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https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_kids_can_teach_themselves | Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves? |
https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_feldman_politics_and_religion_are_technologies | Noah Feldman makes a searing case that both politics and religion -- whatever their differences -- are similar technologies, designed to efficiently connect and manage any group of people. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_hirshberg_the_web_is_more_than_better_tv | In this absorbing look at emerging media and tech history, Peter Hirshberg shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "better TV." |
https://www.ted.com/talks/ian_dunbar_dog_friendly_dog_training | Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_perry_are_games_better_than_life | Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They'll be lush, complex, emotional experiences -- more involving and meaningful to some than real life. With an excerpt from Michael Highland's film "As Real as Your Life." |
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_human_nature_and_the_blank_slate | Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_what_s_wrong_with_school_lunches | Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_diller_the_blur_building_and_other_tech_empowered_architecture | In this engrossing EG talk, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R's more unusual work, including the Blur Building, whose walls are made of fog, and the revamped Alice Tully Hall, which is wrapped in glowing wooden skin. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_close_up_card_magic_with_a_twist | Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick a card, any card." But what he does with those cards is pure magic -- flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_what_we_think_we_know | Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_bowden_rufus_cappadocia_watch_me_fold_origami_blindfolded | After Robert Lang's talk on origami at TED2008, Bruno Bowden stepped onstage with a challenge -- he would fold one of Lang's astonishingly complicated origami figures, blindfolded, in under 2 minutes. He's accompanied by the cellist Rufus Cappadocia. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/kwabena_boahen_a_computer_that_works_like_the_brain | Researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_moving_photos_of_extreme_drug_resistant_tb | An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. James Nachtwey share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a newly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that has developed due to misused and inadequate medical treatments -- and that might be touching off a global medical crisis. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_the_math_and_magic_of_origami | Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_trice_remember_to_say_thank_you | In this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words "thank you" -- to deepen a friendship, to repair a bond, to make sure another person knows what they mean to you. Try it. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_things_i_ve_learned_in_my_life_so_far | Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising modes of design (including ... inflatable monkeys?). |
https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_the_psychology_of_evil | Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_the_dog_song | Animal fan Nellie McKay sings a sparkling tribute to her dear dog. She suggests we all do the same: "Just go right to the pound/ And find yourself a hound/ And make that doggie proud/ 'cause that's what it's all about." |
https://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_chung_playtime_with_pleo_your_robotic_dinosaur_friend | Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet -- exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung talks about Pleo and his wild toy career at EG07, on the week that Pleo shipped to stores for the first time. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_dna_folding_in_detail | In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, abundant detail the immense promise of this field -- to create tiny machines that assemble themselves. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_burchat_shedding_light_on_dark_matter | Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_bellows_the_camel_s_hump | Keith Bellows gleefully outlines the engineering marvels of the camel, a vital creature he calls "the SUV of the desert." Though he couldn't bring a live camel to TED, he gets his camera crew as close as humanly possible to a one-ton beast in full rut. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_how_humans_and_animals_can_live_together | The legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall talks about TACARE and her other community projects, which help people in booming African towns live side-by-side with threatened animals. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_the_moral_roots_of_liberals_and_conservatives | Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/einstein_the_parrot_a_talking_squawking_parrot | This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/irwin_redlener_how_to_survive_a_nuclear_attack | The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history's farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to survive an attack. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/rodney_brooks_robots_will_invade_our_lives | In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_griffin_how_photography_connects_us | The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_s_rose_how_to_pitch_to_a_vc | Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself -- and prove to a VC -- before you fire up your slideshow. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_life_in_the_deep_oceans | With vibrant video clips captured by submarines, David Gallo takes us to some of Earth's darkest, most violent, toxic and beautiful habitats, the valleys and volcanic ridges of the oceans' depths, where life is bizarre, resilient and shockingly abundant. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_what_security_means_to_me | Playwright Eve Ensler explores our modern craving for security -- and why it makes us less secure. Listen for inspiring, heartbreaking stories of women making change. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_our_next_giant_leap | Peter Diamandis says it's our moral imperative to keep exploring space -- and he talks about how, with the X Prize and other incentives, we're going to do just that. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_q_walker_great_piano_performances_recreated | Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how recordings can be analyzed for precise keystrokes and pedal motions, then played back on computer-controlled grand pianos. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/brewster_kahle_a_free_digital_library | Brewster Kahle is building a truly huge digital library -- every book ever published, every movie ever released, all the strata of web history ... It's all free to the public -- unless someone else gets to it first. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/ory_okolloh_how_i_became_an_activist | Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/marvin_minsky_health_and_the_human_mind | Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/a_j_jacobs_my_year_of_living_biblically | Author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/torsten_reil_animate_characters_by_evolving_them | Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_abani_on_humanity | Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_the_transformative_power_of_classical_music | Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/corneille_ewango_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest | Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_stephen_hawking_s_zero_g_flight | X Prize founder Peter Diamandis talks about how he helped Stephen Hawking fulfill his dream of going to space -- by flying together into the upper atmosphere and experiencing weightlessness at zero g. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/rokia_traore_kounandi | Singer-songwriter Rokia Traore performs "Kounandi," a breathtaking song that blends Malian instruments with a modern, heartfelt vocal. Note: This song is not available for download. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/raul_midon_peace_on_earth | Guitarist and singer Raul Midon plays "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" during his 2007 set at TED. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual | Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_the_bottom_billion | Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/marisa_fick_jordan_the_wonder_of_zulu_wire_art | In this short, image-packed talk, Marisa Fick-Jordan talks about how a village of traditional Zulu wire weavers built a worldwide market for their dazzling work. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_harris_the_web_as_art | At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers', and stories collected from the Internet, including his amazing "We Feel Fine." |
