Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The political progress women have made -- and what's next | Cecile Richards
18 Jan 2019
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Women have made enormous progress over the last century -- challenging the status quo, busting old t...
A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks | Akash Manoj
17 Jan 2019
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You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and...
Embrace the strange magic of your true self | Casey Gerald
17 Jan 2019
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The way we're taught to live has got to change, says author Casey Gerald. Too often, we hide parts o...
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming | Katharine Wilkinson
16 Jan 2019
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If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer an...
Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school -- and how to change that | Monique W. Morris
15 Jan 2019
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Around the world, black girls are being pushed out of schools because of policies that target them f...
3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce | George Blair-West
14 Jan 2019
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Choosing to marry and share your life with someone is one of the most important decisions you can ma...
Quantum computing explained in 10 minutes | Shohini Ghose
11 Jan 2019
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A quantum computer isn't just a more powerful version of the computers we use today; it's something ...
The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain | Karissa Sanbonmatsu
10 Jan 2019
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How exactly does gender work? It's not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmats...
What should electric cars sound like? | Renzo Vitale
09 Jan 2019
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Electric cars are extremely quiet, offering some welcome silence in our cities. But they also bring ...
How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers | Chiki Sarkar
08 Jan 2019
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India has the second largest population of any country in the world -- yet it has only 50 decent boo...
What are you willing to give up to change the way we work? | Martin Danoesastro
08 Jan 2019
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What does it take to build the fast, flexible, creative teams needed to challenge entrenched work cu...
The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption | Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams
07 Jan 2019
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Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and ...
How to break bad management habits before they reach the next generation of leaders | Elizabeth Lyle
03 Jan 2019
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Companies are counting on their future leaders to manage with more speed, flexibility and trust than...
In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life | Jan Rader
02 Jan 2019
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As a fire chief and first responder, Jan Rader has spent her career saving lives. But when the opioi...
Why the secret to success is setting the right goals | John Doerr
01 Jan 2019
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Our leaders and institutions are failing us, but it's not always because they're bad or unethical, s...
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
31 Dec 2018
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There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocab...
You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
28 Dec 2018
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Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sa...
You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sa...
How we need to remake the internet | Jaron Lanier
27 Dec 2018
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In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public ...
The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system | Karen J. Meech
26 Dec 2018
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In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spo...
How to fix a broken heart | Guy Winch
25 Dec 2018
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At some point in our lives, almost every one of us will have our heart broken. Imagine how different...
How to build (and rebuild) trust | Frances Frei
24 Dec 2018
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Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In an eye-opening ...
The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding | Dana Kanze
20 Dec 2018
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Women own 39 percent of all businesses in the US, but female startup founders get only two percent o...
How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap | Darrick Hamilton
18 Dec 2018
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Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, say...
How to break the cycle of toxic masculinity | Eldra Jackson
18 Dec 2018
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In a powerful talk, educator Eldra Jackson III shares how he unlearned dangerous lessons about mascu...
The riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel Kahneman
17 Dec 2018
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Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics D...
How to be "Team Human" in the digital future | Douglas Rushkoff
13 Dec 2018
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Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff -- in a world d...
Why you should treat the tech you use at work like a colleague | Nadjia Yousif
12 Dec 2018
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Imagine your company hires a new employee and then everyone just ignores them, day in and day out, w...
3 kinds bias that shape your worldview | J. Marshall Shepherd
11 Dec 2018
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What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologis...
How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids | Alan Crickmore
10 Dec 2018
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When a parent is sent to prison, the unintended victims of their crimes are their own children -- wi...
The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo
07 Dec 2018
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Domestic workers are entrusted with the most precious aspects of people's lives -- they're the nanni...
Get ready for hybrid thinking | Ray Kurzweil
06 Dec 2018
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Two hundred million years ago, our mammal ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. Th...
How to motivate people to do good for others | Erez Yoeli
05 Dec 2018
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How can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or ju...
Confessions of a recovering micromanager | Chieh Huang
03 Dec 2018
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Think about the most tired you've ever been at work. It probably wasn't when you stayed late or came...
Color blind or color brave? | Mellody Hobson
01 Dec 2018
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The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversati...
Me Too is a movement, not a moment | Tarana Burke
30 Nov 2018
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In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the rampant sexual violence she...
The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero | Gabby Rivera
29 Nov 2018
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With Marvel's "America Chavez," Gabby Rivera wrote a new kind of superhero -- one who can punch port...
