How to buy happiness – Michael Norton
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spe...
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Click Your Fortune #1: Top interview question – Nate Mook
Why are comments off? We’re definitely looking for feedback on this series demo! However, the interactive nature of the demo m...
Gaming to re-engage boys in learning – Ali Carr-Chellman
In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-eng...
Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he detail...
Before I die I want to… – Candy Chang
In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-i...
How do we heal medicine? – Atul Gawande
Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focu...
English Pronunciation -ed {How to pronounce the English -eD) :)
Some people have asked me how to pronounce the -ed ending in English. This is important for good English pronunciation because if yo...
The single biggest health threat women face – Noel Bairey Merz
Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering...
Lessons from death row inmates – David R. Dow
What happens before a murder? In looking for ways to reduce death penalty cases, David R. Dow realized that a surprising number of d...
The voice of the natural world – Bernie Krause
Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes — the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect...