Random Talks

Little girls grow up hearing both implicit and explicit messages suggesting that the most important attribute they can strive for is beauty. A media c

Dr. Jessica E. Huber is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department and a Certified Speech-La

Dara has been teaching yoga and wellness in Columbia since 1999. In May 2013, she brought the first of its kind adaptive yoga class to the Midlands fo

Thomas R. lnsel, M.D. is director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) charged

Michelle Barnes explains how diagnosing her unsolved illness created new opportunities in the global health research response to the current Ebola and

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-your-… Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. Th

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

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-our-… Human bodies aren’t built for extreme aging: our capacity is set at about 90 years. But

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

Dr. Williams’ Talk will explore how each of us can begin to collect data about ourselves that can provide insight into our personal health. Abou

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-… In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adoles

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

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

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

Charles Czeisler explains why we’re sleeping less than we did a generation ago, and the damaging effects it’s having on our health, from i