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Bill Gates: Teachers need real feedback
Ted Talk: Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, there's ju…
Edith Widder: The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Biolumi…
How students of color confront impostor syndrome | Dena Simmons
Ted Talk: As a black woman from a tough part of the Bronx who grew up to attain all the markers of academic prestige, Dena Simmons knows th…
Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries
Ted Talk: As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating—not just selecting…
Comics belong in the classroom | Gene Luen Yang
Ted Talk: Comic books and graphic novels belong in every teacher's toolkit, says cartoonist and educator Gene Luen Yang. Set against the ba…
Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space prog…
Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") …
Imogen Heap plays "Wait It Out"
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of "Wait It Out," from her new record, Ellipse. TEDTalks is…
Todd Kuiken: A prosthetic arm that "feels"
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Surgeon and engineer Todd Kuiken is building a prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system -- i…
Could We Cure HIV with Lasers? | Patience Mthunzi | TED Talks
Ted Talk: Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially b…
What you need to know about CRISPR | Ellen Jorgensen
Ted Talk: Should we bring back the wooly mammoth? Or edit a human embryo? Or wipe out an entire species that we consider harmful? The genom…
A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD | Rebecca Brachman
Ted Talk: Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases f…
A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley
Ted Talk: Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for…
Conception to birth -- visualized | Alexander Tsiaras
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from concepti…
What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you | Carolyn Bertozzi
Ted Talk: Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your blood…