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2017
2017x1
Adam Grant: Are you a giver or a taker?
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In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these personalities and offers simple .. show full overview
2017x2
Erika Gregory: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons
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Today nine nations collectively control more than 15,000 nuclear weapons, each hundreds of times more powerful than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We don't need more nuclear .. show full overview
2017x3
Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
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What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role .. show full overview
2017x4
Sofia Jawed-Wessel: The lies we tell pregnant women
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"When we tell women that sex isn't worth the risk during pregnancy, what we're telling her is that her sexual pleasure doesn't matter ... that she in fact doesn't matter," says sex .. show full overview
2017x5
Mandy Len Catron: A better way to talk about love
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In love, we fall. We're struck, we're crushed, we swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy and makes us sick. Our hearts ache, and then they break. Talking about love in this way .. show full overview
2017x6
George Tulevski: The next step in nanotechnology
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Every year the silicon computer chip shrinks in size by half and doubles in power, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible. But what happens when our chips can't get .. show full overview
2017x7
Dan Bricklin: Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
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Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use every day like Microsoft Excel and .. show full overview
2017x8
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado: To solve old problems, study new species
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Nature is wonderfully abundant, diverse and mysterious -- but biological research today tends to focus on only seven species, including rats, chickens, fruit flies and us. We're studying .. show full overview
2017x9
Sisonke Msimang: If a story moves you, act on it
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Stories are necessary, but they're not as magical as they seem, says writer Sisonke Msimang. In this funny and thoughtful talk, Msimang questions our emphasis on storytelling and .. show full overview
2017x10
Jennifer Brea: What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose
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Five years ago, TED Fellow Jennifer Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that severely impairs .. show full overview
2017x11
Ashley Judd: How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control
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Enough with online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups. It's time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously. In this .. show full overview
2017x12
Emily Parsons-Lord: Art made of the air we breathe
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Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to .. show full overview
2017x13
Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations
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Robb Willer studies the forces that unite and divide us. As a social psychologist, he researches how moral values -- typically a source of division -- can also be used to bring people .. show full overview
2017x14
Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies
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Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could .. show full overview
2017x15
Jeanne Gang: Buildings that blend nature and city
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A skyscraper that channels the breeze ... a building that creates community around a hearth ... Jeanne Gang uses architecture to build relationships. In this engaging tour of her work, .. show full overview
2017x16
Caleb Barlow: Where is cybercrime really coming from?
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Cybercrime netted a whopping $450 billion in profits last year, with 2 billion records lost or stolen worldwide. Security expert Caleb Barlow calls out the insufficiency of our current .. show full overview
2017x17
Deeyah Khan: What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids
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As the child of an Afghan mother and Pakistani father raised in Norway, Deeyah Khan knows what it's like to be a young person stuck between your community and your country. In this .. show full overview
2017x18
Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water
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Deepika Kurup has been determined to solve the global water crisis since she was 14 years old, after she saw kids outside her grandparents' house in India drinking water that looked too .. show full overview
2017x19
Sarah Parcak: Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late
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Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to discover; in the Egyptian Delta alone, .. show full overview
2017x20
Alan Smith: Why you should love statistics
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Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data .. show full overview
2017x21
Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about
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Working hard but not improving? You're not alone. Eduardo Briceño reveals a simple way to think about getting better at the things you do, whether that's work, parenting or creative .. show full overview
2017x22
Sue Klebold: My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story
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Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and a teacher. She's spent years excavating .. show full overview
2017x23
Nagin Cox: What time is it on Mars?
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Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox works on the team that manages the United States' rovers on Mars. But working a .. show full overview
2017x24
Maurice Conti: The incredible inventions of intuitive AI
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What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical .. show full overview
2017x25
Tom Stranger / Thordis Elva: Our story of rape and reconciliation
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In 1996, Thordis Elva shared a teenage romance with Tom Stranger, an exchange student from Australia. After a school dance, Tom raped Thordis, after which they parted ways for many .. show full overview
2017x26
Joshua Smith: New nanotech to detect cancer early
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What if every home had an early-warning cancer detection system? Researcher Joshua Smith is developing a nanobiotechnology "cancer alarm" that scans for traces of disease in the form of .. show full overview
2017x27
Jeff Speck: 4 ways to make a city more walkable
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Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling .. show full overview
2017x28
Aala El-Khani: What it's like to be a parent in a war zone
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How do parents protect their children and help them feel secure again when their homes are ripped apart by war? In this warm-hearted talk, psychologist Aala El-Khani shares her work .. show full overview
2017x29
Miriam Zoila Pérez: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help
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Racism is making people sick -- especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and .. show full overview
2017x30
Rodrigo y Gabriela: An electrifying acoustic guitar performance
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Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela combine furiously fast riffs and dazzling rhythms to create a style that draws on both flamenco guitar and heavy metal in this live performance of their song, "The Soundmaker."
2017x31
Amy Adele Hasinoff: How to practice safe sexting
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Sexting, like anything that's fun, runs its risks -- but a serious violation of privacy shouldn't be one of them. Amy Adele Hasinoff looks at problematic responses to sexting in mass .. show full overview
2017x32
Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
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Something is very wrong with the news industry. Trust in the media has hit an all-time low; we're inundated with sensationalist stories, and consistent, high-quality reporting is scarce, .. show full overview
2017x33
Salil Dudani: How jails extort the poor
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Why do we jail people for being poor? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their .. show full overview
2017x34
Grady Booch: Don't fear superintelligent AI
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New tech spawns new anxieties, says scientist and philosopher Grady Booch, but we don't need to be afraid an all-powerful, unfeeling AI. Booch allays our worst (sci-fi induced) fears .. show full overview
2017x35
Yuval Noah Harari: Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide
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How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the .. show full overview
2017x36
Brittney Cooper: The racial politics of time
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Cultural theorist Brittney Cooper examines racism through the lens of time, showing us how historically it has been stolen from people of color, resulting in lost moments of joy and .. show full overview
2017x37
Jonathan Rossiter: A robot that eats pollution
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Meet the "Row-bot," a robot that cleans up pollution and generates the electricity needed to power itself by swallowing dirty water. Roboticist Jonathan Rossiter explains how this .. show full overview
2017x38
Charity Wayua: A few ways to fix a government
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Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its .. show full overview
2017x39
Stacy Smith: The data behind Hollywood's sexism
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Where are all the women and girls in film? Social scientist Stacy Smith analyzes how the media underrepresents and portrays women -- and the potentially destructive effects those .. show full overview
2017x40
Ani Liu: Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology
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What if you could take a smell selfie, a smelfie? What if you had a lipstick that caused plants to grow where you kiss? Ani Liu explores the intersection of technology and sensory .. show full overview
2017x41
Jeff Kirschner: This app makes it fun to pick up litter
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The earth is a big place to keep clean. With Litterati -- an app for users to identify, collect and geotag the world's litter -- TED Resident Jeff Kirschner has created a community .. show full overview
2017x42
Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
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Lux Narayan starts his day with scrambled eggs and the question: "Who died today?" Why? By analyzing 2,000 New York Times obituaries over a 20-month period, Narayan gleaned, in just a .. show full overview
2017x43
Kathy Hull: Stories from a home for terminally ill children
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To honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the George Mark Children's House. Its .. show full overview
2017x44
Sara Ramirez: Rollercoaster
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Singer, songwriter and actress Sara Ramirez is a woman of many talents. Joined by Michael Pemberton on guitar, Ramirez sings of opportunity, wisdom and the highs and lows of life in this live performance of her song, "Rollercoaster."
