Random Talks

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Could you imagine that our brain cells are able, after a jou

Before he turned 30, Hiro Fujita lived in New Jersey, Hawaii, Zurich, London, and Tokyo, was an all-star athlete and an advertising professional who “

View 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

High heels: the modern foot binding practice? A medical and social point of view.

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/how-to-grow… Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. Nina Tand

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-microbi… As we walk through our daily environments, we’re surrounded by exotic creatures that ar

Using the power of spoken word poetry, Kate explores the internal struggles we all too often face in life. She is a poet and spoken word artist, whose

When Jules Evans was in his late teens, he started to be plagued by panic attacks, mood swings and other emotional problems. He eventually found help

Gary Edwards is friends with 82 clowns. He founded Zdravotní klaun (Health Clown) in the Czech Republic in 2001 and for several years funded it with h

Vera Gorbunova concentrates in particular her researches on the naked rat-mole, an underground rodent of East Africa who can live up to 10 times longe

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-some… Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, t

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-power-o… The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapie

According to a former Tokyo English Life Line colleague, Kathleen Pike has the “sigh factor” when she walks in, people sigh in admiration.

Can a person be “cured” of Type 2 Diabetes? Dr. Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that it can, and the solution is simpler than