Tommy Emmanuel is not a stranger here on the sift as one of the world's premier guitarists. Here he talks about how he makes the guitar sound like a complete band. And no - Tommy is _not_ your average... continue reading

posted by Zawash 1 decade 9 months 1 week ago • 416 views • 18:15

YouTube Description: In this charming talk, artist Aparna Rao shows us her latest work: cool, cartoony sculptures (with neat robotic tricks underneath them) that play with your perception -- and crave... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 770 views • 8:57

Australian journalist and TV presenter Tracey Spicer gives an entertaining talk challenging women to consider how much time they spend on their daily routine and how that time might be better spent. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 362 views • 15:16

A TED-Ed Animated Lecture

posted by Paul Richey (Fusionaut) 1 decade 10 months 2 weeks ago • 169 views • 5:14

I can read in the car.

posted by Mordhaus 1 decade 10 months 2 weeks ago • 477 views • 3:10

There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That's the argument at the core of this... continue reading

posted by enoch 1 decade 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago • 386 views • 18:19

"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 29:22

Swiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 642 views • 12:06

Really wonderful talk about how we all have closets we hide in the safety of, why it is so hard to come out of them and the steps to take to overcome.

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 477 views • 10:57

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 1,317 views • 14:29

The line between public and private has blurred in the past decade, both online and in real life, and Alessandro Acquisti is here to explain what this means and why it matters. In this thought-provoking,... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 506 views • 15:01

Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. In a hilarious demonstration, Robbins samples the buffet of the TEDGlobal 2013... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,355 views • 8:48

Wolves were once native to the US' Yellowstone National Park -- until hunting wiped them out. But when, in 1995, the wolves began to come back (thanks to an aggressive management program), something interesting... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 389 views • 15:11

TED talk on a new approach to removing plastics from our oceans.

posted by kevingrr 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,262 views • 11:22

How can you tell the two poles apart? Where are the penguins? What about the bears? The Arctic pole is located in the Northern Hemisphere within the deep Arctic Ocean, while the Antarctic pole is smack... continue reading

posted by Eman_Laerton 1 decade 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 288 views • 4:25

(Description via YouTube) In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn.... continue reading

(Description via YouTube) Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we... continue reading

Shigeru Ban, a widely-renowned and innovative architect, decides to work for those in need instead of those in power, to built shelters instead of monuments. His temporary housing units made from cardboard... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 386 views • 11:44

Gayla Benefield was just doing her job -- until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But when she tried to tell... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 893 views • 14:40

http://videosift.com/video/Insane-woman-thinks-all-postal-workers-are-after-her Following the discussion which took place in the comment section of a video (linked above) posted by @pumkinandstorm,... continue reading