2017x45
Carrie Poppy: A scientific approach to the paranormal
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What's haunting Carrie Poppy? Is it ghosts or something worse? In this talk, the investigative journalist narrates her encounter with a spooky feeling you'll want to warn your friends .. show full overview
2017x46
Megan Phelps-Roper: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left
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What's it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing ... everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America's most controversial church and .. show full overview
2017x47
Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
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Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up -- and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking .. show full overview
2017x48
Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
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For many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Kelly points out in this passionately .. show full overview
2017x49
Joy Buolamwini: How I'm fighting bias in algorithms
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MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm .. show full overview
2017x50
John Koenig: Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions
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John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization that everyone else's lives are as .. show full overview
2017x51
Caitlin Doughty: A burial practice that nourishes the planet
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Here's a question we all have to answer sooner or later: What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Funeral director Caitlin Doughty explores new ways to prepare us for .. show full overview
2017x52
Carrie Nugent: Adventures of an asteroid hunter
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TED Fellow Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter -- part of a group of scientists working to discover and catalog our oldest and most numerous cosmic neighbors. Why keep an eye out for .. show full overview
2017x53
Peggy Orenstein: What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure
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Why do girls feel empowered to engage in sexual activity but not to enjoy it? For three years, author Peggy Orenstein interviewed girls ages 15 to 20 about their attitudes toward and .. show full overview
2017x54
Karina Galperin: Should we simplify spelling?
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How much energy and brain power do we devote to learning how to spell? Language evolves over time, and with it the way we spell -- is it worth it to spend so much time memorizing rules .. show full overview
2017x55
Silk Road Ensemble: Turceasca
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Grammy-winning Silk Road Ensemble display their eclectic convergence of violin, clarinet, bass, drums and more in this energetic rendition of the traditional Roma tune, "Turceasca."
2017x56
Dan Bell: Inside America's dead shopping malls
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What happens when a mall falls into ruin? Filmmaker Dan Bell guides us through abandoned monoliths of merchandise, providing a surprisingly funny and lyrical commentary on consumerism, youth culture and the inspiration we can find in decay.
2017x57
Peter Weinstock: Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer
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Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifelike reproductions of real patients .. show full overview
2017x58
Michele L. Sullivan: Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness
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We all go through challenges -- some you can see, most you can't, says Michele L. Sullivan. In a talk about perspective, Sullivan shares stories full of wit and wisdom and reminds us .. show full overview
2017x59
Margaret Bourdeaux: Why civilians suffer more once a war is over
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War doesn't just kill people; it destroys the institutions that keep society running, like utilities, banks and hospitals. Physician and global health policy analyst Margaret Bourdeaux .. show full overview
2017x60
Simon Anholt: Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election?
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To make the world work, we need leaders who consider the needs of every man, woman, child and animal on the planet -- not just their own voters. With the Global Vote, an online platform .. show full overview
2017x61
Mona Chalabi: 3 ways to spot a bad statistic
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Polls that predict political candidates' chances to two decimal places are a problem. But we shouldn't count out stats altogether ... instead, we should learn to look behind them. In .. show full overview
2017x62
Ashton Cofer: A young inventor's plan to recycle Styrofoam
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From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of .. show full overview
2017x63
Katie Hinde: What we don't know about mother's milk
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Breast milk grows babies' bodies, fuels neurodevelopment, provides essential immunofactors and safeguards against famine and disease -- why, then, does science know more about tomatoes .. show full overview
2017x64
Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one
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Only one in nine people in the United States gets the care and treatment they need for addiction and substance abuse. A former Director of National Drug Control Policy, Michael .. show full overview
2017x65
Moshe Szyf: How early life experience is written into DNA
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Moshe Szyf is a pioneer in the field of epigenetics, the study of how living things reprogram their genome in response to social factors like stress and lack of food. His research .. show full overview
2017x66
Sō Percussion: Music for Wood and Strings
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Sō Percussion creates adventurous compositions with new, unconventional instruments. Performing "Music for Wood and Strings" by Bryce Dessner of The National, the quartet plays .. show full overview
2017x67
Emtithal Mahmoud: A young poet tells the story of Darfur
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Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud writes poetry of resilience, confronting her experience of escaping the genocide in Darfur in verse. She shares two stirring original poems about refugees, family, joy and sorrow, asking, "Will you witness me?"
