If you’ve ever been swept away by the worlds of “Wicked,” “Hamilton” or “West Side Story,” you’ve seen Paul Tazewell’s breathtaking costumes. The Oscar-winning designer (whose work features in “Wicked: For Good”) explores the subconscious…
Nearly 20 trees are cut down every second in the Amazon rainforest, as authorities struggle to monitor millions of acres and stop illegal clear-cutting. But land reformer Tasso Azevedo and his team at MapBiomas have…
When Kate Marvel set out to write a book on climate change, she wanted to expand the conversation beyond data, charts and graphs. This meant refocusing the topic on nine human emotions: wonder, anger, guilt,…
Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to “middle managers for our own thoughts,” says AI and design…
What’s the right way to flirt? According to love coach Francesca Hogi, it doesn’t have to be shallow or creepy — it can be a genuine chance for human connection. In this smart, playful talk,…
Climate change isn’t just reshaping our planet — it’s also shaking the very foundations of the economy, says sustainability expert Edmond Rhys Jones. He explores the massive gap between what science tells us about the…
Two current US governors — Democrat Matt Meyer of Delaware and Republican J. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma — trade notes on how to rebuild trust without partisan theater. Hear their thoughts on leading when people…
Author A.J. Jacobs embarked on a quest with a deceptively simple idea at its heart: to personally thank every person who helped make his morning cup of coffee. More than one thousand “thank yous” later,…
If we can put astronauts on the moon, conservationists shouldn’t have to hike miles through dense forests to change the batteries on cameras, says Juan M. Lavista Ferres, chief data scientist at the AI for…
When entrepreneur Samir Ibrahim asked farmers in Kenya what problem they most needed solved, the answer was simple: reliable access to water to irrigate their farms year-round. Samir is the CEO of SunCulture, a company…
