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Modern food production is largely dependent on fossil fuels. Now that we are beginning to reach the end of them, the main question remains: How will we feed a global population of 9 billion people in 2050? In the Netherlands, Belgium and Silicon Valley, numerous startups have sprung up that use smart technology, big data and new distribution systems to find solutions. This program explores tomorrow's food, which not only needs to be sustainable, tasty...

This lecture launcher directed by Shola Lynch explores today's income inequality and features economists from across the political spectrum discussing root causes of the increasing income gap, and primate experiments on understandings of fairness. Part of WE THE ECONOMY, a series of short films developed by renowned filmmakers and a panel of top economic experts.

In this film, learn about Bernardo de Galvez, a Spanish general who played a crucial role in the American Revolutionary War, assisting the American colonies in gaining independence from the English. Galvez's role in organizing attacks and supplying necessities to the American troops provided assistance that is remembered today. Galvez remains an integral part of Spanish American history and has been granted honorary American citizenship by Congress....

Beckett, expatriate Irishman resident in Paris, was a truly bilingual author who wrote both in French and in English, translating most of the works he wrote in English into French, and vice versa. Tous ceux qui tombent (All that Fall)-written in English and translated by Robert Pinget-is a barely human and absurdist dialogue between a semi-functional old woman and her blind husband. As always with Beckett, the onus is on the director to stage a dramatic...

This video clip shows a group of two-year-olds working to voluntarily control their behavior in order to engage in turn-taking with peers. The children know that taking turns involves a period of waiting and a period of activity. One child asserts the "five-minute" rule as a means to negotiate turns swinging. While the children understand that time can be measured, they have trouble determining the actual time span of five minutes. The teacher offers...

This video clip shows four year olds Emma, Brenna, and Julia caring for a baby with a 'boo-boo'. Brenna animates the Mom (doll) who feeds the baby. Julia talks on the telephone. As the children explore their conceptions about friendship, illness, treatment, doctors, police officers, mommies, and telephone conversations, we learn how dramatic play supports children's social and emotional development.

This video clip shows two infants crawling and climbing in their classroom, illustrating how infants explore their world with their whole bodies.

This video clip shows two infants trying to play with the same object and how one appeases the other, reducing the conflict.

This video clip shows four five-year-old children and a teacher as they work to build a tower using large sections of tree trunk. As the children arrange the wood to create a platform for their structure they encounter a problem that they attempt to solve.

In this video clip, three-year-olds Henry and Caleb watch how feathers and fabric behave differently in two wind tubes made from fans and Plexiglass, highlighting variables that present opportunities for discovery. The design of the space allows several children to play at the same time and to enter the play at their own level, encouraging discovery.