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Parents won’t shut up about their kids being precious. And with American birth rates declining, they’re actually right. Geckos can help us perform surgery, and kingfishers can help us design trains. We dive into the world of biologically-inspired design. Being lonely isn’t just bad for your emotional health, it’s bad for your physical health. We talk about why Americans are lonelier than ever and what can be done about it.
Our kids are our future, so what happens when we start having fewer of them? Dowell Myers and Fariborz Ghadar explain.
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Slice of MIT: Stories from MIT Presented by the MIT Alumni Association
Fariborz Ghadar '68, SM '70 discusses his new book, Becoming American: Why Immigration Is Good for Our Nation's Future. “Like many other immigrants before and after me, I had become aerodynamic,” Ghadar writes. “Shaped by the stronger than normal forces I had encountered in my lifetime as an immigrant. I worked hard not to be knocked over by these forces, which often led to sacrifices.” Read more: http://bit.ly/2vMf0cU Transcipt: https://bit.ly/2EeKhp5