2017x68
Casey Brown: Know your worth, and then ask for it
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Your boss probably isn't paying you what you're worth -- instead, they're paying you what they think you're worth. Take the time to learn how to shape their thinking. Pricing consultant .. show full overview
2017x69
Gretchen Carlson, David Brooks: Political common ground in a polarized United States
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How can we bridge the gap between left and right to have a wiser, more connected political conversation? Journalist Gretchen Carlson and op-ed columnist David Brooks share insights on .. show full overview
2017x70
Katie Bouman: How to take a picture of a black hole
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At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, .. show full overview
2017x71
Sebastián Bortnik: The conversation we're not having about digital child abuse
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At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, .. show full overview
2017x72
David R. Williams: How racism makes us sick
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Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income .. show full overview
2017x73
Giorgia Lupi: How we can find ourselves in data
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Giorgia Lupi uses data to tell human stories, adding nuance to numbers. In this charming talk, she shares how we can bring personality to data, visualizing even the mundane details of .. show full overview
2017x74
Ari Wallach: 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term
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We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains -- an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think about and plan for a .. show full overview
2017x75
Jonathan Marks: In praise of conflict
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Conflict is bad; compromise, consensus and collaboration are good -- or so we're told. Lawyer and bioethicist Jonathan Marks challenges this conventional wisdom, showing how governments .. show full overview
2017x76
Todd Scott: An intergalactic guide to using a defibrillator
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If Yoda goes into cardiac arrest, will you know what to do? Artist and first-aid enthusiast Todd Scott breaks down what you need to know about using an automated external defibrillator, .. show full overview
2017x77
Zubaida Bai: A simple birth kit for mothers in the developing world
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TED Fellow Zubaida Bai works with medical professionals, midwives and mothers to bring dignity and low-cost interventions to women's health care. In this quick, inspiring talk, she .. show full overview
2017x78
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists
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We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much ... to be successful, but not too successful, or they'll threaten men, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic .. show full overview
2017x79
Siamak Hariri: How do you build a sacred space?
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To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination -- from the temple's form, which captures the movement of the sun throughout the day, to the .. show full overview
2017x80
Natasha Hurley-Walker: How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies
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Our universe is strange, wonderful and vast, says astronomer Natasha Hurley-Walker. A spaceship can't carry you into its depths (yet) -- but a radio telescope can. In this mesmerizing .. show full overview
2017x81
Amy Green: A video game to cope with grief
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When Amy Green's young son was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor, she made up a bedtime story for his siblings to teach them about cancer. What resulted was a video game, "That Dragon, .. show full overview
2017x82
David Casarett: A doctor's case for medical marijuana
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Physician David Casarett was tired of hearing hype and half-truths around medical marijuana, so he put on his skeptic's hat and investigated on his own. He comes back with a fascinating .. show full overview
2017x83
Curtis 'Wall Street' Carroll: How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison
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Financial literacy isn't a skill -- it's a lifestyle. Take it from Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll. As an incarcerated individual, Carroll knows the power of a dollar. While in prison, he .. show full overview
2017x84
Stephanie Busari: How fake news does real harm
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On April 14, 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Around the world, the crime became epitomized by the slogan .. show full overview
2017x85
Siddhartha Roy: Science in service to the public good
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We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building character. Take, for example, the environmental crisis .. show full overview
2017x86
His Holiness Pope Francis: Why the only future worth building includes everyone
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A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says His Holiness Pope Francis in this searing TED Talk delivered directly from Vatican City. In a .. show full overview
2017x87
Serena Williams and Gayle King: On tennis, love and motherhood
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Twenty-three Grand Slam titles later, tennis superstar Serena Williams sits down with journalist Gayle King to share a warm, mischievous conversation about her life, love, wins and .. show full overview
2017x88
Lisa Genova: What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's
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Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease -- and some .. show full overview
2017x89
Elon Musk: The future we're building -- and boring
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Elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TED's Head Curator, Chris Anderson.
2017x90
Deborah Lipstadt: Behind the lies of Holocaust denial
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"There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies," says historian Deborah Lipstadt, telling the remarkable story of her research into Holocaust deniers -- and their deliberate .. show full overview
2017x91
Laura Galante: How to exploit democracy
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Hacking, fake news, information bubbles ... all these and more have become part of the vernacular in recent years. But as cyberspace analyst Laura Galante describes in this alarming .. show full overview
2017x92
Sangu Delle: There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
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When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle .. show full overview
2017x93
Karim Abouelnaga: A summer school kids actually want to attend
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In the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year. This "summer slump" affects kids from low-income .. show full overview
2017x94
Carolyn Jones: A tribute to nurses
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Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation's biggest public health issues. She .. show full overview
2017x95
Robert Sapolsky: The biology of our best and worst selves
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How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky looks at extreme context, .. show full overview
2017x96
Jorge Drexler: Poetry, music and identity
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One night in 2002, a friend gave Jorge Drexler the chorus to a song and challenged him to write the rest of it using a complex, poetic form known as the "Décima." In this fascinating .. show full overview
2017x97
Kate Stafford: How human noise affects ocean habitats
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Oceanographer Kate Stafford lowers us into the sonically rich depths of the Arctic Ocean, where ice groans, whales sing to communicate over vast distances -- and climate change and human .. show full overview
2017x98
Shah Rukh Khan: Thoughts on humanity, fame and love
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"I sell dreams, and I peddle love to millions of people," says Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood's biggest star. In this charming, funny talk, Khan traces the arc of his life, showcases a few of .. show full overview
2017x99
Stuart Russell: 3 principles for creating safer AI
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How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while also preventing the catastrophe of robotic takeover? As we move closer toward creating all-knowing machines, AI pioneer Stuart .. show full overview
2017x100
Lucy Kalanithi: What makes life worth living in the face of death
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In this deeply moving talk, Lucy Kalanithi reflects on life and purpose, sharing the story of her late husband, Paul, a young neurosurgeon who turned to writing after his terminal cancer .. show full overview
2017x101
Ted Halstead: A climate solution where all sides can win
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Why are we so deadlocked on climate, and what would it take to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers to progress? Policy entrepreneur Ted Halstead proposes a transformative .. show full overview
2017x102
Wendy Troxel: Why school should start later for teens
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Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep .. show full overview
2017x103
T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: When Black women walk, things change
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T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build .. show full overview
2017x104
Rutger Bregman: Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash
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"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a .. show full overview
2017x105
Sitawa Wafula: Why I speak up about living with epilepsy
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Once homebound by epilepsy, mental health advocate Sitawa Wafula found her strength in writing about it. Now, she advocates for others who are yet to find their voices, cutting through .. show full overview
2017x106
Anthony D. Romero: This is what democracy looks like
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In a quest to make sense of the political environment in the United States in 2017, lawyer and ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero turned to a surprising place -- a 14th-century .. show full overview
2017x107
Nina Fedoroff: A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases
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Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a .. show full overview
2017x108
OK Go: How to find a wonderful idea
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Where does OK Go come up with ideas like dancing in zero gravity, performing in ultra slow motion or constructing a warehouse-sized Rube Goldberg machine for their music videos? In .. show full overview
2017x109
Triona McGrath: How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry
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As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this .. show full overview
2017x110
Garry Kasparov: Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them
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We must face our fears if we want to get the most out of technology -- and we must conquer those fears if we want to get the best out of humanity, says Garry Kasparov. One of the .. show full overview
2017x111
Marlon Peterson: Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform
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For a crime he committed in his early twenties, the courts sentenced Marlon Peterson to 10 years in prison -- and, as he says, a lifetime of irrelevance. While behind bars, Peterson .. show full overview
2017x112
Raj Panjabi: No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
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Illness is universal -- but access to care is not. Physician Raj Panjabi has a bold vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Prize, Panjabi is building the .. show full overview
2017x113
Rhiannon Giddens: Songs that bring history to life
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Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs traditional folk ballads -- including "Waterboy," "Up Above My Head," and "Lonesome .. show full overview
2017x114
Michael Bierut: How to design a library that makes kids want to read
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When Michael Bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea that he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this often hilarious talk, he .. show full overview
2017x115
Michael Patrick Lynch: How to see past your own perspective and find truth
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The more we read and watch online, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake. It's as if we know more but understand less, says philosopher Michael .. show full overview
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Justin Davidson: Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead
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There's a creepy transformation taking over our cities, says architecture critic Justin Davidson. From Houston, Texas to Guangzhou, China, shiny towers of concrete and steel covered with .. show full overview
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Carina Morillo: To understand autism, don't look away
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Carina Morillo knew almost nothing about autism when her son Ivan was diagnosed -- only that he didn't speak or respond to words, and that she had to find other ways to connect with him. .. show full overview
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Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar: What happens in your brain when you pay attention?
