Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss – James Balog
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-balog-time-lapse-proof-of-extreme-ice-loss Photographer James Balog shares new ima...
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Symmetry, reality’s riddle – Marcus du Sautoy
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/marcus-du-sautoy-symmetry-reality-s-riddle The world turns on symmetry — from the...
On being a woman and a diplomat – Madeleine Albright
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/madeleine-albright-on-being-a-woman-and-a-diplomat In a frank and funny Q&A with Pat...
A short intro to the Studio School – Geoff Mulgan
Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of sch...
A doctor’s touch – Abraham Verghese
Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes...
Fighting a contagious cancer – Elizabeth Murchison
What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands — and unlike most cancers, it’...
Hire the hackers! – Misha Glenny
Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who...
Our failing schools. Enough is enough! – Geoffrey Canada
Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as t...
Teachers need real feedback – Bill Gates
Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: “satisfactory.” And with no feedback, no coaching, t...
Cloudy with a chance of joy – Gavin Pretor-Pinney
You don’t need to plan an exotic trip to find creative inspiration. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Clo...