Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-the… If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-make… Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples worldwide. But in the last 40 years, more than 5 mil

Imagine being paralyzed or in a vegetative state, powerless to move or even speak. Keio University researcher Junichi Ushiba may be the one to awaken

Can certain neurological conditions make us forget how to move? In this talk Dr. Farias explains how is possible to awaken silent neural pathways in t

Everyone with a heartbeat can appreciate Drum Café Japan’s elemental appeal. Born in Sendai in 2009 as an offshoot of the original Drum Café in Johann

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-beginni… How did the universe begin — and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-t… Beneath your ribs, you’ll find, among other things, the pancreas — an organ that

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-scar… It’s hard to escape childhood without racking up a few scars. Why do these leftover rem

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of… In the past decade, the US honeybee population has been decreasing at an alarming and u

Masayo Takahashi is a researcher in the area of visual disorders. After carrying out a pioneering iPS cell clinical study in summer 2013, she was name

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-grow… Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. Nina Tand

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

Dr. 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

Some tears look like little planets with beautiful landscapes of patterns and shapes. There are three tear types, one of which is Emotional. And each