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“Is dedicated to spreading simple origami of models that focus on endangered animal species. Primarily it is to educate and teach children how to make origami animal figures so that they can enjoy the art and creativity of folding paper and making beautiful things from such common material.
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Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another. By listening to the humans around them and ‘taking statistics’ on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.
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Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive — and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.
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The term ‘compassion’ typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy has fallen out of touch with reality. Journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.
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Diagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler worried first about his young family. So, as he shares in this funny, rambling and ultimately thoughtful talk he asked his closest friends to become a “Council of Dads,” bringing their own lifetimes of wisdom to advise his twin daughters as they grow.
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