Mallory Freeman: Your company's data could help end world hunger - test

• Tim Berners-Lee The next web (59) test
• Jennifer Zhu Scott Why you should get paid for your data (58) test
• Giorgia Lupi How we can find ourselves in data (56) test
• Tricia Wang The human insights missing from big data (55) test
• Massimo Russo 3 ways your company's data can jump-start climate action (52) test

Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching - test

• David Pogue Cool tricks your phone can do (45) test
• JP Rangaswami Information is food (39) test
• Marta Peirano The surveillance device you carry around all day (39) test
• Alessandro Acquisti What will a future without secrets look like? (38) test
• Erik Hersman Reporting crisis via texting (37) test

Manal al-Sharif: A Saudi woman who dared to drive - test

• Srishti Bakshi My long walk across India for women's freedom (47) test
• Laura Bates Everyday sexism (46) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (45) test
• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (45) test
• Madeleine Albright On being a woman and a diplomat (42) test

Mandy Len Catron: A better way to talk about love - test

• Aracelis Girmay "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card" (70) test
• Mandy Len Catron Falling in love is the easy part (69) test
• Keiichiro Hirano Love others to love yourself (68) test
• Helen Fisher The brain in love (67) test
• Skye C. Cleary Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry (67) test

Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part - test

• Mandy Len Catron A better way to talk about love (69) test
• Helen Fisher The brain in love (65) test
• Keiichiro Hirano Love others to love yourself (63) test
• Skye C. Cleary Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry (61) test
• Aracelis Girmay "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card" (60) test

Mandë Holford: The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life - test

• Michel Dugon The secrets of spider venom (33) test
• Carl June A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer (29) test
• Elizabeth Wayne We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer (28) test
• Jimmy Lin A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early (28) test
• Carolyn Bertozzi What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you (27) test

Mani Vajipey: How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution - test

• Dianna Cohen Tough truths about plastic pollution (49) test
• Andrew Forrest A radical plan to end plastic waste (47) test
• Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez The problem with plastics -- and how they're changing the environment (44) test
• David Katz The surprising solution to ocean plastic (42) test
• Sarah Dudas Microplastics are everywhere -- but we can do something about them (42) test

Manish Bhardwaj: A moral blueprint for reimagining capitalism - test

• Jacqueline Novogratz What it takes to make change (29) test
• Cleo Wade Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care (29) test
• Irma L. Olguin Jr. How to turn around a city (29) test
• Jim Yong Kim Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? (28) test
• Azim Shariff Does working hard really make you a good person? (28) test

Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas - test

• Adam Alter Why our screens make us less happy (43) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (41) test
• Cesar Kuriyama One second every day (39) test
• Juliet Schor The case for a 4-day work week (37) test
• Stefana Broadbent How the Internet enables intimacy (37) test

Manu Peni: The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design - test

• Fields Wicker-Miurin Learning from leadership's missing manual (39) test
• Jupta Itoewaki An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth (37) test
• John Marshall 3 strategies for effectively talking about climate change (36) test
• Mary Robinson Why climate change is a threat to human rights (36) test
• Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future (35) test

Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami - test

• Harry Baker A love poem for lonely prime numbers (25) test
• George Whitesides A lab the size of a postage stamp (25) test
• Manu Prakash Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper (24) test
• Kelli Anderson Design to challenge reality (23) test
• Joel Selanikio The big-data revolution in health care (21) test

Manu Prakash: Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper - test

• Nathan Myhrvold Could this laser zap malaria? (32) test
• Fredros Okumu Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes (31) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (28) test
• Atul Gawande How do we heal medicine? (27) test
• Bart Knols 3 new ways to kill mosquitoes (27) test

Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge - test

• Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard The secret language of trees (29) test
• Richard Preston The mysterious lives of giant trees (28) test
• Nicholas Christakis How social networks predict epidemics (28) test
• Nicholas Christakis The hidden influence of social networks (28) test
• Ersin Han Ersin What's it like to be a giant sequoia tree? (27) test

