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How satellites are supporting farmers across Africa | Catherine Nakalembe
More than 8,000 satellites orbit Earth, taking photos every day. Food security specialist and TED Fellow Catherine Nakalembe shows how she uses this …
1 year ago
Touchdown! The flag football movement is here | Troy Vincent Sr.
Troy Vincent Sr. — a professional football player for 15 years and now an executive for the NFL — is here to share the future of the game: flag footb…
1 year ago
How to pull the emergency brake on global warming | Mohamed A. Sultan
Landfills across African cities are catching fire and releasing methane, an invisible greenhouse gas with more short-term warming potential than CO2.…
1 year ago
The art of reading minds | Oz Pearlman
Have you ever wanted to read someone's mind? Mentalist Oz Pearlman is billed as one of the world's greatest mind readers ... and yet, he says he does…
1 year ago
Inside the mind of a newborn baby | Claudia Passos Ferreira
What if newborn babies are more aware than we ever imagined? Philosopher and psychologist Claudia Passos Ferreira shares groundbreaking neuroscience …
1 year ago
Why change is so scary — and how to unlock its potential | Maya Shankar (re-release)
Unexpected change like an accident, an illness or a relationship that suddenly ends is inevitable -- and disorienting. With a heartfelt and optimisti…
1 year ago
The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood (re-release)
In a talk about understanding and practicing the art of healthy relationships, Katie Hood reveals the five signs you might be in an unhealthy relatio…
1 year ago
The new era of AI-powered protein design | César Ramírez-Sarmiento
With the advent of AI, scientists can develop new proteins at an astonishing rate, helping tackle our biggest biomedical and environmental issues. Pr…
1 year ago
What it’s really like to win the lottery | Matt Pitcher
What happens when ordinary people win the lottery? Financial planner Matt Pitcher shares lessons from more than a decade of advising lotto winners, r…
1 year ago
Tax the rich — and save the planet | Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo brings her data-driven precision to the climate crisis — and the numbers are damning. While world leaders …
1 year ago