28 Feb The Puzzle of Motivation. The surprising truth about what motivates us
If you give someone a bonus for doing great work, are you actually making them better at their job or just better at chasing bonuses?...
Science
06 Feb Are Musk’s Starlink Satellites Overcrowding Space?
Posted at 08:20h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Complete Lesson Plan, Science, Technology, WSJ
This video talks about “Starlink”, another of Elon Musk´s (madcap 🤔) enterprises. Starlink is all about communications satellites and, if the experts in this video are to be believed, their sheer numbers and relative proximity to earth are making space very crowded and could even...
03 Feb Explainer: What is the ‘metaverse’?
Posted at 12:14h
in B1 - Intermediate, Business, Complete Lesson Plan, Other, Popular Culture, Science, Technology
Greg McKeown saw first-hand how success can lead straight to professional and personal failure, during his career evaluating and coaching Silicon Valley executives. The heart of the problem, he says, is the insidious idea that we can do it all. As entrepreneurs and executives find...
03 Feb 3 Great Untruths to Stop Telling Kids
Posted at 10:17h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Big Think, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
Do you actually know which three "truths" you were raised on that researchers now call actively harmful?...
23 Nov Seasteading 101: How to Build the World’s First Society-at-Sea
What does it actually take for a country to let you build a brand-new society in its waters?...
23 Nov The Fermi Paradox With Neil deGrasse Tyson – Where Are All The Aliens?
If intelligent life is rare, does that make human intelligence a cosmic accident or a cosmic achievement?...
16 Nov How The Six Degrees Phenomenon Has Changed Science
You've probably heard the "six degrees of separation" idea at a party. But do you actually know what it means mathematically?...
15 Nov The science behind ‘us vs. them’
When someone from another department, company, or culture disagrees with you, how quickly does your brain file them under "them"?...
04 Oct How China is using automation to reshape its economy
Posted at 11:29h
in B1 - Intermediate, Business, CNBC International, Economics, Problem Solving, Science, Technology
If China's working-age population is shrinking, why hasn't that slowed the economy down yet?...
17 Feb time flies! Or does it?
Why does time seem to speed up the older you get, and is there actually a scientific reason for it?...