Lifespan
Questions
1. What is the average lifespan of people in the world?
2. Do you think lifespans are increasing or decreasing? Why?
3. What is the average lifespan in your country?
4. What can you do to increase your lifespan?
5. Who has the longest lifespan you know?
6. What are some long-lived animals?
7. Do you want to live to be 100 years old?
8. Do men and women have the same lifespan in your country?
9. Will lifespan be longer or shorter in the future?
Videos
Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you’d be hard pressed to ignore them — they are extremely loud! Rose Eveleth
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explains everything you need to know about these noisy insects, admitting that there’s still some things we just don’t understand.
Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Eli Enigenburg.
Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Eli Enigenburg.
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Category: Nature & Environment
Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us — and it’s often the result of the homes we live in. She shares an
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age-old antidote to isolation: cohousing, a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to know them, and look after them. Rethink your home and how you live in it with this eye-opening talk.
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Category: Art | Psychology
