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A Parkland teacher's homework for us all | Diane Wolk-RogersDiane Wolk-Rogers teaches history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a horrific school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018. How can we end this sens…
How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly NobleNeuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional…
How sci-fi inspired us to go to the Moon | Alexander MacDonaldLong before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, author and NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shows…
Can we regenerate heart muscle with stem cells? | Chuck MurryThe heart is one of the least regenerative organs in the human body -- a big factor in making heart failure the number one killer worldwide. What if we could help heart muscle rege…
A short history of trans people's long fight for equality | Samy Nour YounesTransgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, filled with courageous stories, inspiring triumphs -- an…
To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language | Fatima AlZahra'a AlatraktchiBacteria "talk" to each other, sending chemical information to coordinate attacks. What if we could listen to what they were saying? Nanophysicist Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi inve…
A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD | Rebecca BrachmanCurrent treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED F…
The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam GrantHow do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the wo…
What's killing bees -- and how to save them | Noah Wilson-RichBees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in something else: Where are bees healthy and thriving? To find out, he recruited citizen scienti…
3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman | Leila HoteitProfessional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their success teach us about te…
The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil PlaitPhil Plait was on the Hubble Space Telescope team that discovered the first exoplanet ever detected -- until they realized they'd made a mistake. What happened next? Follow along a…
How to keep human biases out of AI | Kriti SharmaAI algorithms make important decisions about you all the time -- like how much you should pay for car insurance or whether or not you get that job interview. But what happens when…
Our dangerous quest to perfect ourselves | Thomas CurranSocial psychologist Thomas Curran explores how the pressure to be perfect -- in our social media feeds, in school, at work -- is driving a rise in mental illness, especially among…
Where did the Moon come from? A new theory | Sarah T. StewartThe Earth and Moon are like identical twins, made up of the exact same materials -- which is really strange, since no other celestial bodies we know of share this kind of chemical…
The creative power of misfits | WorkLife with Adam GrantHarness the power of frustrated people to shake up the status quo -- just like Pixar did. This episode is made possible with the support of Bonobos, Accenture, Hilton and JPMorgan…
The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care | Yvonne van AmerongenHow would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy walking dis…
We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWe 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 cl…
The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa GarrisonEveryone's heard of Martin Luther King Jr. But do you know the woman Dr. King called "the architect of the civil rights movement," Septima Clark? The teacher of some of the generat…
How we can store digital data in DNA | Dina ZielinskiFrom floppy disks to thumb drives, every method of storing data eventually becomes obsolete. What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever? Bioinformatician Din…
A bold idea to replace politicians | César HidalgoCésarHidalgo has a radical suggestion for fixing our broken political system: automate it! In this provocative talk, he outlines a bold idea to bypass politicians by empowering cit…
