TEDtalks: 3511 Produkte
Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com When TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada heard about the devastating effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mex…
Steven Pinker: What our language habits reveal
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses…
Jared Diamond: How societies can grow old better
Ted Talk: There's an irony behind the latest efforts to extend human life: It's no picnic to be an old person in a youth-oriented society. …
The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death | Stephen Cave
Ted Talk: Philosopher Stephen Cave begins with a dark but compelling question: When did you first realize you were going to die? And even m…
How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems | Federica Bianco
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Stewart Brand: Why squatter cities are a good thing
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Rural villages worldwide are being deserted, as billions of people flock to cities, to live in teeming squatte…
The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone | Cathy Mulzer
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Do kids think of sperm donors as family? | Veerle Provoost
Ted Talk: How do we define a parent -- or a family? Bioethicist Veerle Provoost explores these questions in the context of non-traditional …
Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza
Ted Talk: The prevailing image of where refugees live is of temporary camps in isolated areas -- but in reality, nearly 60 percent of them …
Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constan…
Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson
Ted Talk: For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some en…
Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead | Justin Davidson
Ted Talk: There's a creepy transformation taking over our cities, says architecture critic Justin Davidson. From Houston, Texas to Guangzho…
The language of being human | Poet Ali
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How the US should use its superpower status | Ian Bremmer
Ted Talk: Americanization and globalization have basically been the same thing for the last several generations. But the US's view of the w…
The next global agricultural revolution | Bruce Friedrich
Ted Talk: Conventional meat production causes harm to our environment and presents risks to global health, but people aren't going to eat l…