Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-power-o… The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapie

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-it-s-so… In 2008, something incredible happened: a man was cured of HIV. In over 70 million HIV

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-dep… Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-strengt… Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it’s actually a weak acid? In

View full lesson on ed.ted.com http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-breathi… We breathe constantly, but have you ever thought about how breathing works

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-thin… Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate

Karine Rathle is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and dance scientist with experience in ballet, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, Pilates, S

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rosalind-fr… The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievem

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-brea… Where does bread get its fluffiness? Swiss cheese its holes? And what makes vinegar so

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

The creative director of EyeWire, a game of citizen neuroscience that is mapping the brain. It is part of MIT and Princeton universities with over 150

Dr. Brenda Milner, a McGill neurology and neurosurgery professor and researcher, is a pioneer in the domain of neuroscience. She leads research on cog

Dr. Jimmy Lin of Rare Genomics Institute invites his audience on a compelling and emotional journey into the lives of children living with rare diseas

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-our-clim… Scientists have warned that as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rise an increase in Earth’s

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/plato-s-all… Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous thinkers, said life

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-… In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adoles