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Beware conflicts of interest | Dan Ariely
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…
Science in service to the public good | Siddhartha Roy
Ted Talk: We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building …
Brian Cox: What went wrong at the Large Hadron Collider
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this short talk from TED U 2009, Brian Cox shares what's new with the CERN supercollider. He covers the rep…
A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home | Todd Coleman
Ted Talk: What if doctors could monitor patients at home with the same degree of accuracy they'd get during a stay at the hospital? Bioelec…
How women in rural India turned courage into capital | Chetna Gala Sinha
Ted Talk: When bankers refused to serve her neighbors in rural India, Chetna Gala Sinha did the next best thing: she opened a bank of her o…
Jeff Bezos: The electricity metaphor
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com The dot-com boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush. But Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos says its more …
The role of human emotions in science and research | Ilona Stengel
Ted Talk: Do human emotions have a role to play in science and research? Material researcher Ilona Stengel suggests that instead of opposin…
Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors
Ted Talk: Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to presen…
Charles Elachi: The story of the Mars Rovers
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tale…
Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass?
Ted Talk: It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera…
Asha de Vos: Why you should care about whale poo
Ted Talk: Whales have a surprising and important job, says marine biologist Asha de Vos: these massive creatures are ecosystem engineers, k…
24 hours on Earth -- in one image | Stephen Wilkes
Ted Talk: Take action on climate change at http://countdown.ted.com. "Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at th…
What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit | Teresa Njoroge
Ted Talk: In 2011, Teresa Njoroge was convicted of a financial crime she didn't commit -- the result of a long string of false accusations,…
Woody Norris: Hypersonic sound and other inventions
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Woody Norris shows off two of his inventions that treat sound in new ways, and talks about his untraditional a…
In an age of distraction, find your stillness (Book trailer)
Ted Talk: From travel writer Pico Iyer, "The Art of Stillness" considers the unexpected adventure of going nowhere. New from TED Books. Ama…