TEDtalks: 3511 Produkte
Willie Smits: How to restore a rainforest
Ted Talk: By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits believes he has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainfores…
Joe DeRisi: Hunting the next killer virus
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) us…
Eli Beer: The fastest ambulance? A motorcycle
Ted Talk: As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to he…
Which country does the most good for the world? | Simon Anholt
Ted Talk: It's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much mone…
Nathan Myhrvold: A life of fascinations
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations -- animal photography, archeology, BBQ and genera…
Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data …
A smarter, more precise way to think about public health | Sue Desmond-Hellmann
Ted Talk: Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health — an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequenc…
The deadly genius of drug cartels | Rodrigo Canales
Ted Talk: Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years. We might think this has nothing to do with us, …
This simple test can help kids hear better | Susan Emmett
Ted Talk: Children who live in rural areas can have a hard time getting to the doctor -- much less to an audiologist's clinic for expensive…
Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace | Kamau Gachigi
Ted Talk: Africa needs engineers, but its engineering students often end up working at auditing firms and banks. Why? Kamau Gachigi suspect…
What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose | Jennifer Brea
Ted Talk: Five years ago, TED Fellow Jen Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue sy…
What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe | Ben Goldacre
Ted Talk: When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of th…
The happy secret to better work | Shawn Achor
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining …
Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms | Lucy Marcil
Ted Talk: More than 90 percent of children in the US see a doctor at least once a year, which means countless hours spent in waiting rooms …
Dave Troy: Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations
Ted Talk: Every city has its neighborhoods, cliques and clubs, the hidden lines that join and divide people in the same town. What can we l…