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Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus, computational neuroscientist .. show full overview
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Anne Lamott: 12 truths I learned from life and writing
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A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, .. show full overview
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Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
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The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to .. show full overview
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Richard Browning: How I built a jet suit
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We've all dreamed of flying -- but for Richard Browning, flight is an obsession. He's built an Iron Man-like suit that leans on an elegant collaboration of mind, body and technology, .. show full overview
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Katrina Spade: When I die, recompose me
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What if our bodies could help grow new life after we die, instead of being embalmed and buried or turned to ash? Join Katrina Spade as she discusses "recomposition" -- a system that uses .. show full overview
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Sharon Terry: Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it
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Meet Sharon Terry, a former college chaplain and stay-at-home mom who took the medical research world by storm when her two young children were diagnosed with a rare disease known as .. show full overview
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Sofi Tukker: 'Awoo'
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Electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker dance it out with the TED audience in a performance of their upbeat, rhythmic song "Awoo," featuring Betta Lemme.
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Jim Yong Kim: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?
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Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet -- will they be met with opportunity or frustration? As President of the .. show full overview
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Anab Jain: Why we need to imagine different futures
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Anab Jain brings the future to life, creating experiences where people can touch, see and feel the potential of the world we're creating. Do we want a world where intelligent machines .. show full overview
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David Miliband: The refugee crisis is a test of our character
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Sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016. It's not just a crisis; it's a test of who we are and what we stand for, says David Miliband .. show full overview
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Sinéad Burke: Why design should include everyone
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Sinéad Burke is acutely aware of details that are practically invisible to many of us. At 105 centimeters (or 3' 5") tall, the designed world -- from the height of a lock to the range of .. show full overview
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Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair
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Cheyenne Cochrane explores the role that hair texture has played in the history of being black in America -- from the heat straightening products of the post-Civil War era to the .. show full overview
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Luma Mufleh: Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them
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"We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives -- except our humanity," says Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent who founded the first accredited school .. show full overview
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Manu Prakash: Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper
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Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices, from paper microscopes to a clever new mosquito tracker. From the TED Fellows stage, he demos Paperfuge, .. show full overview
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: How we can face the future without fear, together
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It's a fateful moment in history. We've seen divisive elections, divided societies and the growth of extremism -- all fueled by anxiety and uncertainty. "Is there something we can do, .. show full overview
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Jorge Ramos: Why journalists have an obligation to challenge power
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You can kick Jorge Ramos out of your press conference (as Donald Trump infamously did in 2015), but you can never silence him. A reporter for more than 30 years, Ramos believes that a .. show full overview
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Liz Hajek: What rivers can tell us about the earth's history
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Rivers are one of nature's most powerful forces -- they bulldoze mountains and carve up the earth, and their courses are constantly moving. Understanding how they form and how they'll .. show full overview
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Adam Alter: Why our screens make us less happy
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What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter studies how much time screens steal from us and how they're getting away with it. He shares why all those hours you .. show full overview
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Kate Marvel: Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?
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Climate change is real, case closed. But there's still a lot we don't understand about it, and the more we know the better chance we have to slow it down. One still-unknown factor: How .. show full overview
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Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
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Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and .. show full overview
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Tricia Wang: The human insights missing from big data
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Why do so many companies make bad decisions, even with access to unprecedented amounts of data? With stories from Nokia to Netflix to the oracles of ancient Greece, Tricia Wang .. show full overview
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Noah Feldman: Hamilton vs. Madison and the birth of American partisanship
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The divisiveness plaguing American politics today is nothing new, says constitutional law scholar Noah Feldman. In fact, it dates back to the early days of the republic, when a dispute .. show full overview
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Susan Robinson: How I fail at being disabled
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Born with a genetic visual impairment that has no correction or cure, Susan Robinson is legally blind (or partially sighted, as she prefers it) and entitled to a label she hates: .. show full overview
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Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
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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 .. show full overview
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Jimmy Lin: A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early
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Jimmy Lin is developing technologies to catch cancer months to years before current methods. He shares a breakthrough technique that looks for small signals of cancer's presence via a .. show full overview
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Tristan Harris: The manipulative tricks tech companies use to capture your attention
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A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to .. show full overview
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Jennifer Pluznick: You smell with your body, not just your nose
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Do your kidneys have a sense of smell? Turns out, the same tiny scent detectors found in your nose are also found in some pretty unexpected places -- like your muscles, kidneys and even .. show full overview
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Kristen Marhaver: Why I still have hope for coral reefs
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Corals in the Pacific Ocean have been dying at an alarming rate, particularly from bleaching brought on by increased water temperatures. But it's not too late to act, says TED Fellow .. show full overview
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Marc Raibert: Meet Spot, the robot dog that can run, hop and open doors
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That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think. Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, is developing advanced robots that can .. show full overview
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Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history?
