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Parasitic worms hold back human progress. Here's how we can end them | Ellen Agler

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How to read the genome and build a human being | Riccardo Sabatini

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Ted Talk: Secrets, disease and beauty are all written in the human genome, the complete set of genetic instructions needed to build a human…

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Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little

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Ted Talk: What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian L…

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How we study the microbes living in your gut | Dan Knights

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Ted Talk: There are about a hundred trillion microbes living inside your gut -- protecting you from infection, aiding digestion and regulat…

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Gary Slutkin: Let's treat violence like a contagious disease

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Ted Talk: Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to the United…

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The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs | Dannagal G. Young

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Tiny robots with giant potential | Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin

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Intellectual Humility: Science

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About this course: It’s clear that the world needs more intellectual humility. But how do we develop this virtue? And why do so many people…

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Biology: Sex-linked traits

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Sex-linked traits are associated with genes found on sex chromosomes. In humans, the sex chromosomes are X and Y. Because the X-chromosome …

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The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler

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Ted Talk: Creating genetically modified children is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoe…