Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu shoot laser beams into the brains of living mice to activate and manipulate their memories. In a funny and — perhaps
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happen… The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Beca
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Read moreSerial 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
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Read moreDr. Tetsunari Iida wants power in Japan to be clean, green and renewable. One of Japan’s most respected voices on energy policy, he helped develop Jap
Read moreIt is estimated that Johnson & Johnson have made an astounding 100 billion Band-Aids since they were invented in 1920. But where did the idea come
Read moreView 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,
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-memorie… Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-anim… To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals,
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-… Today, about a third of the world’s population is infected with a strange disease calle
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/eye-vs-came… Your eyes don’t always capture the world exactly as a video camera would. But the eyes
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