Manwar Ali: Inside the mind of a former radical jihadist - test

• Bobby Ghosh Why global jihad is losing (47) test
• Deeyah Khan What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids (33) test
• Rachel Kleinfeld A path to security for the world's deadliest countries (32) test
• Victor Rios Help for kids the education system ignores (31) test
• Zarlasht Halaimzai What it's like to be a war refugee (30) test

Mar Hershenson: The secret to successfully pitching an idea - test

• Nancy Duarte The secret structure of great talks (32) test
• Andrew Peek How your personal narrative limits your future (31) test
• George Monbiot The new political story that could change everything (28) test
• Damon Gameau The story that shapes your relationship with nature (28) test
• Tyler Cowen Be suspicious of simple stories (27) test

Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities - test

• Kiran Sethi Kids, take charge (42) test
• Georgette Mulheir The tragedy of orphanages (39) test
• Jaime Lerner A song of the city (39) test
• Helen Pearson Lessons from the longest study on human development (37) test
• Marian Wright Edelman Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty (35) test

Marah J. Hardt: Are we interrupting the kinky sex lives of fish? - test

• Luka Seamus Wright The wild sex lives of marine creatures (47) test
• Aaron Reedy Sex determination More complicated than you thought (44) test
• Carin Bondar The birds and the bees are just the beginning (41) test
• Steve Simpson How ocean noise destroys marine ecosystems (36) test
• Paul Snelgrove A census of the ocean (36) test

Marc Abrahams: A science award that makes you laugh, then think - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (39) test
• Wael Ghonim Inside the Egyptian revolution (36) test
• Dan Gilbert The psychology of your future self (35) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (35) test
• Marvin Minsky Health and the human mind (35) test

Marc Adam Hertzman and Flavio dos Santos Gomes: The kingdom hidden in Brazil - test

• John Biewen The lie that invented racism (18) test
• Kevin Bales How to combat modern slavery (18) test
• Karlos Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? (17) test
• Achim Steiner Humanity's planet-shaping powers -- and what they mean for the future (17) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (17) test

Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom - test

• Ingrid Fetell Lee Where joy hides and how to find it (25) test
• Gonzalo Vilariño How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions (25) test
• Sara DeWitt 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true (24) test
• Dorsa Amir How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood (23) test
• Stephen Ritz A teacher growing green in the South Bronx (23) test

Marc Bamuthi Joseph: "You Have the Rite" - test

• Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa Black life at the intersection of birth and death (30) test
• Keenan Scott II How poetry unlocked my superpowers (29) test
• D-L Stewart Scenes from a Black trans life (29) test
• Vernā Myers How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them (29) test
• Julieanna L. Richardson The mission to safeguard Black history in the US (27) test

Marc Fagelson: What's that ringing in your ears? - test

• Douglas L. Oliver The science of hearing (43) test
• Heather Malyuk Can loud music damage your hearing? (36) test
• Tasos Frantzolas Everything you hear on film is a lie (34) test
• Renzo Vitale What should electric cars sound like? (32) test
• Julian Treasure The 4 ways sound affects us (32) test

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future - test

• David Rothkopf How fear drives American politics (37) test
• Andrew McAfee Are droids taking our jobs? (37) test
• Rob Reid How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it (36) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (36) test
• Wadah Khanfar A historic moment in the Arab world (35) test

Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (25) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (25) test
• Bill Gates How the pandemic will shape the near future (24) test
• Thomas Goetz It's time to redesign medical data (23) test
• Tiffani Ashley Bell How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills (23) test

Marc Kushner: Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you - test

• Thomas Heatherwick The rise of boring architecture -- and the case for radically human buildings (46) test
• Renzo Piano The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings (43) test
• Ole Scheeren Why great architecture should tell a story (41) test
• Ma Yansong Urban architecture inspired by mountains, clouds and volcanoes (41) test
• Norman Foster My green agenda for architecture (38) test

