Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her... continue reading

posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,540 views • 9:38

As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to help. So he organized a group of volunteer EMTs -- many on foot -- ready to... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 158 views • 10:45

When the son of the president of a desperately poor country starts buying mansions and sportscars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, Charmian Gooch suggests, corruption is probably somewhere in the picture. ... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 10 months ago • 1,065 views • 14:28

If you haven't read any of Danny's books, this might just ruin your day. Welcome to the world of anonymous warfare and autonomous robotic weapons -- with you and me on the receiving end of it. "As... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 11 months ago • 471 views • 13:20

YouTube Description: For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 664 views • 6:11

YouTube Description: In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 357 views • 10:02

TED: Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for... continue reading

posted by littledragon_79 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 1,427 views • 18:51

This video is why we have a Brain Channel!

posted by Sagemind 1 decade 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,220 views • 20:16

YT - "A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And... continue reading

posted by Fletch 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 16:53

Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was “the best on the planet.” It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to... continue reading

posted by bjornenlinda 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 713 views • 12:16

Graham Hancock's TEDx talk censored by TED's science board. "I am fighting these charges from TED's Science Board which in my opinion are untrue and amount to nothing more than an ideologically driven... continue reading

posted by shagen454 1 decade 1 year 2 months ago • 1,558 views • 18:45

YouTube Description: By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 1,227 views • 12:05

Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 1,744 views • 13:48

from TED website: Artist iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LBGTQ spectrum and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 833 views • 18:18

(YouTube) When Sue Austin got a power chair 16 years ago, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom -- yet others looked at her as though she had lost something. In her art, she aims to convey the spirit... continue reading

posted by critical_d 1 decade 1 year 4 months ago • 900 views • 9:39

This is like a warm shower -- thank god for non-hysteria.

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 268 views • 19:48

Sheena Iyengar talks about her interest in and research into choice, how we make choices, how culture affects our choices, and how we can make better choices. I highly recommend the book of the same... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 5 months ago • 548 views • 24:08

A plane crash survivor discusses life, regrets, and negative energy.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 257 views