Random Talks

“Institutional Investor” has ranked Kathy Matsui the top equity strategist in Japan several times, yet her role as co-head of Asia macro r

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/how-atoms-b… Atoms can (and do) bond constantly; it’s how they form molecules. Sometimes, in a

The fusion of science and art opens doors to possibilities beyond our imagination. Experimental performance and talk by Yoko Shimizu, contemporary art

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-ma… Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever have seen the world? Great mathematica

View full lesson on ed.ted.com http://ed.ted.com/lessons/1207-1-a-be… How can bottles and balloons help explain the different laws that govern g

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/when-will-t… About 66 million years ago, a terrible extinction event wiped out the dinosaurs. But it

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-radiatio… When we hear the word radiation, it’s tempting to picture huge explosions and frighteni

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surpris… It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-if-we-… The brain is what makes us function, yet we understand so little about how it works. We

Amy Robinson: Having fun, doing science Yesterday during the Tweetup I spoke to Amy Robinson and asked her what she wanted the audience to remember fr

View the full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-un… The fact that no one knows the answer to this question is what makes it exciting. T

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-compute… Is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that cla

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/football-ph… In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35 meter free kick with

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mucus-k… Your body produces more than a liter of mucus every day, and when you’re sick, it can b