Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-h… The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years … and was caused by a falling

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

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-bra… Lingerie has existed for hundreds of years, but it wasn’t until the 1920s that a

Our guts are packed with tiny bacteria–some that help and some that harm. The “bad bugs” that cause diarrheal infections kill millio

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-… Water is essentially everywhere in our world, and the average human is composed of betw

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

Nathalie Mann was successful in her application to be part of the live Bay 17 audience at TEDxSydney, and agreed to tell her story to the rest of us p

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-polarit… Water is both essential and unique. Many of its particular qualities stem from the fact

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-wome… A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We

Secondary Sugar kills? Wait, secondary sugar is the one that’s hidden and added to foods you wouldn’t suspect, so kids and parents get addicted. A hor

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

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/how-stress-… Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus,