Growing up as a Moroccan born, French working class girl in the French countryside, she battled various odds and overcame a …
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Even with public trust at an all-time low, Wikipedia continues to maintain people’s confidence. How do they do it? Former CEO of …
People make decisions based on who is providing the information, not just the information itself. The right messenger is powerful …
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iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and asked them to …
SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle has the potential to explore the solar system in a bold, new — and supersized — way. Planetary …
Considering the rising numbers of people affected by cancer, this talk highlights the experiences of those who provide informal …
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Life is a constant state of both joy and sorrow, dark and light, bitter and sweet. In a meditative conversation, author Susan Cain …
Sex is as much mental as it is physical — and imagination is the most powerful tool we have to expand our personal agency and …
Branding isn’t buzz — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube …
We can all play a role in the climate movement by tapping into our skills, resources and networks in ways that bring us satisfaction, …
More than 200 years ago, Évariste Galois developed the theory of groups, a fundamental mathematical concept that is now …
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Reflecting on her latest exhibition, Wāhine, Loren shares with us why she believes sharing our stories has the power to bring us …
Fathers have a profound impact on their children’s lives, yet an estimated ten million kids in the US see their dads less than once a …
Nobody really knows how much it would cost to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Yet historian Yuval Noah Harari’s …
Should you or should you not take a summer internship? Tag along and listen to Marius Ketels talk about why an internship might …
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How does music shape us? Digital ethnomusicologist and TED Fellow Kyra Gaunt studies how Black girls can preserve the …
After the loss of her mother in 2018 from the consequences of alcohol misuse, Samantha turned to filmmaking and VR to process …
What does it take to build a legacy? Hip-hop artist Cordae tells how he went from mixtape-dropping high school kid to …
NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker’s personal views and understanding of movement and the brain.
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Global robot scientist Dennis Hong explores a future where humanoids, built to mirror human intellectual and locomotive …
Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts …
Near death experiences change people’s lives – and not always for the better. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube …
As the line between the physical and digital worlds blur, so does the line between real-world and virtual sports. Reframing our …
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Taking us on a voyage into the ocean — from the deepest trenches to the remains of Titanic — marine biologist David Gallo …
Living in this day and age it is almost unavoidable to encounter hate-speech and bullying. But did you know that small groups are …
Conservation efforts in Africa have typically been led by “parachute conservationists” — outsiders who drop in thinking they have …
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Designers spend their days dreaming up better products and better worlds, and you can use their thinking to re-envision your own …
In the multitude of metaverses that exist there are infinite possibilities for inclusivity and creativity. Inviting us to craft our own digital …
You can learn things 250% faster by unlocking your ‘flow state.’ Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube …
Inequality of investment opportunity has been a large contributor to the growing wealth gap in the last two decades. The financial …
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What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That’s the incredible promise behind the Stentrode — an …
The science is clear: humans are responsible for recent climate change. Why then is it so hard for people to believe – and even …
How do we raise self-reliant kids who have initiative, are resilient and can be problem solvers? In her talk, Tameka Montgomery …
This interview is an episode from The Well, our new publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the John …
There are 600 million women in India — yet they are rarely seen outdoors after sunset because of safety concerns like harassment …
Are dreams, hallucinations, and near death experiences all connected? Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube …
Many people across the world don’t have access to healthy food — while in other places tons of food go to waste.
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