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How Africa can keep rising | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Ted Talk: African growth is a trend, not a fluke, says economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this refres…

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12 truths I learned from life and writing | Anne Lamott

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Ted Talk: A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuance…

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Moral behavior in animals | Frans de Waal

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Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very huma…

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Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali | Melati and Isabel Wijsen

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Ted Talk: Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, wh…

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The technology of storytelling | Joe Sabia

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Ted Talk: iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book.…

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You smell with your body, not just your nose | Jennifer Pluznick

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Ted Talk: Do your kidneys have a sense of smell? Turns out, the same tiny scent detectors found in your nose are also found in some pretty …

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My Inner Life with Asperger's | Alix Generous | TED Talks

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Ted Talk: Alix Generous is a young woman with a million and one ideas — she's done award-winning science, helped develop new technology and…

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Lorrie Faith Cranor: What's wrong with your pa$$w0rd?

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Ted Talk: Lorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users — and secur…

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Angelo Vermeulen: How to go to space, without having to go to space

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Ted Talk: "We will start inhabiting outer space," says NASA crew commander Angelo Vermeulen. "It might take 50 years or it might take 500 y…

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Why we laugh | Sophie Scott

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Ted Talk: Did you know that you're 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with somebody else than if you're alone? Cognitive neuroscientis…

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Charmian Gooch: My wish: To launch a new era of openness in business

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Ted Talk: Anonymous companies protect corrupt individuals -- from notorious drug cartel leaders to nefarious arms dealers -- behind a shrou…

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An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall | Ronald Rael

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Ted Talk: What is a border? It's a line on a map, a place where cultures mix and merge in beautiful, sometimes violent and occasionally rid…

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Eric Dishman: Health care should be a team sport

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Ted Talk: When Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago. One rectified diagnosis…

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Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead

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Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military.…

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Dale Dougherty: We are makers

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Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new…