Mysteries of vernacular: X-ray – Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-x-ray-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel The story of the word X-Ray...
The hidden meanings of yin and yang – John Bellaimey
View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-meanings-of-yin-and-yang-john-bellaimey The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol h...
Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue – Ellen Gustafson
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she...
Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs – Cameron Herold
Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. In his talk, he make...
Re-examining the remix – Lawrence Lessig
Former “young Republican” Larry Lessig talks about what Democrats can learn about copyright from their opposite party, c...
Lessons from fashion’s free culture – Johanna Blakley
Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry … and fashion benefits in both inno...
Math class needs a makeover – Dan Meyer
Today’s math curriculum is teaching students to expect — and excel at — paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids o...
Why we need to go back to Mars – Joel Levine
In this talk, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing — and puzzling — new discoveries about Mars: craters...
How I taught rats to sniff out land mines – Bart Weetjens
At TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens talks about his extraordinary project: training rats to sniff out land mines. He shows clips of his...
Mysteries of vernacular: Zero – Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-zero-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Though the first written num...