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Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live .. show full overview
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Ingrid Betancourt: What six years in captivity taught me about fear and faith
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In 2002, the Colombian guerrilla movement known as the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) kidnapped Ingrid Betancourt in the middle of her presidential campaign. For the next .. show full overview
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Françoise Mouly: The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers
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Meet Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's art director. For the past 24 years, she's helped decide what appears on the magazine's famous cover, from the black-on-black depiction of the Twin .. show full overview
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Joseph Redmon: How computers learn to recognize objects instantly
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Ten years ago, researchers thought that getting a computer to tell the difference between a cat and a dog would be almost impossible. Today, computer vision systems do it with greater .. show full overview
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Tom Gruber: How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives
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How smart can our machines make us? Tom Gruber, co-creator of Siri, wants to make "humanistic AI" that augments and collaborates with us instead of competing with (or replacing) us. He .. show full overview
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Anjan Chatterjee: How your brain decides what is beautiful
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Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more about the science behind why .. show full overview
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Ashton Applewhite: Let's end ageism
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It's not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It's ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves -- and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us to .. show full overview
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David Baron: You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse
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On August 21, 2017, the moon's shadow will race from Oregon to South Carolina in what some consider to be the most awe-inspiring spectacle in all of nature: a total solar eclipse. .. show full overview
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Jon Boogz and Lil Buck: A dance to honor Mother Earth
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Movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck debut "Honor thy mother," a delicate, powerful performance of spoken word, violin and dance that draws on the tormented relationship between nature and humanity.
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Anne Madden: Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face
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Behold the microscopic jungle in and around you: tiny organisms living on your cheeks, under your sofa and in the soil in your backyard. We have an adversarial relationship with these .. show full overview
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Damon Davis: What I saw at the Ferguson protests
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When artist Damon Davis went to join the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after police killed Michael Brown in 2014, he found not only anger but also a sense of love for self and .. show full overview
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Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
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Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy .. show full overview
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Ronald Sullivan: How I help free innocent people from prison
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Harvard Law professor Ronald Sullivan fights to free wrongfully convicted people from jail -- in fact, he has freed some 6,000 innocent people over the course of his career. He shares .. show full overview
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Jack Conte: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age
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It's been a weird 100 years for artists and creators, says musician and entrepreneur Jack Conte. The traditional ways we've turned art into money (like record sales) have been broken by .. show full overview
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Peter Calthorpe: 7 principles for building better cities
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More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities will be at the .. show full overview
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Richard J. Berry: A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety
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When Richard J. Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque, saw a man on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that read "Want a job," he decided to take him (and others in his situation) up on .. show full overview
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Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
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The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why? According to psychologist Susan Pinker, it's not .. show full overview
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Anika Paulson: How I found myself through music
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"Music is everywhere, and it is in everything," says musician, student and TED-Ed Clubs star Anika Paulson. Guitar in hand, she plays through the beats of her life in an exploration of how music connects us and makes us what we are.
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Cathy O'Neil: The era of blind faith in big data must end
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Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and much more -- but they don't automatically make things fair. Mathematician and data scientist Cathy .. show full overview
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Iyad Rahwan: What moral decisions should driverless cars make?
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Should your driverless car kill you if it means saving five pedestrians? In this primer on the social dilemmas of driverless cars, Iyad Rahwan explores how the technology will challenge .. show full overview
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David Whyte: A lyrical bridge between past, present and future
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With his signature charm and searching insight, David Whyte meditates on the frontiers of the past, present and future, sharing two poems inspired by his niece's hike along El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
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Robin Hanson: What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?
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Meet the "ems" -- machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they're copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin Hanson describes a .. show full overview
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Carolyn Bertozzi: What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you
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Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your blood type, for one -- and, potentially, that you have cancer. .. show full overview
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Laolu Senbanjo: The Sacred Art of the Ori
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Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, and brought him to .. show full overview
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Niki Okuk: When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient
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Another economic reality is possible -- one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative .. show full overview
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Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
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We're so used to narratives out of Africa being about war, poverty and devastation, says TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu. Where's the fun? Introducing "AfroBubbleGum" -- African art that's .. show full overview
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Tara Winkler: Why we need to end the era of orphanages
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Could it be wrong to help children in need by starting an orphanage? In this eye-opening talk about the bad consequences of good intentions, Tara Winkler speaks out against the spread of .. show full overview
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Noriko Arai: Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?
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Meet Todai Robot, an AI project that performed in the top 20 percent of students on the entrance exam for the University of Tokyo -- without actually understanding a thing. While it's .. show full overview
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Jennifer Granick: How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you
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What's stopping the American government from recording your phone calls, reading your emails and monitoring your location? Very little, says surveillance and cybersecurity counsel .. show full overview
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Chance Coughenour: How your pictures can help reclaim lost history
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Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures -- your pictures -- to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. After crowdsourcing photographs of .. show full overview
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Chetan Bhatt: Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are
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We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal narratives that give us a sense of security and belonging. But sometimes our small-group identities can keep us from connecting .. show full overview
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Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs
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Daan Roosegaarde uses technology and creative thinking to produce imaginative, earth-friendly designs. He presents his latest projects -- from a bike path in Eindhoven, where he .. show full overview
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Erin Marie Saltman: How young people join violent extremist groups -- and how to stop them
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Ray Dalio: How to build a company where the best ideas win
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What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency and algorithmic .. show full overview
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Tomás Saraceno: Would you live in a floating city in the sky?
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In a mind-bending talk that blurs the line between science and art, Tomás Saraceno exhibits a series of air-inspired sculptures and installations designed to usher in a new era of .. show full overview
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Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
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What the astronauts felt when they saw Earth from space changed them forever. Author and artist Benjamin Grant aims to provoke this same feeling of overwhelming scale and beauty in each .. show full overview
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OluTimehin Adegbeye: Who belongs in a city?
