A bold plan to protect 30 percent of the Earth's surface and ocean floor | Enric Sala

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The wiggly wonder of music | Jacob Collier

Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier has a name for the feeling that moves through a great piece of music: the wiggle. Watch him break down the idea into its three parts — melody, rhythm and harmony — with nothing but his own voice, a grand piano and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wo ...  Show more

How AI unleashed (not replaced) my creativity | Kelly A. Boesch

After working for years in film, fashion and graphic design, visual artist Kelly A. Boesch found a new collaborator to work with: AI. She walks through how she uses the technology to create dreamlike images and music that remain hauntingly human, exploring the two questions every ...  Show more

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