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Bart Weetjens: How I taught rats to sniff out land mines
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com At TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens talks about his extraordinary project: training rats to sniff out land mines. …
Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Kevin Surace suggests we rethink basic construction materials -- such as the familiar wallboard -- to reduce t…
Why we need the explorers | Brian Cox
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suff…
David Carson: Design, discovery and humor
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. So…
Sebastian Deterding: What your designs say about you
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com What does your chair say about what you value? Designer Sebastian Deterding shows how our visions of morality …
In the Internet age, dance evolves ... | The LXD
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance…
How architecture helped music evolve | David Byrne
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the musi…
Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new w…
Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones
Ted Talk: Science is a learning process that involves experimentation, failure and revision -- and the science of medicine is no exception.…
The sound the universe makes | Janna Levin
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack -- a sonic c…
Why we have virus outbreaks & how we can prevent them | Nathan Wolfe
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com SARS, avian flu, swine flu ... each virus outbreak raises the question: What can be done? A compelling answer …
Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com At TEDxBG in Sofia, Steve Keil fights the "serious meme" that has infected his home of Bulgaria -- and calls f…
Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development…
Johanna Blakely: Lessons from fashion's free culture
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits …
Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for eve…