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What football goalies do wrong can teach us how to be better at solving problems
The best way for goalies to defend against penalty kicks during a football match is to stay relatively still, but they almost always dive. Why? Action bias. We simply can’t stand doing nothing in the face of a challenge, even when it’s the smartest course of action.
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Technology and the self
A haunting scene from ‘Minority Report’ inspires a voyage into time and memory
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Family life
The stream-of-consciousness thoughts and memories that emerge while cooking a meal
5 minutes
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Film and visual culture
A lush animated opus evokes the frenzied pace of modern life
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Family life
The precious family keepsakes that hold meaning for generations
10 minutes
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Neuroscience
This intricate map of a fruit fly brain could signal a revolution in neuroscience
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Information and communication
Coverage of the ‘balloon boy’ hoax forms a withering indictment of for-profit news
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Childhood and adolescence
Marmar is living through a devastating war – but she’d rather tell you about her new dress
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Meaning and the good life
Wander through the English countryside with two teens trying to make sense of the world
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Art
A puppeteer makes sense of an overwhelming world by shrinking it down to size
5 minutes