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.

Tosha Downey discusses the complex issue of solving poverty. Tosha Downey is Director of Advocacy for Teacher Town Memphis, a partner organization in the cit...

“We mustn’t speak to strangers.” Malavika Varadan, challenges this societal norm, by presenting 7 ways to make conversation with anyone. RJ extraordinaire, M...

Explore the upgraded version of the Open India app to track the World Bank Group’s work in your state and the development issues of your interest, and provid...

The number of people sleeping rough in London has doubled over the past 10 years and the UK is sleepwalking into a homelessness crisis, a charity has warned....

England cricket captain Alastair Cook visits farmers and their children supported by the Waitrose Foundation in the Western Cape, South Africa. Along with a ...

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