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Stunning data visuals tell a new story about HIV Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 13, 2009 Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world’s deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV...

Seth Godin on the tribes we lead Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 11, 2009 Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and ...

How to feed the whole world (the case for white bread) Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 08, 2009 Louise Fresco shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will f...

Alarming new slides depict a worsening climate crisis Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 07, 2009 At TED2009, Al Gore presents updated slides from around the globe to make the case that worrying climate trends are even worse than scientists pre...

Gravity-defying sculpture inspired by the sun, the earth, the moon Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 06, 2009 Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture — made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like plan...

A bold vision for teaching arts and sciences — together Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 05, 2009 Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer ... Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls...

The mathematics of war Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 04, 2009 By analyzing raw data on violent incidents in the Iraq war and others, Sean Gourley and his team claim to have found a surprisingly strong mathema...

What went wrong (and what’s next) at the Large Hadron Collider Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: May 01, 2009 In this short talk from TED U 2009, Brian Cox shares what’s new with the CERN supercollider. He covers the repairs now underway and what the futur...

What can we learn from the 1918 flu pandemic? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 30, 2009 In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a sma...

One woman, eight hilarious characters Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 29, 2009 In this hilariously lively performance, actress Sarah Jones channels an opinionated elderly Jewish woman, a fast-talking Dominican college student...

Exploring the re-wiring of the brain Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 28, 2009 Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain’s incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's...

How ideas trump economic crises — a surprising lesson from 1929 Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 27, 2009 The "dismal science" truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-div...

Picking apart the puzzle of racism in elections Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 24, 2009 Nate Silver has answers to controversial questions about race in politics: Did Obama’s race hurt his votes in some places? Stats and myths collide ...

Comics that tell the little stories of a big city Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 23, 2009 In this captivating talk from the TED archive, cartoonist Ben Katchor reads from his comic strips. These perceptive, surreal stories find the prof...

How texting and GoogleMaps helped Kenyans survive crisis Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 22, 2009 At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cel...

Rethinking the way we sit down Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 21, 2009 Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details hi...

The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 20, 2009 Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician — c...

Hang in there! 9 life lessons from rock climbing Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 17, 2009 In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an eff...

How to feel like the Incredible Hulk Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 16, 2009 From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss' fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question — "What’s the wo...

Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 15, 2009 JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the ...

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