Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-… Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus,

We humans are irrational beings, and how our brains work remains a massive mystery. Dr. Naotaka Fujii—who currently heads up the Laboratory for Adapti

In her talk, Nicole shares with us her research on dynamic systems and how bats can help us solve engineering problems. Nicole Abaid, an assistant pro

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-neutrin… Elementary particles are the smallest known building blocks in the universe—and the neu

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-plants-… Can plants talk to each other? It certainly doesn’t seem that way: They don’t have comp

Affordable renewable energy is still science fiction, right? Dead wrong, says Dr. Eric Martinot, and he should know. A former senior energy specialist

Serial entrepreneur Gunter Pauli’s avowed mission is to beat the present system in which whatever is good for your health and the environment is expen

David J. Lewkowicz is a Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University and an internationally recognized authority on infant perceptual develo

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

click here for view full lesson. We have over 600 muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. Your muscles also ne

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

David Neto talks about black holes and time travel at the 2015 TEDxOStateU event, April 10, 2015 on the Oklahoma State University campus. David Neto i

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/attack-of-t… As benign as it may look up close, the tiny seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia can wreak quite

Actual Conditions in the Tsunami Damaged Coastal Regions of Miyagi Prefecture.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-turing-… What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have bee

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-zen… Can you ever travel from one place to another? Ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea g