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We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and explores how it might help uncover radical solutions to some of the problems troubling humans on Earth today.
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You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one | Majora Carter
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How dancing can unleash your inner joy | Ryan Heffington
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