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Paul Ewald: Can we domesticate germs?
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than oth…
Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist
Ted Talk: When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was a kid, he didn't play sports, but he loved art. He paints the funny and touching story of a little …
Rob Knight: How our microbes make us who we are
Ted Talk: Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that hav…
Bruce Schneier: The security mirage
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com The feeling of security and the reality of security don't always match, says computer-security expert Bruce Sc…
Hannah Brencher: Love letters to strangers
Ted Talk: Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she did what fe…
Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars | Travis Kalanick
Ted Talk: Uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalani…
How we're honoring people overlooked by history | Amy Padnani
Ted Talk: Since its founding in 1851, the "New York Times" has published thousands of obituaries -- for heads of state, famous celebrities,…
A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and phillip agnew
Ted Talk: In a lyrical talk full of radical imagination, poet Aja Monet and community organizer phillip agnew share the story of how they f…
The agony of opioid withdrawal — and what doctors should tell patients about it | Travis Rieder
Ted Talk: The United States accounts for five percent of the world's population but consumes almost 70 percent of the total global opioid s…
Adventures of an interplanetary architect | Xavier De Kestelier
Ted Talk: How will we live elsewhere in the galaxy? On Earth, natural resources for creating structures are abundant, but sending these mat…
Xavier Vilalta: Architecture at home in its community
Ted Talk: When TED Fellow Xavier Vilalta was commissioned to create a multistory shopping mall in Addis Ababa, he panicked. Other centers r…
Mark Shaw: One very dry demo
Ted Talk: Mark Shaw demos Ultra-Ever Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that acts as an astonishingly powerful shield against water and water-…
Margaret Heffernan: Why it's time to forget the pecking order at work
Ted Talk: Organizations are often run according to “the superchicken model,” where the value is placed on star employees who outperform oth…
A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer
Ted Talk: Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness…
What are animals thinking and feeling? | Carl Safina
Ted Talk: What's going on inside the brains of animals? Can we know what, or if, they're thinking and feeling? Carl Safina thinks we can. U…