Random Talks

Sometimes your passions are hidden behind the things you find most difficult. Amy shares her ideas of how to go beyond these difficulties to uncover t

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-incredi… This video was created with the support of the U.S. Office of Research Integrity: http:

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-we-a… There’s a lot of talk these days about when and how we might all move to Mars. Bu

Plants are under constant environmental stress throughout the year, meaning that more intense sunlight or a rise in temperature due to global warming

How can we support and protect people we love with the going gets rough? This inspiring talk, injury prevention expert Emmy Betz shares her experience

Ever wondered why you’re happy, or how to get that way? Five years ago, filmmaker Eiji Han Shimizu and director Roko Belic began traveling around the

TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, o

Thirty-three year old Damien Mander served as a special operations sniper and clearance diver for Australia. Whilst deployed in Iraq he project manage

TEDxAmsterdamWomen – Corina Vermeulen

Could you live in a world without music? Former DJ and record label owner Jakob Lusensky is dedicated to probing our thoughts on that bleak scenario.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-brillia… Some lucky animals are naturally endowed with bioluminescence, or the ability to create

Tracy McMillan is a television writer (Mad Men, United States of Tara) and relationship author who wrote the book Why You’re Not Married…Y

If we can’t agree on the simple things, how can we possibly agree on complicated ones like democracy, rights, or religion? As entrepreneurial ph

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-oct… Octopuses have the ability to solve puzzles, learn through observation, and even use to

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-conq… For 10,000 years, humanity suffered from the scourge of smallpox. The virus killed almo

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-otherwo… About 60 percent of the ocean is a cold, dark region that spans down to 11,000 meters.