Archive for the Education and Community Category

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It’s because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! The simple solution to fast fashion Your favorite pair of jeans — the ones you refuse to throw out — are actually a part of a global climate solution, says fashion entrepreneur Josephine Philips. When you value

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! The hidden logic of human harmony Common knowledge is the secret engine of social life, letting us coordinate everything from meet-ups to markets to international diplomacy. In this fascinating talk, experimental cognitive scientist Steven Pinker explores its

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! How to spot fake AI photos How do you know if that shocking photo in your feed is real, or just another AI fake? Digital forensics expert Hany Farid explains how he helps journalists, courts and governments

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! How books can open your mind What happens when a dream you’ve held since childhood … doesn’t come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier In the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our lifespans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! At TEDxWomen psychologist Laura Carstensen shows research

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! The inside story of Notre-Dame’s incredible reconstruction In a moment that stunned the world in 2019, the famed Notre-Dame in Paris went up in flames, threatening the future of the centuries-old Gothic treasure. Philippe Villeneuve, the chief

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisin Leah Chase’s New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase changed the course of American history over gumbo and fried chicken. During the civil rights movement, it was a place where white

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! The fire-breathing dragon-horse sparking wonder in a city near you How does a city change when its art doesn’t hang on museum walls but instead roams the streets? Artist Frédette Lampre of the production company La Machine

Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy! The surprising power of your nature photos Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the