100 solutions to climate change | Chad Frischmann
28 Nov 2018
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What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenari...
When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? | Nita Farahany
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horiz...
The radical possibilities of man-made DNA | Floyd E. Romesberg
26 Nov 2018
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Every cell that's ever lived has been the result of the four-letter genetic alphabet: A, T, C and G ...
What if we ended the injustice of bail? | Robin Steinberg
23 Nov 2018
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On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States are locked up in jail simply becau...
Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for ... everything
22 Nov 2018
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Introducing The TED Interview, a new podcast hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson. As a writer, Eliz...
Where do your online returns go? | Aparna Mehta
21 Nov 2018
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Do you ever order clothes online in different sizes and colors, just to try them on and then send ba...
How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean | Sebastien de Halleux
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our oceans are unexplored and undersampled -- today, we still know more about other planets than our...
Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers | Steven Pinker
17 Nov 2018
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Was 2017 really the "worst year ever," as some would have us believe? In his analysis of recent data...
How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis | Alexander Belcredi
16 Nov 2018
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Viruses have a bad reputation -- but some of them could one day save your life, says biotech entrepr...
A librarian's case against overdue book fines | Dawn Wacek
15 Nov 2018
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Libraries have the power to create a better world; they connect communities, promote literacy and sp...
Is civility a sham? | Teresa Bejan
14 Nov 2018
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What exactly is civility, and what does it require? In a talk packed with historical insights, polit...
What to trust in a "post-truth" world | Alex Edmans
12 Nov 2018
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Only if you are truly open to the possibility of being wrong can you ever learn, says researcher Ale...
What it's like to be Muslim in America | Dalia Mogahed
10 Nov 2018
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When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: A woman of faith? A scholar, a mom, ...
The case for a decentralized internet | Tamas Kocsis
09 Nov 2018
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Who controls the internet? Increasingly, the answer is large corporations and governments -- a trend...
The global goals we've made progress on -- and the ones we haven't | Michael Green
08 Nov 2018
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Are we delivering on the promises of the Sustainable Development Goals, the collection of 17 objecti...
How kids can help design cities | Mara Mintzer
07 Nov 2018
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Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, j...
How I accidentally changed the way movies get made | Franklin Leonard
07 Nov 2018
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How does Hollywood choose what stories get told on-screen? Too often, it's groupthink informed by a ...
Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail | Özlem Cekic
06 Nov 2018
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Özlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat in the Danish ...
The case for curiosity-driven research | Suzie Sheehy
05 Nov 2018
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Seemingly pointless scientific research can lead to extraordinary discoveries, says physicist Suzie ...
Science can answer moral questions | Sam Harris
03 Nov 2018
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Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Ha...
A memory scientist's advice on reporting harassment and discrimination | Julia Shaw
02 Nov 2018
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How do you turn a memory, especially one of a traumatic event, into hard evidence of a crime? Julia ...
How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person | Dolly Chugh
01 Nov 2018
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What if your attachment to being a "good" person is holding you back from actually becoming a better...
How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy | Finn Myrstad
31 Oct 2018
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Have you ever actually read the terms and conditions for the apps you use? Finn Myrstad and his team...
Is war between China and the US inevitable? | Graham Allison
30 Oct 2018
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Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Alli...
What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet | Fadi Chehadé and Bryn Freedman
30 Oct 2018
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Technology architect Fadi Chehadé helped set up the infrastructure that makes the internet work -- ...
How isolation fuels opioid addiction | Rachel Wurzman
29 Oct 2018
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What do Tourette syndrome, heroin addiction and social media obsession all have in common? They conv...
Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars | David Deutsch
27 Oct 2018
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Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urge...
How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion? | Charles C. Mann
26 Oct 2018
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By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody wi...
My quest to defy gravity and fly | Elizabeth Streb
25 Oct 2018
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Over the course of her fearless career, extreme action specialist Elizabeth Streb has pushed the lim...
Let's call "revenge porn" what it is: digital domestic violence | Darieth Chisolm
24 Oct 2018
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What can you do if you're the victim of revenge porn or cyberbullying? Shockingly little, says journ...
How we can help young people build a better future | Henrietta Fore
24 Oct 2018
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A massive generation of young people is about to inherit the world, and it's the duty of everyone to...
How nationalism and globalism can coexist | Wanis Kabbaj
23 Oct 2018
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Why do we have to choose between nationalism and globalism, between loving our countries and caring ...
