Reading TED

kate hartman the art of wearable communication ^R 7.100
wael ghonim let's design social media that drives real change ^R 7.100
harald haas forget wi-fi. meet the new li-fi internet ^R 7.101
immigrant voices make democracy stronger ^R 7.102
jp rangaswami: information is food ^R 7.103
nilofer merchant: got a meeting? take a walk ^R 7.107
gregory petsko on the coming neurological epidemic ^R 7.108
antony gormley: sculpted space, within and without ^R 7.109
patricia kuhl: the linguistic genius of babies ^R 7.115
jonas gahr støre: in defense of dialogue ^R 7.116
mikko hypponen: three types of online attack ^R 7.116
peter diamandis: abundance is our future ^R 7.116
dong woo jang the art of bow-making ^R 7.117
can we build ai without losing control over it? ^R 7.117
esther perel rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved ^R 7.122
david christian big history ^R 7.123
read montague: what we're learning from 5,000 brains ^R 7.125
paula hammond a new superweapon in the fight against cancer ^R 7.126
mikko hypponen how the nsa betrayed the world's trust—time to act ^R 7.127
tali sharot: the optimism bias ^R 7.127
fred swaniker: the leaders who ruined africa, and the generation who can fix it ^R 7.129
christopher ryan are we designed to be sexual omnivores ^R 7.130
a.j. jacobs how healthy living nearly killed me ^R 7.131
bill gross the single biggest reason why startups succeed ^R 7.138
elise roy when we design for disability, we all benefit ^R 7.139
kate stone dj decks made of paper ^R 7.141
linda liukas a delightful way to teach kids about computers ^R 7.142
let's talk parenting taboos: rufus griscom + alisa volkman ^R 7.142
gary flake: is pivot a turning point for web exploration? ^R 7.143
auret van heerden: making global labor fair ^R 7.144
david rockwell builds at ground zero ^R 7.144
stephen palumbi: following the mercury trail ^R 7.144
ellen jorgensen: biohacking—you can do it, too ^R 7.147
jenna mccarthy: what you don't know about marriage ^R 7.147
dan gross why gun violence can't be our new normal ^R 7.153
yann dall'aglio love—you're doing it wrong ^R 7.153
patrícia medici the coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it ^R 7.156
shivani siroya a smart loan for people with no credit history (yet) ^R 7.156
samantha nutt the real harm of the global arms trade ^R 7.160
francis collins: we need better drugs—now ^R 7.162
dan gilbert the psychology of your future self ^R 7.166
tal golesworthy: how i repaired my own heart ^R 7.166
kenneth lacovara hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe ^R 7.170
ellen 't hoen: pool medical patents, save lives ^R 7.172
joshua foer: feats of memory anyone can do ^R 7.172
mellody hobson color blind or color brave ^R 7.172
a few ways to fix a government ^R 7.174
stephen wilkes the passing of time, caught in a single photo ^R 7.175
dennis vanengelsdorp: a plea for bees ^R 7.176
alexa meade ^R 7.179
jared ficklin: new ways to see music (with color! and fire!) ^R 7.181
adora svitak: what adults can learn from kids ^R 7.185
will wright: spore, birth of a game ^R 7.185
doris kearns goodwin on learning from past presidents ^R 7.191
lawrence lessig: laws that choke creativity ^R 7.192
vijay kumar: robots that fly ... and cooperate ^R 7.194
norman spack how i help transgender teens become who they want to be ^R 7.195
leah buechley: how to "sketch" with electronics ^R 7.197
abha dawesar life in the digital now ^R 7.198
peter tyack: the intriguing sound of marine mammals ^R 7.201
marian bantjes: intricate beauty by design ^R 7.203
eric dishman: health care should be a team sport ^R 7.213
cynthia schneider: the surprising spread of "idol" tv ^R 7.214
the risky politics of progress ^R 7.214
benedetta berti the surprising way groups like isis stay in power ^R 7.216
spencer wells builds a family tree for humanity ^R 7.218
elizabeth lev the unheard story of the sistine chapel ^R 7.222
anne curzan: what makes a word "real"? ^R 7.223
tom chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain ^R 7.223
george smoot: the design of the universe ^R 7.224
christoph adami: finding life we can't imagine ^R 7.226
freeman dyson: let's look for life in the outer solar system ^R 7.230
