 For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is a muse -- and a museum. Taylor makes evocative, dreamlike sculptures and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they transform from lifeless stone into vibrant habitats for corals, crustaceans and other creatures. The result: Enigmatic, haunting and colorful commentaries about the sacredness of the ocean and its breathtaking power of life. Watch »  The Internet has transformed the front lines of war -- and our governments aren't keeping up. As security analyst Rodrigo Bijou shows, modern conflict is being waged online between non-state groups, activists and private corporations, and the digital landscape is fertile ground for recruiting new terrorists. Meanwhile, government surveillance programs are ripe for exploitation. Bijou urges governments to end mass surveillance -- and makes a bold call for individuals to step up and protect the internet. Watch » |  Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered in. Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified these ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her findings suggest that graphic communication, and the ability to preserve and transmit messages beyond a single moment in time, may be much older than we think. Watch »  In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___." Her neighbors' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?) Watch » | |
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