Altruism
[3:28] Hank explains the evolutionary basis for altruistic behavior in animals, including vampire bats! [Video sour…
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Why Are People So Nasty
[3:40] The origins of nastiness in other people can be deeply hard to fathom, especially if we have done nothing to them. …
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Lawrence Krauss: We Need to Teach Kids Creative Thinking
[3:09] “Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking,” says the professor and theoreti…
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Human saliva is six times stronger than morphine
[1:22] Researchers have discovered a natural painkiller that’s six times more powerful than morphine, and it&…
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The Economics of Happiness
[10:25] They say money can’t buy happiness, but who are they? Can money buy happiness? The answer is: sort of. Whi…
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Economics of Happiness
[1:08:29] If you ask people does money buy happiness, they all get very high-minded and say, well, of course not and they …
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Dan Ariely: Self control
[17:48] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks about self control and the difference between our long term goals and ou…
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The Problem with Over-Friendly People
[6:23] Friendliness is a great virtue. Over-friendliness can be an unexpected problem. [Video and text source: The Sc…
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How could wearable and smartphone tech help people with depression, epilepsy and MS?
[1:25] RADAR-CNS (Remote assessment of disease and relapse – Central Nervous System), a major new research program…
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Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
[12:46] What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not a…
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