Marc Pachter: The art of the interview - test

• Dave Isay Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear (44) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (43) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (42) test
• Philip Rosedale Life in Second Life (41) test
• Peter Saul Let's talk about dying (41) test

Marc Raibert: Meet Spot, the robot dog that can run, hop and open doors - test

• Rodney Brooks Robots will invade our lives (54) test
• Dennis Hong 7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water (53) test
• Kate Darling Why we have an emotional connection to robots (53) test
• Vijay Kumar Robots that fly ... and cooperate (52) test
• Guy Hoffman Robots with "soul" (51) test

Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects? - test

• Renata di Tullio Por qué deberíamos comer más bichos (63) test
• Marlene Zuk What we learn from insects' sex lives (45) test
• Mark Bittman What's wrong with what we eat (37) test
• Emma Bryce Should we eat bugs? (36) test
• Brian Kateman How to reduce your diet's carbon footprint — without going vegan (31) test

Marcelo Mena: The economic benefits of climate action - test

• Rose M. Mutiso The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change (42) test
• James Irungu Mwangi Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty (42) test
• Mary Robinson Why climate change is a threat to human rights (42) test
• Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future (42) test
• Chris Roe Amazon's commitment to run on 100-percent renewable energy (42) test

Marcia Belsky: The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space -- and other absurd songs - test

• Ze Frank My web playroom (35) test
• Hrishikesh Hirway What you discover when you really listen (31) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (31) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (31) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (31) test

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization - test

• Massimo Banzi How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination (29) test
• Alastair Parvin Architecture for the people by the people (25) test
• Don Tapscott Four principles for the open world (23) test
• Clay Shirky How the Internet will (one day) transform government (23) test
• Jamais Cascio Tools for a better world (22) test

Marco A. Sotomayor: The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - test

• Jen Gunter Can you actually boost your immune system? Here's the truth (49) test
• Emma Bryce How does the immune system work? (46) test
• Kaitlyn Sadtler How we could teach our bodies to heal faster (42) test
• Eleanor Nelsen Why do people have seasonal allergies? (37) test
• Christian Moro Why do you get a fever when you're sick? (36) test

Marco Alverà: The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better - test

• Warren Valdmanis What makes a job "good" -- and the case for investing in people (27) test
• Patty McCord 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for (26) test
• Sarah Brosnan Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness (26) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (25) test
• Matt Mullenweg Why working from home is good for business (24) test

Marco Annunziata: Welcome to the age of the industrial internet - test

• Erik Brynjolfsson The key to growth? Race with the machines (32) test
• Martin Ford How we'll earn money in a future without jobs (31) test
• Yochai Benkler The new open-source economics (30) test
• Joi Ito Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist" (29) test
• Anthony Goldbloom The jobs we'll lose to machines -- and the ones we won't (29) test

Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other - test

• Rébecca Kleinberger Why you don't like the sound of your own voice (40) test
• Rupal Patel Synthetic voices, as unique as fingerprints (38) test
• Emma Rodero Cómo darle credibilidad a tu voz (33) test
• Beardyman The polyphonic me (31) test
• Lennart Green Close-up card magic with a twist (30) test

Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality) - test

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Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree - test

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Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of willful blindness - test

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Margaret Heffernan: The human skills we need in an unpredictable world - test

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Margaret Levi: How labor unions shape society - test

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Margaret Mitchell: How we can build AI to help humans, not hurt us - test

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Maria Elena De Obaldia: Do mosquitos actually bite some people more than others? - test

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Maria R. D’Orsogna: Why do animals form swarms? - test

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Marian Wright Edelman: Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty - test

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Mariana Atencio: What makes you special? - test

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Mariana Mazzucato: Government -- investor, risk-taker, innovator - test

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Marianne Schwarz: What causes migraines? - test

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Marianne Schwarz: What happens to your brain during a migraine? - test