https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_institutions_vs_collaboration | In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_turning_powerful_stats_into_art | Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_what_happens_when_you_lose_everything | Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks forward. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_robots_inspired_by_cockroach_ingenuity | Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_the_brain_in_love | Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/billy_graham_on_technology_and_faith | Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_archaeology_animal_photography_bbq | Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations -- animal photography, archaeology, BBQ and generally being an eccentric genius multimillionaire. Listen for wild stories from the (somewhat raunchy) edge of the animal world. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_the_new_era_of_positive_psychology | Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become? |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_clonie | Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay performs the semi-serious song "Clonie" -- about creating the ultimate companion. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/sxip_shirey_rachelle_garniez_a_performance_with_breath_music_passion | Composer Sxip Shirey makes music from the simple, dramatic act of breathing -- alone and together. Open your ears to a passionate 3 minutes. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/george_dyson_the_birth_of_the_computer | Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 17th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/rick_smolan_the_story_of_a_girl | Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/reed_kroloff_a_tour_of_modern_architecture | Reed Kroloff gives us a new lens for judging new architecture: is it modern, or is it romantic? Look for glorious images from two leading practices -- and a blistering critique of the 9/11 planning process. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_memes_and_temes | Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive |
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_surprising_stats_about_child_carseats | Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the question and answer session, he makes one crucial caveat. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_dyson_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system | Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_brain_magic | First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grosser_a_mobile_fridge_for_vaccines | Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he's come up with a system that works. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/murray_gell_mann_the_ancestor_of_language | After speaking at TED2007 on elegance in physics, the amazing Murray Gell-Mann gives a quick overview of another passionate interest: finding the common ancestry of our modern languages. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web | At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days? |
https://www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_your_genes_are_not_your_fate | Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/louise_leakey_a_dig_for_humanity_s_origins | Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on | Nicholas Negroponte talks about how One Laptop per Child is doing, two years in. Speaking at the EG conference while the first XO laptops roll off the production line, he recaps the controversies and recommits to the goals of this far-reaching project. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_mother_of_pearl_if_i_had_you | The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don't have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from her sparkling set at TED2008. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_a_thought_experiment_on_the_intelligence_of_crows | Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant thought experiment: a machine that could form a new bond between animal and human. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life | "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" Craig Venter asks. His answer is "yes" -- and pretty soon. He walks through his latest research and promises that we'll soon be able to build and boot up a synthetic chromosome. NOTE: This talk was given in 2008, and this field of science has developed quickly since then. Read "Criticisms & updates" below for more details. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_5_predictions_from_1984 | With surprising accuracy, Nicholas Negroponte predicts what will happen with CD-ROMs, web interfaces, service kiosks, the touchscreen interface of the iPhone and his own One Laptop per Child project. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight | Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/rokia_traore_m_bifo | Rokia Traore sings the moving "M'Bifo," accompanied on the n'goni, a lute-like Malian stringed instrument with a soulful timbre. A quietly mesmerizing performance. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_my_wish_the_charter_for_compassion | People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/frank_gehry_my_days_as_a_young_rebel | Before he was a legend, architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his early work, from his house in Venice Beach to the American Center in Paris, which was under construction (and much on his mind) when he gave this talk. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/alisa_miller_how_the_news_distorts_our_worldview | Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the media is actually showing us less. Eye-opening stats and graphs. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/jakob_trollback_a_new_kind_of_music_video | What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker's concept? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis | In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/hector_ruiz_the_thinking_behind_50x15 | Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/they_might_be_giants_wake_up_it_s_they_might_be_giants | In a very, very early-morning set, They Might Be Giants rock TED2007, playing "Older," "Bee of the Bird of the Moth," "Asbury Park," "Fingertips," and "The Alphabet of Nations." Plus they take phone calls from the dead. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_greene_making_sense_of_string_theory | Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/siegfried_woldhek_the_search_for_the_true_face_of_leonardo | <i>Mona Lisa</i> is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci? Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek uses some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/johnny_lee_free_or_cheap_wii_remote_hacks | Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat | In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/yves_behar_designing_objects_that_tell_stories | Designer Yves Béhar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects he's created (the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset). Then he turns to the witty, surprising, elegant objects he's working on now -- including the "$100 laptop." |
https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_kay_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas | With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_ewald_can_we_domesticate_germs | Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_ganson_moving_sculpture | Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work -- kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machover_dan_ellsey_inventing_instruments_that_unlock_new_music | Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what's next. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_moschen_juggling_as_art_and_science | Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/seyi_oyesola_a_hospital_tour_in_nigeria | Dr. Seyi Oyesola takes a searing look at health care in underdeveloped countries. His photo tour of a Nigerian teaching hospital -- all low-tech hacks and donated supplies -- drives home the challenge of doing basic health care there. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_hawking_questioning_the_universe | In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_cox_cern_s_supercollider | "Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_tan_where_does_creativity_hide | Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved. |
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_the_astonishing_hidden_world_of_the_deep_ocean | Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone? |
https://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_the_new_open_source_economics | Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. |