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Bacteria “talk” to each other, sending chemical information to coordinate attacks. What if we could listen to what they were saying? Nanophysicist Fatima …

As a teenager, Megan suffered from chronic anxiety. In this talk, Megan shares her excruciating experiences in high school and she shares how she learned to …

Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby’s First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children’s …

A huge segment of America’s population — the Baby Boom generation — is aging and will live longer than any American generation in history. – The story we …

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To get young kids to thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write — we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says …

We’ve got big news. Big Think Edge, previously only available to employees at select companies, is now available to individual subscribers. You can view a …

From Past to Present to Prospect Artificial Intelligence from Past to Present to Prospect This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but …

What is perfection? In this influential talk, Zainab addresses the deceptive content social media imprints on society which distorts our perspective on perfection …

AI algorithms make important decisions about you all the time — like how much you should pay for car insurance or whether or not you get that job interview.

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Phil Plait was on a Hubble Space Telescope team of astronomers who thought they may have captured the first direct photo of an exoplanet ever taken. But did …

Imagine the existence of a world you didn’t know about, even though it’s right next to you. Every 30 seconds someone become a part of it – the world of …

Why an early Facebook investor is now Facebook’s biggest critic. – Investor Roger McNamee joined Facebook as an early investor when the company was just …

Bees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in something else: Where are bees healthy and thriving? To find out, he …

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Leadership needs to be reframed if we’re serious about it having impact. Leadership is people work. If you can’t love ’em, you can’t lead ’em. Nouman is an …

How would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy …

This is the psychology of why friendships (and marriages) fail. – Some friendships last a lifetime, but most have a lifespan. In the U.S., best friends tend to last for …

Nell’area che ha ospitato Expo Milano 2015 sta nascendo un distretto della scienza e dell’innovazione. Al suo interno, Human Technopole opererà come nuovo …

Visual artist Helen Marriage stages astonishing, large-scale public art events that expand the boundaries of what’s possible. In this visual tour of her work, she …

In this TEDx talk, Emma Harrison explains how the United States prison system is fundamentally broken and needs to be restructured. Born and raised in …

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Everyone’s heard of Martin Luther King Jr. But do you know the woman Dr. King called “the architect of the civil rights movement,” Septima Clark? The teacher of …

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Farida Nabourema has dedicated her life to fighting the military regime in Togo, Africa’s oldest autocracy. She’s learned two truths along the way: no country is …

Your emotions are directly tied to the smells you experience. Join Rachel as she takes you on a tour of how smell affects the lives of everyone, from finding your …

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36 ans, mère de 3 enfants, Laetitia a fondé en 2008 l’association « ZONZON 93 » qui veille à l’émancipation des jeunes les plus vulnérables en …

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In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away — and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill …

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Andrew Yang is running for president in 2020 as a Democrat (https://www.yang2020.com). In this video, he discusses the greatest challenge of our time: …

Activist Shad Begum has spent her life empowering women to live up to their full potential. In a personal talk, she shares her determined struggle to improve the …