Random Talks

We often define ourselves by things that are “outside” us: relationships, work, family — even our own bodies. But what would it mean to ha

View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-crea… It takes a lot of fuel to heat our homes, preserve our food, and power our gadgets

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-carb… The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too man

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

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

Liz Mullinar is the Founder of Heal For Life Foundation. In 2000 she was awarded the inaugural Australian Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 2009 she

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-obe… Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of di

Doctors had given Anita Moorjani just hours to live when she arrived at the hospital in a coma on the morning of February 2nd, 2006. Unable to move as

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

Jennifer Mayo is a health education and promotion senior from Sulphur, Okla. She is the first and only undergraduate student included in the prestigio

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/do-fad-diet… Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-blood-p… If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they’d be 60 thousand miles long. A