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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-whales-… Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg studies the body structure of many different anima

Edward Suzuki worked alongside master architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller while attending Harvard on a Fulbright scholarship. Perhaps that’s one

According to David Rock, better brainwork makes better leaders. He coined the term “NeuroLeadership” to define the concept. The author of two books, Q

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes… Halitosis is a curse that has plagued humanity since ancient times. But what causes it,

Huai-Chien (Bill) Chang has his head way above the clouds. A PhD student at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science, he helped launc

Michael Nielsen is one of the pioneers of quantum computation. Together with Ike Chuang of MIT, he wrote the standard text in the field, a text which

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-invisib… Many of the inanimate objects around you probably seem perfectly still. But look deep i

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-few-s… This video was created with support from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity: http://

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-th… Nestled in the tissues of your neck is a small, unassuming organ that wields enormous p

To Takashi Ikegami, life is what you make it. Specifically, he and his Ikegami Lab cohorts are attempting to build viable synthetic life forms using c

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

Our brain is made up of cells and every ability we have is the product of those cells. What is going on during our teenage years that accounts for the

Why are comments off? We’re definitely looking for feedback on this series demo! However, the interactive nature of the demo makes it difficult

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/an-exercise… Why is that some experiences feel like they last forever, while others fly by? We tend

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