Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.

Tamara Afifi is a Professor in the Department of Communication at UCSB. Most of her research focuses on how family members cope communicatively with various ...

In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje talk about why the supermarket system doesn't work and how Community Supported Agriculture fits into a new story for food growing. CSA members help farmers to grow the best quality vegetables and to nurture healthy soils by committing to receive a vegetable box every week for a season.

Desertifikation ist das neue Schlagwort für Wüstenbildung. sagt Allan Savory in seinem schlicht überzeugenden Vortrag. Erschreckenderweise geschieht dies mit...

"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history ...

Vincent is a young man born and brought up in Hong Kong. When he was even younger, he had a dream of helping people in need in other countries, using his kno...

The best documentary to watch high and sober. The Earth might seem solid beneath our feet but five billion years ago there was no sign of the planet we call ...

The project "Through media to participation. Social media in service of youth NGOs" was realised under Action 3.1 "Youth in action" and was designed for non-...