For millennia, most human lives have been spent enduring extreme poverty, without enough food, medicine, education,...
For millennia, most human lives have been spent enduring extreme poverty, without enough food, medicine, education, freedom to live a decent life. If you wer...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-drugs-affect-the-brain-sara-garofalo Most people will take a...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-drugs-affect-the-brain-sara-garofalo Most people will take a pill, receive an injection, or otherwise take...
Feeding 9 Billion: Turning the Desert Green: Qatar is trying to solve problems for desert people worldwide. But will...
Feeding 9 Billion: Turning the Desert Green: Qatar is trying to solve problems for desert people worldwide. But will the solution work? For downloads and mor...
Professor Jeffrey Sachs has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal for his global contribution. He is widely considered...
Professor Jeffrey Sachs has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal for his global contribution. He is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on economic development, global macroeconomics, and the fight against poverty. His work on ending poverty, overcoming macroeconomic instability, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population.
Alaa Murabit's family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in...
Alaa Murabit's family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohib...
CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. discusses human rights and religion in conjunction with the release of his new book,...
CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. discusses human rights and religion in conjunction with the release of his new book, "Christianity and Human Rights." (with Fra...
Josh Tetrick is the CEO of Hampton Creek, a food technology company selected by Bill Gates as one of three companies...
Josh Tetrick is the CEO of Hampton Creek, a food technology company selected by Bill Gates as one of three companies shaping the future of food. He has led a...
The Lessons of the Loess Plateau shows how an ancient civilization failed because they degraded their ecosystem...
The Lessons of the Loess Plateau shows how an ancient civilization failed because they degraded their ecosystem functions. This parallels many if not all of ...
Scrolling through our social media feeds feels like a harmless part of our daily lives. But is it actually as...
Scrolling through our social media feeds feels like a harmless part of our daily lives. But is it actually as harmless at seems? According to social media ex...