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What it takes to launch a telescope | Erika Hamden
Ted Talk: TED Fellow and astronomer Erika Hamden leads the team building FIREBall, a telescope that hangs from a giant balloon at the very …
How to recover from activism burnout | Yana Buhrer Tavanier
Ted Talk: When you're feeling burned out as an activist, what's the best way to bounce back? TED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explore…
How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution | Juliet Brophy
Ted Talk: In 2013, a treasure trove of unusual fossils were uncovered in a cave in South Africa, and researchers soon realized: these were …
Bangkok | Pindrop, a TED original podcast (Audio only)
Ted Talk: Introducing TED's newest podcast: Pindrop, hosted by Saleem Reshamwala. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts: https://link.c…
Your fingerprints reveal more than you think | Simona Francese
Ted Talk: Our fingerprints are what make us unique -- but they're also home to a world of information hidden in molecules that reveal our a…
Why you should make useless things | Simone Giertz
Ted Talk: In this joyful, heartfelt talk featuring demos of her wonderfully wacky creations, Simone Giertz shares her craft: making useless…
Chris Anderson (Wired): Technology's Long Tail
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right …
This is your brain on communication | Uri Hasson
Ted Talk: Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across diffe…
A short history of trans people's long fight for equality | Samy Nour Younes
Ted Talk: Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, fille…
How I'm bringing queer pride to my rural village | Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile
Ted Talk: In a poetic, personal talk, TED Fellow Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile examines the connection between her modern queer lifestyle and …
Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
Ted Talk: Would you choose to build a house on top of an unfinished foundation? Of course not. Why, then, do we rush students through educa…
The fight against sex slavery | Sunitha Krishnan
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar …
Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology | Ani Liu
Ted Talk: 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 e…
The mathematics of love | Hannah Fry
Ted Talk: Finding the right mate is no cakewalk — but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows …
Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Larry Lessig, the Nets most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP ca…