Curiosity Killed the Cat

…But Satisfaction Brought It Back

…But Satisfaction Brought It Back

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." - J.K. Rowling

  • Best Stats You've Ever Seen

    Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen from a scientist while debunking myths about the relationship between child birth rate and overpopulation.

  • Beautiful Animation of Winds

    What influence wind patterns where you live? Updates in realtime.

  • Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Really interesting! Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman talks about how the human brain fails so easily and what you can do about it.

  • The Work of Zina Nicole Lahr

    "I have to make stuff". See the wonderful world of Zina Nicole Lahr who tragically passed away in a hiking accident.

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    Short Documentary by Stormy Pyeatte.

    Speaker: Zina Nicole Lahr

  • Can Computer Models Predict Better Than Science?

    Will computer models take over science as we know it? Is the scientific method too slow?

  • Obvious to You - Amazing to Others

    Are you holding back something from the world that seems too obvious to share?

  • Open Access Explained

    Why all science funded by the public should become open access. Speakers are Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen. Illustrated by Jorge Cham, PhDcomics.com.

  • Experience Depression Through a Game

    Would You like to Play a Game Being Someone Living With Depression? Depression Quest is an award-winning interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. The creator warns that this is not for fun or for those looking for lighthearted experiences.

  • The Surprising Truth About Reward and Motivation

    How autonomy, mastery and purpose are important to work motivation for any work that requires any more than rudimentary cognitive efforts - by Daniel H. Pink.

  • Brainstorming Myth

    Brainstorming might not be that good after all...

  • The Umbrella Man

    How we misinterprete coincidences to create meaning. A short story of the Umbrella man / JFK Assassination.

  • The Truth About Dishonesty

    Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on society at large? By Dan Ariely, Psychologist and Scientist.

  • How to Build a Movement

    "The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader" -Derek Sivers

  • Science in the Information-Age

    "We accidently ran the biggest insomnia study in the history" - Jamie Heywood, Patients Like Me. The project gives us a peek of how "Big Data" will completely change health care research.

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