steven addis: a father-daughter bond, one photo at a time ^R 7.233
may el khalil making peace is a marathon ^R 7.235
saul griffith on everyday inventions ^R 7.237
gabe barcia-colombo my dna vending machine ^R 7.241
let's teach for mastery—not test scores ^R 7.243
ben goldacre: battling bad science ^R 7.244
anne curzan what makes a word real ^R 7.248
how ai can bring on a second industrial revolution ^R 7.248
a.j. jacobs how healthy living nearly killed me ^R 7.248
tan le: a headset that reads your brainwaves ^R 7.248
enough with the fear of fat ^R 7.249
manu prakash a 50-cent microscope that folds like origami ^R 7.256
jason decaires taylor an underwater art museum, teeming with life ^R 7.259
abraham verghese: a doctor's touch ^R 7.261
robert waldinger what makes a good life lessons from the longest study on happiness ^R 7.262
diana laufenberg: how to learn? from mistakes ^R 7.265
a.j. jacobs how healthy living nearly killed me ^R 7.268
james lyne everyday cybercrime and what you can do about it ^R 7.269
peter hirshberg on tv and the web ^R 7.270
richard weller: could the sun be good for your heart? ^R 7.271
daniel levitin how to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed ^R 7.278
shih chieh huang: sculptures that'd be at home in the deep sea ^R 7.278
rory stewart: time to end the war in afghanistan ^R 7.279
siyanda mohutsiwa how young africans found a voice on twitter ^R 7.280
jose miguel sokoloff: how christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns ^R 7.282
regina hartley why the best hire might not have the perfect resume ^R 7.283
sandrine thuret you can grow new brain cells. here's how ^R 7.289
miru kim's underground art ^R 7.291
david epstein are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger ^R 7.292
paul snelgrove: a census of the ocean ^R 7.292
niall ferguson: the 6 killer apps of prosperity ^R 7.293
dan cobley: what physics taught me about marketing ^R 7.298
brian cox: why we need the explorers ^R 7.299
judson brewer a simple way to break a bad habit ^R 7.300
larry brilliant makes the case for optimism ^R 7.302
paolo cardini: forget multitasking, try monotasking ^R 7.303
martine rothblatt my daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality ^R 7.305
chris anderson on ted's nonprofit transition ^R 7.307
no one should die because they live too far from a doctor ^R 7.310
prosanta chakrabarty clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish ^R 7.314
jessa gamble: our natural sleep cycle ^R 7.316
jim holt why does the universe exist ^R 7.319
shereen el feki: hiv—how to fight an epidemic of bad laws ^R 7.320
a video game to cope with grief ^R 7.322
robert full the secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots ^R 7.324
political common ground in a polarized united states ^R 7.327
ruth chang how to make hard choices ^R 7.329
stanley mcchrystal the military case for sharing knowledge ^R 7.330
jackson katz: violence against women—it's a men's issue ^R 7.335
marla spivak why bees are disappearing ^R 7.339
steven wise chimps have feelings and thoughts. they should also have rights ^R 7.339
jeremy jackson: how we wrecked the ocean ^R 7.341
how pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry ^R 7.341
ed boyden a new way to study the brain's invisible secrets ^R 7.346
there's no such thing as not voting ^R 7.346
dame stephanie shirley why do ambitious women have flat heads ^R 7.350
a simple birth kit for mothers in the developing world ^R 7.351
margaret heffernan the dangers of willful blindness ^R 7.354
clay shirky: institutions vs. collaboration ^R 7.358
sarah parcak: archeology from space ^R 7.359
tristram stuart: the global food waste scandal ^R 7.359
jonathan klein: photos that changed the world ^R 7.361
a.j. jacobs how healthy living nearly killed me ^R 7.362
amber case: we are all cyborgs now ^R 7.364
paul collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation ^R 7.368
uri hasson this is your brain on communication ^R 7.374
aparna rao art that craves your attention ^R 7.379
eric x li a tale of two political systems ^R 7.379
patience mthunzi could we cure hiv with lasers ^R 7.379