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Mariano Sigman and Dan Ariely: How can groups make good decisions? - test

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Mariano Sigman: Your words may predict your future mental health - test

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Marjan van Aubel: The beautiful future of solar power - test

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Mark Raymond: Victims of the city - test

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Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer. - test

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Matthew Williams: Special Olympics let me be myself -- a champion - test

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Max Hawkins: I let algorithms randomize my life for two years - test

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Max Tegmark: How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI - test

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Maya Beiser: A cello with many voices - test

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Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ... - test

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Maya Shankar: Why change is so scary -- and how to unlock its potential - test

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Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one - test

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Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ... - test

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Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American? - test

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McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys - test

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Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place for life and love - test

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Meera Vijayann: Find your voice against gender violence - test

• Laura Bates Everyday sexism (46) test
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Meg Jacobs: What few people know about the program that "saved" America - test

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Meg Jay: Essential questions to ask your future self - test

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Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 - test

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Megan Alubicki Flick: The power of multilingualism in education - test

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Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen: The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - test

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Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen: What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary - test

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Megan Kamerick: Women should represent women in media - test

• Laura Bates Everyday sexism (50) test
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Megan McArthur: A NASA astronaut's lessons on fear, confidence and preparing for spaceflight - test

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Megan Ming Francis: We need to address the real roots of racial violence - test

• David R. Williams How racism makes us sick (37) test
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Megan Parker: How dogs help with conservation efforts - test

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Megan Phelps-Roper: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left - test

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Megan Reitz: How to lead in the new era of employee activism - test

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Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking - test

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Meghan Hussey: 4 ways to design a disability-friendly future - test

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Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar: What happens in your brain when you pay attention? - test

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Mehret Mandefro: How a strong creative industry helps economies thrive - test

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Mei Lin Neo: The fascinating secret lives of giant clams - test

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Meklit Hadero: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds - test

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Mel Robbins: How to stop screwing yourself over - test

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Mel Rosenberg: What causes bad breath? - test

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Mel Rosenberg: What causes cavities? - test

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Melaku Belay: The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance - test

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Melanie E. Peffer: The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - test

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Melanie Nezer: The fundamental right to seek asylum - test

• Erika Pinheiro What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better (56) test
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Melati and Isabel Wijsen: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali - test

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Melinda Briana Epler: 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (49) test
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Melinda Epler: 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (49) test
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Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda - test

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Melissa Fleming: A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors - test

• Melissa Fleming Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive (38) test
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Melissa Fleming: Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive - test

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Melissa Garren: The sea we've hardly seen - test

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Melissa J. Moore: How mRNA medicine will change the world - test

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Melissa Marshall: Talk nerdy to me - test

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Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of China - test

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Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger - test

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Michael Benton: Mass extinctions and the future of life on Earth - test

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Michael Bierut: How to design a library that makes kids want to read - test

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Michael Bierut: The genius of the London Tube Map - test

• Rebecca Firth Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people? (43) test
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Michael Bodekaer: This virtual lab will revolutionize science class - test

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Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one - test

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Michael C. Bush: This is what makes employees happy at work - test

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Michael Corballis: Evolution's great mystery Language - test

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Michael Dickinson: How a fly flies - test

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Michael Green: How flags unite (and divide) us - test

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Michael Green: How we can make the world a better place by 2030 - test

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Michael Green: The global goals we've made progress on -- and the ones we haven't - test

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Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers - test

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Michael Hendryx: The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must end - test

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Michael Kimmel: Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included - test

• Jackson Katz Violence against women -- it's a men's issue (52) test
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Michael Levin: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life - test

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Michael Mauser: What are those floaty things in your eye? - test

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Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief - test

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Michael Merzenich: Growing evidence of brain plasticity - test

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Michael Metcalfe: A provocative way to finance the fight against climate change - test

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Michael Metcalfe: We need money for aid. So let’s print it. - test

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Michael Molina: What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu? - test

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Michael Moschen: Juggling as art ... and science - test

