YT: http://www.ted.com Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.

posted by Seric 1 decade 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,968 views • 5:07

From YT: How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,160 views • 4:25

I don't agree with his conclusion, but everything else was fine. Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is... continue reading

posted by DerHasisttot 1 decade 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,871 views • 20:11

For Profit.

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 787 views • 18:27

"Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine:... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,233 views • 15:23

Great talk about net security and online crime with a little bit of virus history and oldschool virus demos. Source: It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was... continue reading

posted by TheGenk 1 decade 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,035 views • 17:35

Source: TED regular Rives brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'beat poet' (and also the phrase 'right hand man') in this poetic, musical story from TEDxSydney 2011. A storyteller and poet, Rives... continue reading

posted by TheGenk 1 decade 3 years 5 months ago • 998 views • 4:27

This guy does some fast thinking math, concluding with squaring a 5 digit number in his head with a bit of insight into his method.

posted by deathcow 1 decade 3 years 5 months ago • 334 views

http://www.ted.com : Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough... continue reading

posted by DerHasisttot 1 decade 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,175 views • 7:51

A rather short.. but still interesting TED talk.

posted by Ti_Moth 1 decade 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 851 views • 2:42

Steve Keil fights the "serious meme" that has infected his home of Bulgaria -- and calls for a return to play to revitalize the economy, education and society. (/TED) Viva la revolution.

posted by notarobot 1 decade 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 933 views • 17:57

from YT: http://www.ted.com Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it's often a fuzzy line between male and female, among... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,280 views • 18:49

"We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 3 years 6 months ago • 687 views • 8:14

Maybe we should use the bonobo model here on the Sift to solve conflict. from stranger blog: Everyone at this point must have heard about the happy (maybe too happy) Bonobo apes. Unlike chimps, they are... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 3 years 6 months ago • 1,260 views • 17:28

Copenhagen's bicycle ambassador talks about how important the bicycle is for livable cities and how bicycle helmets are threatening bicycle culture.

"Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 8,531 views • 2:59

"Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility." - YT

posted by thegrimsleeper 1 decade 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 890 views • 17:52

Man, this vid scares me. Glad some of the right people were in the audience.

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 3 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 6,864 views • 9:05

Source sez: http://www.ted.com Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory,... continue reading

posted by DerHasisttot 1 decade 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,051 views • 15:59