kare anderson: be an opportunity maker ^R 7.380
how human noise affects ocean habitats ^R 7.380
tania simoncelli should you be able to patent a human gene ^R 7.380
mark forsyth: what's a snollygoster? a short lesson in political speak ^R 7.381
ben kacyra: ancient wonders captured in 3d ^R 7.385
linda hill: how to manage for collective creativity ^R 7.388
eman mohammed: the courage to tell a hidden story ^R 7.389
larry burns on the future of cars ^R 7.389
seth berkley: hiv and flu—the vaccine strategy ^R 7.389
robin chase: excuse me, may i rent your car? ^R 7.391
chris gerdes: the future race car—150mph, and no driver ^R 7.393
how early life experience is written into dna ^R 7.395
chris urmson how a driverless car sees the road ^R 7.398
tierney thys swims with the giant sunfish ^R 7.398
yves morieux as work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify ^R 7.403
david kelley on human-centered design ^R 7.404
carne ross: an independent diplomat ^R 7.406
monica araya a small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels ^R 7.408
louise leakey digs for humanity's origins ^R 7.410
danny hillis: understanding cancer through proteomics ^R 7.411
zaria forman drawings that show the beauty and fragility of earth ^R 7.411
cynthia breazeal: the rise of personal robots ^R 7.412
danny hillis: back to the future (of 1994) ^R 7.414
chris burkard the joy of surfing in ice-cold water ^R 7.415
gary wolf: the quantified self ^R 7.416
arthur benjamin: teach statistics before calculus! ^R 7.424
karen thompson walker: what fear can teach us ^R 7.425
the ethical dilemma of designer babies ^R 7.427
cheryl hayashi: the magnificence of spider silk ^R 7.428
juliana rotich meet brck internet access built for africa ^R 7.429
bjarke ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales ^R 7.430
anastasia taylor-lind: fighters and mourners of the ukrainian revolution ^R 7.433
melissa marshall: talk nerdy to me ^R 7.435
a.j. jacobs how healthy living nearly killed me ^R 7.436
rogier van der heide: why light needs darkness ^R 7.436
why helmets don't prevent concussions—and what might ^R 7.437
chris jordan: turning powerful stats into art ^R 7.438
how america's public schools keep kids in poverty ^R 7.439
karen tse: how to stop torture ^R 7.441
jonathan foley: the other inconvenient truth ^R 7.442
don't fear intelligent machines. work with them ^R 7.449
david gruber glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures ^R 7.450
mike biddle: we can recycle plastic ^R 7.450
erik brynjolfsson: the key to growth? race with the machines ^R 7.451
ray kurzweil: a university for the coming singularity ^R 7.462
paul romer the world s first charter city ^R 7.464
blaise aguera y arcas demos photosynth ^R 7.465
sheena iyengar: the art of choosing ^R 7.465
cédric villani what's so sexy about math ^R 7.467
inside the mind of a former radical jihadist ^R 7.467
gabriel barcia-colombo: capturing memories in video art ^R 7.469
our story of rape and reconciliation ^R 7.470
siddharthan chandran can the damaged brain repair itself ^R 7.471
david agus: a new strategy in the war on cancer ^R 7.476
jill farrant how we can make crops survive without water ^R 7.476
kevin kelly tells technology's epic story ^R 7.478
charmian gooch my wish to launch a new era of openness in business ^R 7.480
david rothkopf how fear drives american politics ^R 7.481
the era of personal dna testing is here ^R 7.482
stephen hawking: questioning the universe ^R 7.482
atul gawande: how do we heal medicine? ^R 7.483
lisa dyson a forgotten space age technology could change how we grow food ^R 7.483
massimo banzi: how arduino is open-sourcing imagination ^R 7.483
alice goffman how we're priming some kids for college—and others for prison ^R 7.488
the new american dream ^R 7.489
dan meyer: math class needs a makeover ^R 7.489
why open a school? to close a prison ^R 7.490
neil macgregor: 2600 years of history in one object ^R 7.495
thomas peschak dive into an ocean photographer's world ^R 7.495
ed yong suicidal crickets, zombie roaches and other parasite tales ^R 7.497
esther perel: the secret to desire in a long-term relationship ^R 7.498
bruce aylward how we ll stop polio ^R 7.499