Atheism 2.0 – Alain de Botton
What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” —...
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Meet the Water Canary – Sonaar Luthra
After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in th...
How healthy living nearly killed me – A.J. Jacobs
For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could — from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wea...
A prosthetic eye to treat blindness – Sheila Nirenberg
At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic ne...
Put a value on nature! – Pavan Sukhdev
Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make...
Praising slowness – Carl Honore
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/carl-honore-praises-slowness Journalist Carl Honoré believes the Western world’s e...
How I discovered DNA – James Watson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the...
Mysteries of vernacular: Sarcophagus – Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-sarcophagus-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Dating back to the ea...
3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship – Majora Carter
The future of green is local — and entrepreneurial. In her talk, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are s...
How to expose the corrupt – Peter Eigen
Some of the world’s most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corrupt...