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Underneath every shiny new megacity, there's often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the .. show full overview
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Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge: How our friendship survives our opposing politics
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Can you still be friends with someone who doesn't vote the same way as you? For Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge, two best friends who think very differently about politics, the .. show full overview
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Emily Esfahani Smith: There's more to life than being happy
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Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there's a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life -- serving .. show full overview
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Alexander Wagner: What really motivates people to be honest in business
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Each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of doing the right thing. Join him for .. show full overview
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Pierre Thiam: A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper
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Forget quinoa. Meet fonio, an ancient "miracle grain" native to Senegal that's versatile, nutritious and gluten-free. In this passionate talk, chef Pierre Thiam shares his obsession with .. show full overview
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Augie Picado: The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing
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We've heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam -- and that .. show full overview
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Helen Czerski: The fascinating physics of everyday life
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Physics doesn't just happen in a fancy lab -- it happens when you push a piece of buttered toast off the table or drop a couple of raisins in a fizzy drink or watch a coffee spill dry. .. show full overview
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Sethembile Msezane: Living sculptures that stand for history's truths
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In the century-old statues that occupy Cape Town, Sethembile Mzesane didn't see anything that looked like her own reality. So she became a living sculpture herself, standing for hours on .. show full overview
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Jun Wang: How digital DNA could help you make better health choices
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What if you could know exactly how food or medication would impact your health -- before you put it in your body? Genomics researcher Jun Wang is working to develop digital doppelgangers .. show full overview
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Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò: Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
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How can Africa, the home to some of the largest bodies of water in the world, be said to have a water crisis? It doesn't, says Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò -- it has a knowledge crisis. Táíwò .. show full overview
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Duarte Geraldino: What we're missing in the debate about immigration
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Between 2008 and 2016, the United States deported more than three million people. What happens to those left behind? Journalist Duarte Geraldino picks up the story of deportation where .. show full overview
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Armando Azua-Bustos: The most Martian place on Earth
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How can you study Mars without a spaceship? Head to the most Martian place on Earth -- the Atacama Desert in Chile. Astrobiologist Armando Azua-Bustos grew up in this vast, arid .. show full overview
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Radhika Nagpal: What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish
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Science fiction visions of the future show us AI built to replicate our way of thinking -- but what if we modeled it instead on the other kinds of intelligence found in nature? Robotics .. show full overview
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Theo E.J. Wilson: A black man goes undercover in the alt-right
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In an unmissable talk about race and politics in America, Theo E.J. Wilson tells the story of becoming Lucius25, white supremacist lurker, and the unexpected compassion and surprising .. show full overview
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Karoliina Korppoo: How a video game might help us build better cities
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With more than half of the world population living in cities, one thing is undeniable: we are an urban species. Part game, part urban planning sketching tool, "Cities: Skylines" .. show full overview
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Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
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How can disadvantaged students succeed in school? For sociologist Anindya Kundu, grit and stick-to-itiveness aren't enough; students also need to develop their agency, or their capacity .. show full overview
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Mei Lin Neo: The fascinating secret lives of giant clams
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When you think about the deep blue sea, you might instantly think of whales or coral reefs. But spare a thought for giant clams, the world's largest living shellfish. These incredible .. show full overview
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Nabila Alibhai: Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow
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Divisions along religious lines are deepening, and we're doubting more and more how much we have in common. How can we stand boldly and visibly together? Inspired by an idea from her .. show full overview
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Julio Gil: Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere
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Don't believe predictions that say the future is trending towards city living. Urbanization is actually reaching the end of its cycle, says logistics expert Julio Gil, and soon more .. show full overview
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Anna Heringer: The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings
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"There are a lot of resources given by nature for free -- all we need is our sensitivity to see them and our creativity to use them," says architect Anna Heringer. Heringer uses low-tech .. show full overview
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Christian Rodríguez: What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America
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Christian Rodríguez is a photographer and filmmaker -- and the son of a teenage mother. For the past five years, he has documented teen pregnancy in Latin America, creating intimate and .. show full overview
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Euna Lee: What I learned as a prisoner in North Korea
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In March 2009, North Korean soldiers captured journalist Euna Lee and her colleague Laura Ling while they were shooting a documentary on the border with China. The courts sentenced them .. show full overview
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Helen Pearson: Lessons from the longest study on human development
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For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the .. show full overview
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Gabriela González: How LIGO discovered gravitational waves — and what might be next
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More than 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves -- ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic collisions -- LIGO scientists confirmed their existence using .. show full overview
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Prumsodun Ok: The magic of Khmer classical dance
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For more than 1,000 years, Khmer dancers in Cambodia have been seen as living bridges between heaven and earth. In this graceful dance-talk hybrid, artist Prumsodun Ok -- founder of .. show full overview
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Levon Biss: Mind-blowing, magnified portraits of insects
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Photographer Levon Biss was looking for a new, extraordinary subject when one afternoon he and his young son popped a ground beetle under a microscope and discovered the wondrous world .. show full overview
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Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence
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Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness -- they mean we're human, says producer and activist Nikki Webber Allen. Even after being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, Webber Allen .. show full overview
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Sara Menker: A global food crisis may be less than a decade away
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Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some startling predictions: "We could have a .. show full overview
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Christiane Amanpour: How to seek truth in the era of fake news
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Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In .. show full overview
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Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu: How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress
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Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu wants to see Africans unleash their suppressed creative and innovative energies by acknowledging the significance of their indigenous, authentic knowledge. In this .. show full overview
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Greg Gage: Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate
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Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the .. show full overview
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Eric Dyer: The forgotten art of the zoetrope
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Artist Eric Dyer spent years working at a computer to produce images for the screen. Longing to get his hands back on his work, he began exploring the zoetrope, a popular 19th-century .. show full overview
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David Lee: Why jobs of the future won't feel like work
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We've all heard that robots are going to take our jobs -- but what can we do about it? Innovation expert David Lee says that we should start designing jobs that unlock our hidden talents .. show full overview
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Sara DeWitt: 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true
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We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day -- but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ruining childhood? Not according to children's media expert Sara .. show full overview
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Elif Shafak: The revolutionary power of diverse thought
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"From populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy," says novelist Elif Shafak. "From isolationists, we will learn the need for global solidarity. And from .. show full overview
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Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66
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It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner -- after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea .. show full overview
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Kristin Poinar: What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet?
