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

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 “

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

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

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

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-t… Beneath your ribs, you’ll find, among other things, the pancreas — an organ that

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-foo… When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-l

Jack Andraka was named the Gordon E. Moore Award winner at Intel ISEF 2012 (basically the Olympics for high school science research) for his novel, no

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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-some… Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, t

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

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

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

Canadian physician Gabor Maté is a specialist in terminal illnesses, chemical dependents, and HIV positive patients. Dr. Maté is a renowned author of

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,