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Michael Murphy: Architecture that's built to heal - test

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Michael Nielsen: Open science now! - test

• Naomi Oreskes Why we should trust scientists (40) test
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Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - test

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Michael Patrick Lynch: How to see past your own perspective and find truth - test

• Christiane Amanpour How to seek truth in the era of fake news (37) test
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Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture - test

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Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view - test

• Emma Marris Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it (35) test
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Michael Porter: The case for letting business solve social problems - test

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Michael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable - test

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Michael R. Stiff: Why is cotton in everything? - test

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Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants - test

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Michael Rubinstein: See invisible motion, hear silent sounds - test

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Michael S. A. Graziano: What is consciousness? - test

• David Chalmers How do you explain consciousness? (35) test
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Michael S.A. Graziano: How close are we to uploading our minds? - test

• Suzana Herculano-Houzel What is so special about the human brain? (34) test
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Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate - test

• Noah Raford How gaming can be a force for good (19) test
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Michael Sandel: The tyranny of merit - test

• Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman How do we find dignity at work? (34) test
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Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life - test

• Sebastian Deterding What your designs say about you (33) test
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Michael Shermer: Why people believe weird things - test

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Michael Stevens: How much does a video weigh? - test

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Michelle Kuo: The healing power of reading - test

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Michelle Mehrtens: The historic women's suffrage march on Washington - test

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Michelle Obama: A passionate, personal case for education - test

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Michelle R. Weise: 4 tips to future-proof your career - test

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Miguel Alcubierre: ¿Cómo podríamos viajar más rápido que la velocidad de la luz? - test

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Miguel Goncalves: How millennials and Gen Z can invest in a better future - test

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Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really. - test

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness - test

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Miho Janvier: Lessons from a solar storm chaser - test

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Mikael Cho: The science of stage fright (and how to overcome it) - test

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Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic - test

• Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez The problem with plastics -- and how they're changing the environment (45) test
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• Andrew Forrest A radical plan to end plastic waste (35) test
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Mike Brown: The search for our solar system's ninth planet - test

• Phil Plait The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes (38) test
• Jeremy Kasdin The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets (35) test
• Garik Israelian How spectroscopy could reveal alien life (34) test
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Mike Cannon-Brookes: How you can use impostor syndrome to your benefit - test

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Mike Davis: What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? - test

• Jen Gunter What you should know about opioids and painkillers (41) test
• Yasmin Hurd Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction? (39) test
• Travis Rieder The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it (34) test
• Rachel Wurzman How isolation fuels opioid addiction (29) test
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Mike Gil: Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs? - test

• Steve Simpson How ocean noise destroys marine ecosystems (54) test
• Mike Gil The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs (49) test
• Paul Greenberg The four fish we're overeating -- and what to eat instead (49) test
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• Mike Gil Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs? (49) test
• Ayana Elizabeth Johnson A coral reef love story (45) test
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• Justin Baldoni Why I'm done trying to be "man enough" (28) test
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Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book - test

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Mike Rowe: Learning from dirty jobs - test

• Jason Fried Why work doesn't happen at work (39) test
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Mike Velings: The case for fish farming - test

• Paul Greenberg The four fish we're overeating -- and what to eat instead (59) test
• Jackie Savitz Save the oceans, feed the world! (57) test
• Dan Barber How I fell in love with a fish (54) test
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Mike deGruy: Hooked by an octopus - test

• David Gallo Life in the deep oceans (38) test
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• Edith Widder Glowing life in an underwater world (31) test
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Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack - test

• Mikko Hypponen Fighting viruses, defending the net (36) test
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Miles Zhang: The bizarre world of parasitic wasps - test

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• Elizabeth Wayne We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer (48) test
• Carolyn Bertozzi What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you (47) test
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Ming Luke: What's a squillo, and why do opera singers need it? - test

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Ming Luke: What's the point(e) of ballet? - test

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Miriam Zoila Pérez: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help - test

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