Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science… Homer’s “Odyssey” recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

When he was just 25, Yoshiharu Habu became the only player ever to simultaneously seize all seven titles of the ancient board game known as shogi. He’

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-earth-s… The Earth is 4.6 billion years old — but how can humans relate to a number so col

Naohiko Umewaka’s family lineage in the art of Noh dates back six hundred years. His greatgrandfather, Umewaka Minoru, is credited with saving Noh the

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-is-sher… More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-the-… When it was ratified in 1789, the US Constitution didn’t just institute a government by

Cristina Domenech es escritora y filósofa, coordina talleres de escritura y lectura para niños, adultos, y presidiarios del Centro de Estudiantes Rodo

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-o… Stemming from the days of bubonic plague in Medieval Europe, quarantines were originall

About the fragrance of languages and how a sick frog can save your day. Marleen is a philologist and a communication expert with a passion for storyte

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-contro… The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broke

Next-generation Japanese didgeridoo performer SMILY first heard the otherworldly tones of the quintessential Australian wind instrument while studying

In 2008, lacquer artist and Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose began to focus on preserving intangibly important Japanese culture and heritage thr

Tim Morely thinks that every student should learn Esperanto. In this unexpected and persuasive talk, he makes the case that this constructed language

iew full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-… When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancien

Julien argues how we see the World through cultural glasses. By changing the glasses you can change the way you interpret the World. Julien is the fou

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-paradox… Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond … or a b