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The Greenland ice sheet is massive, mysterious -- and melting. Using advanced technology, scientists are revealing its secrets for the first time, and what they've found is amazing: .. show full overview
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Elizabeth Wayne: We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer
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After decades of research and billions spent in clinical trials, we still have a problem with cancer drug delivery, says biomedical engineer Elizabeth Wayne. Chemotherapy kills cancer -- .. show full overview
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Margrethe Vestager: The new age of corporate monopolies
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Margrethe Vestager wants to keep European markets competitive -- which is why, on behalf of the EU, she's fined Google $2.8 billion for breaching antitrust rules, asked Apple for $15.3 .. show full overview
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Uldus Bakhtiozina: Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be
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With her gorgeous, haunting photographs, artist Uldus Bakhtiozina documents dreams, working with daily life as she imagines it could be. She creates everything in her work by hand -- .. show full overview
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Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
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With what3words, Chris Sheldrick and his team have divided the entire planet into three-meter squares and assigned each a unique, three-word identifier, like famous.splice.writers or .. show full overview
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Huang Yi & KUKA: A human-robot dance duet
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Harmoniously weaving together the art of dance and the science of mechanical engineering, Huang Yi performs a man-machine dance duet with KUKA -- a robot he conceptualized and programmed -- set to stirring cello by Joshua Roman.
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Gus Casely-Hayford: The powerful stories that shaped Africa
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In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too often unwritten, lost, unshared. .. show full overview
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Mike Kinney: A pro wrestler's guide to confidence
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You are more than you think you are, says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney -- you just have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage. For years Kinney "turned up" the .. show full overview
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Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood
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What we see in movies matters: it affects our hobbies, our career choices, our emotions and even our identities. Right now, we don't see enough women on screen or behind the camera -- .. show full overview
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Anjan Sundaram: Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre
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A war zone can pass for a mostly peaceful place when no one is watching, says investigative journalist and TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram. In this short, incisive talk, he takes us inside the .. show full overview
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Rocío Lorenzo: How diversity makes teams more innovative
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Are diverse companies really more innovative? Rocío Lorenzo and her team surveyed 171 companies to find out -- and the answer was a clear yes. In a talk that will help you build a .. show full overview
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Martin Ford: How we'll earn money in a future without jobs
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Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming -- and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward talk .. show full overview
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Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them
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Fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia has left the countryside riddled with land mines that maim and kill innocent people who happen across them. To help keep communities safe from .. show full overview
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Zeynep Tufekci: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
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We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms .. show full overview
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Shonda Rhimes and Cyndi Stivers: The future of storytelling
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"We all feel a compelling need to watch stories, to tell stories ... to discuss the things that tell each one of us that we are not alone in the world," says TV titan Shonda Rhimes. A .. show full overview
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Tim Kruger: Can we stop climate change by removing CO2 from the air?
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Could we cure climate change? Geoengineering researcher Tim Kruger wants to try. He shares one promising possibility: using natural gas to generate electricity in a way that takes carbon .. show full overview
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Lauren Sallan: How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction
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Congratulations! By being here, alive, you are one of history's winners -- the culmination of a success story four billion years in the making. The other 99 percent of species who have .. show full overview
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa
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"My science fiction has different ancestors -- African ones," says writer Nnedi Okorafor. In between excerpts from her "Binti" series and her novel "Lagoon," Okorafor discusses the .. show full overview
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Giulia Enders: The surprisingly charming science of your gut
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Ever wonder how we poop? Learn about the gut -- the system where digestion (and a whole lot more) happens -- as doctor and author Giulia Enders takes us inside the complex, fascinating .. show full overview
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Amel Karboul: The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it
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The most important infrastructure we have is educated minds, says former Tunisian government minister Amel Karboul. Yet too often large investments go to more visible initiatives such as .. show full overview
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Gretchen Carlson: How we can end sexual harassment at work
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When Gretchen Carlson spoke out about her experience of workplace sexual harassment, it inspired women everywhere to take their power back and tell the world what happened to them. In a .. show full overview
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Washington Wachira: For the love of birds
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From the glorious crested guinea fowl to the adulterous African jacana to vultures that can pick a zebra carcass clean in 30 minutes, Washington Wachira wants us all to get to know the .. show full overview
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Inés Hercovich: Why women stay silent after sexual assault
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Why do women who experience sexual assault rarely speak up about it? "Because they fear they won't be believed," says Inés Hercovich. "Because when a woman tells what happened to her, .. show full overview
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Paul Hessburg: Why wildfires have gotten worse -- and what we can do about it
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Megafires, individual fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, are on the rise in the western United States -- the direct result of unintentional yet massive changes we've brought to the .. show full overview
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Stephanie Busari: An interview with Mauritius's first female president
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has been an academic, an entrepreneur and is now the president of Mauritius -- the first Muslim female head of state in Africa. In a wide-ranging conversation with .. show full overview
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Jon Bowers: We should aim for perfection -- and stop fearing failure
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Sometimes trying your best isn't enough; when the situation demands it, you need to be perfect. For Jon Bowers, who runs a training facility for professional delivery drivers, the stakes .. show full overview
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Robert Muggah: The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions
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With fantastic new maps that show interactive, visual representations of urban fragility, Robert Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea: cities shouldn't just be the center of .. show full overview
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Victoria Pratt: How judges can show respect
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In halls of justice around the world, how can we ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect? A pioneering judge in New Jersey, Victoria Pratt shares her principles of .. show full overview
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Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit
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In 2011, Teresa Njoroge was convicted of a financial crime she didn't commit -- the result of a long string of false accusations, increasing bribe attempts and the corrupt justice system .. show full overview
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Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
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Gender should be the least remarkable thing about someone, but transgender people are still too often misunderstood. To help those who are scared to ask questions or nervous about saying .. show full overview
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Lloyd Pendleton: The Housing First approach to homelessness
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What do you think would happen if you invited an individual with mental health issues who had been homeless for many years to move directly from the street into housing? Loyd Pendleton .. show full overview
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David Titley: How the military fights climate change
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Military leaders have known for millennia that the time to prepare for a challenge is before it hits you, says scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley. He takes us from the .. show full overview
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Beth Malone: How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)
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With warmth and grace, Beth Malone tells the deeply personal story of her dad's struggle with frontotemporal lobe dementia, and how it changed how she thinks about death (and life). A .. show full overview
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Christen Reighter: I don't want children -- stop telling me I'll change my mind
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One in five women in the United States will not have a biological child, and Christen Reighter is one of them. From a young age, she knew she didn't want kids, in spite of the insistence .. show full overview
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Kayla Briët: Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage
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Kayla Briët creates art that explores identity and self-discovery -- and the fear that her culture may someday be forgotten. She shares how she found her creative voice and reclaimed the .. show full overview
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Per Espen Stoknes: How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming
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The biggest obstacle to dealing with climate disruptions lies between your ears, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stokes. He's spent years studying the defenses we use to avoid .. show full overview
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Niti Bhan: The hidden opportunities of the informal economy
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Niti Bhan studies business strategy for Africa's informal markets: the small shops and stands, skilled craftspeople and laborers who are the invisible engine that keeps the continent's .. show full overview
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Scott Galloway: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions
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The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? .. show full overview
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Sarah Corbett: Activism needs introverts
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For the introverts among us, traditional forms activism like marches, protests and door-to-door canvassing can be intimidating and stressful. Take it from Sarah Corbett, a former .. show full overview
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Mariano Sigman and Dan Ariely: How can groups make good decisions?