How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change | Vinay Shandal
22 Oct 2018
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In a talk that's equal parts funny and urgent, consultant Vinay Shandal shares stories of the world'...
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
20 Oct 2018
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Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares t...
What does the universe sound like? A musical tour | Matt Russo
19 Oct 2018
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Is outer space really the silent and lifeless place it's often depicted to be? Perhaps not. Astrophy...
The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home | Daniel Kraft
18 Oct 2018
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We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medications are do...
5 transformational policies for a prosperous and sustainable world | Johan Rockström
17 Oct 2018
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In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainability expert ...
The key to a better malaria vaccine | Faith Osier
16 Oct 2018
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The malaria vaccine was invented more than a century ago -- yet each year, hundreds of thousands of ...
Let's protect the oceans like national parks | David Lang
15 Oct 2018
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You don't have to be a scientist to help protect the world's oceans, says underwater drone expert an...
How whistle-blowers shape history | Kelly Richmond Pope
12 Oct 2018
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Fraud researcher and documentary filmmaker Kelly Richmond Pope shares lessons from some of the most ...
What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work -- and vice versa | Chip Conley
11 Oct 2018
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For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, says entreprene...
What Americans agree on when it comes to health | Rebecca Onie
10 Oct 2018
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We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least not when it comes to health, says Rebecca On...
3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer | David Korins
09 Oct 2018
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You don't have to work on Broadway to design a set, says creative director David Korins -- you can b...
How cryptocurrency can help startups get investment capital | Ashwini Anburajan
09 Oct 2018
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We're living in a golden era of innovation, says entrepreneur Ashwini Anburajan -- but venture capit...
How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without ropes | Alex Honnold
08 Oct 2018
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Imagine being by yourself in the dead center of a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without a rope to cat...
The secrets of spider venom | Michel Dugon
05 Oct 2018
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Spider venom can stop your heart within minutes, cause unimaginable pain -- and potentially save you...
3 ways to advocate for a more inclusive workplace | Melinda Epler
04 Oct 2018
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We're taught to believe that hard work and dedication will lead to success, but that's not always th...
Why being nice to your coworkers is good for business | Christine Porath
03 Oct 2018
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Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being nice to your coworkers, says leadership research...
What doctors should know about gender identity | Kristie Overstreet
02 Oct 2018
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Kristie Overstreet is on a mission to ensure that the transgender community gets their health care n...
How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families | DeAndrea Salvador
02 Oct 2018
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Every month, millions of Americans face an impossible choice: pay for energy to power their homes, o...
3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion | Liv Boeree
01 Oct 2018
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Is it better to be lucky or good? Should we trust our gut feelings or rely on probabilities and care...
How to speak up for yourself | Adam Galinsky
28 Sep 2018
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Speaking up is hard to do, even when you know you should. Learn how to assert yourself, navigate tri...
How to build a thriving music scene in your city | Elizabeth Cawein
27 Sep 2018
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How does a city become known as a "music city"? Publicist Elizabeth Cawein explains how thriving mus...
What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit | Kym Worthy
26 Sep 2018
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In 2009, 11,341 untested rape kits -- some dating back to the 1980s -- were found in an abandoned wa...
How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together | Tracie Keesee
25 Sep 2018
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We all want to be safe, and our safety is intertwined, says Tracie Keesee, cofounder of the Center f...
I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left | Megan Phelps-Roper
24 Sep 2018
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What’s it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing ... everyone else? Mega...
How I became part sea urchin | Catherine Mohr
21 Sep 2018
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As a young scientist, Catherine Mohr was on her dream scuba trip -- when she put her hand right down...
Why museums are returning cultural treasures | Chip Colwell
20 Sep 2018
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Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them t...
How we could teach our bodies to heal faster | Kaitlyn Sadtler
20 Sep 2018
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What if we could help our bodies heal faster and without scars, like Wolverine in X-Men? TED Fellow ...
Why the hospital of the future will be your own home | Niels van Namen
19 Sep 2018
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Nobody likes going to the hospital, whether it's because of the logistical challenges of getting the...
The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story | Kate Stone
18 Sep 2018
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After a horrific accident put her in the tabloid headlines, Kate Stone found a way to take control o...
Why we choke under pressure -- and how to avoid it | Sian Leah Beilock
18 Sep 2018
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When the pressure is on, why do we sometimes fail to live up to our potential? Cognitive scientist a...
Your fingerprints reveal more than you think | Simona Francese
17 Sep 2018
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Our fingerprints are what make us unique -- but they're also home to a world of information hidden i...