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Curiosity Retreats 2016 Lectures

8 episodes 93%4KCC

Big ideas collide on stage, from brain science to Pluto's frontier.

Hear leading thinkers, writers, and scientists tackle today’s global concerns and current events through vivid, idea-rich lectures. Across talks on the brain, human origins, space exploration, ethics, and our relationship with animals, each episode opens a new way of seeing the world. Sign up to follow conversations that reward curiosity and keep unfolding long after each lecture ends.

Episode guide

8 episodes
1
1The Future Of The Brain
What would the world be like if we could expand our senses beyond our current capacities? Neuroscientist David Eagleman is working on the cutting edge of technology that will change what it means to be human.
1h 1m
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2Our Virtual Reality
As the ability to blur the physical and digital worlds becomes a global phenomenon, Nonny de la Peña is harnessing that transformative ability to tell stories like never before. Learn how she uses the immersive power of VR to help people connect to important issues they might otherwise ignore.
51 min
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3To Pluto And Beyond
New Horizons took its famed look at Pluto and is now racing toward its next destination… and Alan Stern will take us all on the journey of exploration with it!
1h
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4Our Mathematical Universe
Renowned cosmologist Max Tegmark will take us on a journey through some of the greatest mysteries of our existence, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work.
1h 1m
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5The Human Journey: A Genetic Odyssey
Geneticist Spencer Wells presents a broad view of the DNA Testing industry from its beginnings to its broader acceptance by the general public. Now an individual can, for the first time in history, read his own genetic blueprints.
1h 1m
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6The Humane Economy
Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the United States, draws a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, and how industries, innovators and consumers are coming together in this powerful social movement.
59 min
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7Lessons From The Presidents: Balancing Work, Love And Play
Through her unique understanding of some of our greatest presidents, Doris Kearns Goodwin, writer and presidential biographer, provides leadership lessons we all can learn from in our never-ending pursuit to live our fullest and most successful lives.
59 min
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8The Big Picture
Award-winning physicist Sean Carroll is known for his keen observations on the relationship between humanity and the laws of nature, and finding where human purpose and meaning fit into a scientific world view.
58 min
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