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We all know that when we make decisions in groups, they don't always go right -- and sometimes they go very wrong. How can groups make good decisions? With his colleague Dan Ariely, .. show full overview
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Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell: An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine
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Leah Chase's New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase changed the course of American history over gumbo and fried chicken. During the civil rights movement, it was a place where white and .. show full overview
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Elizabeth Blackburn: The science of cells that never get old
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What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her work finding out the answer, .. show full overview
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Keller Rinaudo: How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives
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Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone .. show full overview
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Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China
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Fresh food free of chemicals and pesticides is hard to come by in China: in 2016, the Chinese government revealed half a million food safety violations in just nine months. In the .. show full overview
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Natsai Audrey Chieza: Fashion has a pollution problem - can biology fix it?
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Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria .. show full overview
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Sebastian Thrun and Chris Anderson: What AI is -- and isn't
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Educator and entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun wants us to use AI to free humanity of repetitive work and unleash our creativity. In an inspiring, informative conversation with TED Curator .. show full overview
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G.T. Bynum: A Republican mayor's plan to replace partisanship with policy
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Conventional wisdom says that to win an election, you need to play to your constituencies' basest, most divisive instincts. But as a candidate for mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, G.T. Bynum .. show full overview
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Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
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Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and .. show full overview
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Justin Baldoni: Why I'm done trying to be
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Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity -- to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his .. show full overview
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Dan Gartenberg: The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it
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There's nothing quite like a good night's sleep. What if technology could help us get more out of it? Dan Gartenberg is working on tech that stimulates deep sleep, the most regenerative .. show full overview
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Martina Flor: The secret language of letter design
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Look at the letters around you: on street signs, stores, restaurant menus, the covers of books. Whether you realize it or not, the letters are speaking to you, telling you something .. show full overview
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Alastair Gray: How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime
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What's the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch? According to counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray, fakes like these fund terrorism and organized crime. Learn more .. show full overview
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Dao Nguyen: What makes something go viral?
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What's the secret to making content people love? Join BuzzFeed's Publisher Dao Nguyen for a glimpse at how her team creates their tempting quizzes, lists and videos -- and learn more .. show full overview
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Devita Davison: How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit
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There's something amazing growing in the city of Detroit: healthy, accessible, delicious, fresh food. In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of .. show full overview
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Nadine Hachach-Haram: How augmented reality could change the future of surgery
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If you're undergoing surgery, you want the best surgical team to collaborate on your case, no matter where they are. Surgeon and entrepreneur Nadine Hachach-Haram is developing a new .. show full overview
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Gautam Bhan: A bold plan to house 100 million people
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Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata -- all the major cities across India have one great thing in common: they welcome people arriving in search of work. But what lies at the other end of .. show full overview
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Xavier De Kestelier: Adventures of an interplanetary architect
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How will we live elsewhere in the galaxy? On Earth, natural resources for creating structures are abundant, but sending these materials up with us to the Moon or Mars is clunky and .. show full overview
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Joan Blades and John Gable: Free yourself from your filter bubbles
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Joan Blades and John Gable want you to make friends with people who vote differently than you do. A pair of political opposites, the two longtime pals know the value of engaging in .. show full overview
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Miho Janvier: Lessons from a solar storm chaser
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Space physicist Miho Janvier studies solar storms: giant clouds of particles that escape from the Sun and can disrupt life on Earth (while also producing amazing auroras). How do you .. show full overview
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Kamau Gachigi: Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace
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Africa needs engineers, but its engineering students often end up working at auditing firms and banks. Why? Kamau Gachigi suspects it's because they don't have the spaces and materials .. show full overview
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David Brenner: A new weapon in the fight against superbugs
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Since the widespread use of antibiotics began in the 1940s, we've tried to develop new drugs faster than bacteria can evolve -- but this strategy isn't working. Drug-resistant bacteria .. show full overview
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Angela Wang: How China is changing the future of shopping
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China is a huge laboratory of innovation, says retail expert Angela Wang, and in this lab, everything takes place on people's phones. Five hundred million Chinese consumers -- the .. show full overview
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Atul Gawande: Want to get great at something? Get a coach
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How do we improve in the face of complexity? Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon's precision. He shares what he's found to be the key: having a good coach to provide a .. show full overview
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Javed Akhtar: The gift of words
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"Do you know what I mean?" Legendary poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar asks why we seem to be losing our power to use words -- and inspires us to better understand and .. show full overview
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Tiffany Watt Smith: The history of human emotions
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The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural .. show full overview
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Joel Jackson: A vehicle built in Africa, for Africa
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Joel Jackson wants to reimagine transportation around the needs of the African consumer. He's designed an SUV that's rugged enough for long stretches of uneven terrain and affordable .. show full overview
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Yvette Alberdingk Thijm: The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths
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Could smartphones and cameras be our most powerful weapons for social justice? Through her organization Witness, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm is developing strategies and technologies to help .. show full overview
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Deborah Willis and Hank Willis: Thomas A mother and son united by love and art
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An art school professor once told Deborah Willis that she, as a woman, was taking a place from a good man -- but the storied photographer says she instead made a space for a good man, .. show full overview
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Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers
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Christian Benimana wants to build a network of architects who can help Africa's booming cities flourish in sustainable, equitable ways -- balancing growth with values that are uniquely .. show full overview
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Heather Lanier: 'Good' and 'bad' are incomplete stories we tell ourselves
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Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but that doesn't make her tragic, angelic or any of the other .. show full overview