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Ethical dilemma: Whose life deserves greater worth? - Rebecca L. Walker
Puzzle through a classic ethical dilemma and decide: how do we determine the value of a life, whether human or non-human?
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To protect against a possi…
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A cinematic tour through visual effects - Don Levy
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It's been 110 years since Georges Méliès sent a spaces…
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Will another pandemic strike during your lifetime?
Explore the probability of a future pandemic and the steps we can take to reduce its destructiveness.
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We tend to think of pandemics as unlikely even…
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How open data is shifting international aid - Sanjay Pradhan
How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out …
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How do oysters generate pearls? - Rob Ulrich
Explore how oysters use calcium carbonate to create pearls, and how this chemical compound creates a vast array of other materials.
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Despite their ir…
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The arts festival movement - David Binder
David Binder is a major Broadway producer, but last summer he found himself in a small Australian neighborhood, watching locals dance and perform on …
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The sibling rivalry that tore a town apart - Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer
Explore the psychology of social identity and in-group bias and discover the conditions that cause people to turn against one another.
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One day a pai…
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Could tissue engineering lead to personalized medicine? - Nina Tandon
Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often un…
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Lesson 1: What define ideas?
Master a variety of communication skills with TED’s official public speaking course. This course will teach you how to identify, develop and share yo…
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Excuse me, may I borrow your car? - Robin Chase
A decade ago, Robin Chase founded Zipcar in the US, now the largest car-sharing company in the world. Now she's exploring the next level of car-shari…
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