Great talk about how to think about and discuss racism
posted by andyboy23 1 decade 1 month ago • 292 views • 11:57Videos (75) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
I can read in the car.
posted by Mordhaus 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 477 views • 3:10Stress. 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 6 months 1 week ago • 1,317 views • 14:29Where do nicknames come from? Why are Ellens called Nellie and Edwards Ned? It's all a big misunderstanding from the early days of the English language, a misunderstanding that even the word nickname itself... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 51 views • 4:57What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 214 views • 5:21(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
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,723 views • 16:09(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
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,300 views • 21:47http://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
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 9 months ago • 923 views • 14:18YouTube 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 2 weeks ago • 664 views • 6:11Astronaut Jerry Carr knows space. As commander of Skylab, he spent over 2000 hours ins space, orbiting the Earth over 1000 times. Recounting his life story, Carr remembers the enchanting years he spent at NASA.
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 12 months ago • 49 views • 4:52Why is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 12 months ago • 259 views • 3:58YouTube Description: Ted Kravitz explained the flag waves by the Marshall during the course of a Grand Prix.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 week ago • 212 views • 2:18The magic of Vedic math - Gaurav Tekriwal! It's amazing how quick we can solve anything had I only knew that when I was in class!!
posted by bjornenlinda 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 537 views • 9:45YouTube Description: http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several... continue reading
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 827 views • 20:35