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How does the shape of money shape LIFE? Time for a field trip with PBS Idea Channel. 

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Watch Vanessa try out some brain teasers on Dianna (Physics Girl), Mike (Idea Channel), and Joe (It’s Okay to be Smart).

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On the internet, you meet lots of people, have lots a conversations with strangers, end up in spots where it feels like anyone can gain access–so it would be understandable if you thought of the internet… as a public place. But… is it? Is the internet a public place?  

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The Boss Fight is a mainstay of video games. 

Bosses protect their world, their areas, from heroes, do-gooders and justice-bringers that would depose them and their nefarious ways. But beyond a way to to prove one's skill, or to unlock the next narrative bit, is there more we can take away from a boss fight? 

Like other–much grander–challenges in life, Boss Fights provide a way to know ourselves, and how we react to adversity, in a low stakes, entertainment focused situation. There is more, then, to boss fights, than just... fighting bosses. 

NEW from PBS Idea Channel! 

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This Idea Channel episode was generated by Artificial Intelligence...and...wow. (explanation at 4:40)

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Whether you like it or not, when you say the word G-I-F, especially on the internet, people are gonna talk about it. Some will correct you, some will correct the people correcting you, it’s the same conversation every time.  There are plenty of other words that have differing pronunciations across cultures, borders and languages. So why is GIF the word people go to war for?

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The idea that violence is characterized mainly by the inability to choose has raised many questions and inspired confusion. 

In the latest episode of PBS Idea Channel, Mike argues that violence is about CHOICE as much or more so than BODIES, that it can in fact be passive, and that there is an important ethical dimension to thinking of violence as more than “physical violence”, which is just one of many different kinds of violence.

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We often joke about what the cost would be to fix all of the destruction we see in superhero and disaster films, because we know that its not a real issue. But the reality is, we still haven’t solved this problem when natural disasters occur in real life. How can our conversations for fictional universes like these greater inform the understanding of our own? New from PBS Idea Channel.