Financial Fiasco

Watch Swedish writer Johan Norberg talk about his very accesible new book: Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Homeownersh...[more]

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Optical illusions show how we see

How do we see the world and why do we see it the way we do? Is everything the way it seems to us? How does our vision work and how close is ...[more]

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Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes

At the TED-Conferences genius after genius is holding her or his talk. But despite the fact that TED is bursting with smartness, there are j...[more]

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From Aleppo to Hollywood - the dream of Mustapha Akkad

Mustapha Akkad was a syrian american film producer, who until his unfortunate death in 2005 worked hard on fulfilling his dream of building ...[more]

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An African Einstein

Physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent's creative...[more]

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Earthlings

An extraordinary documentary about the correlation of human beings and animals. Long-known topics such as factory farming, animal experiment...[more]

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