How a Japanese Chemist Sparked a Whiskey Empire
Japanese drams might be recent arrivals to the Western drinking scene, but the country has been distilling whiskey for nearly a century.
View ArticleA Billboard That Acts Like 1,200 Trees
Lima is Latin America's most polluted city, but a local engineering school is out to change that with some pie-in-the-sky thinking.
View ArticleWhat Is It Like for Blind People to Dream?
For most people, dreams are intensely visual. But what about for those who can't see?
View ArticleA New Link Between Nutrition and Mental Health?
A growing body of evidence suggests that how we feel has much to do with what we eat.
View ArticleDesigning a Better Death
Architect Alison Killing's big idea? Making the places where we spend our last hours places we don't want to leave.
View ArticleLate Kids, Long Life?
A recent Boston University School of Medicine study found that women who are able to have children later in life have a higher chance of living to extreme old age.
View ArticleArcheology Goes Urban
Archaeology isn't just about dinosaur bones. The most exciting frontier may be hidden beneath pavement.
View ArticleClassrooms of the Future
Personalized learning is an emerging tidal wave, according to venture capitalist Michael Moe.
View ArticleAre More Women Entering the Sciences?
The number of female researchers is rising in this country. Feminist headway or trick of the data?
View ArticleSpace as the Next Frontier: PredicTED by OZY
The second installment of an ongoing video series by OZY and TED.
View ArticleWhere Dolphins Are a Fisherman's Best Friend
In Laguna, Brazil, this beloved sea creature and his slippery friends help out a group of local workers.
View ArticleTurning Manure Into Gold: The Fecal Economy
Fecal transplants and drinking water distilled from septic tanks - make way for the new poo-conomy.
View ArticleThe Scientist Whose Career Started with a Whale Pelvis
Matthew Dean studies promiscuous lady-mice and the genitalia of whales. And his work is anything but fringe.
View ArticleThe World's Most Dangerous (and Fun) Science Class
This lifetime inventor wants the next generation of scientists and engineers to have a Ph.D. in fun.
View ArticleWhy Are We Fooled by Stunt Doubles?
Research out of UC Berkeley tells us it's for our own good.
View ArticleThe Code King of India's Startup Scene
On the outskirts of India's tech hub is a hippie who would make both the Beatles and Bill Gates proud.
View ArticleGoodbye, Insulin Shots?
New advances in Type 1 diabetes research could one day make painful finger pricks a thing of the past.
View ArticleScott Walter: Like Einstein, Just Crazier and Smarter
Scott Walter, a professor of epistemology at the University of Nantes and an American expat, is here to tell you that you really know nothing about reality.
View ArticleThe Place That Doesn't Believe in Female Scientists
One of the most outdated stereotypes lives on in places with serious egalitarian cred.
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