The emergence of drama as a literary art – Mindy Ploeckelmann
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-emergence-of-drama-as-a-literary-art-mindy-ploeckelmann When presented with the prob...
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Tracking grizzly bears from space – David Laskin
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/tracking-grizzly-bears-from-space-david-laskin Grizzly bears have adapted cleverly to th...
How do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse? – David Hunter
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-you-decide-where-to-go-in-a-zombie-apocalypse-david-hunter Can geography save you...
Cheese, dogs and a pill to kill mosquitoes and end malaria – Bart Knols
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/cheese-dogs-and-a-pill-to-kill-mosquitoes-and-end-malaria-bart-knols We can use a mosqui...
A new way to diagnose autism – Ami Klin
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-new-way-to-diagnose-autism-ami-klin Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder can im...
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain – Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mysterious-workings-of-the-adolescent-brain-sarah-jayne-blakemore Why do teenagers s...
Why architects need to use their ears – Julian Treasure
Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble...
What is the Internet, really? – Andrew Blum
When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was reall...
A story about knots and surgeons – Ed Gavagan
One day, Ed Gavagan was sitting on the subway, watching two young med students practicing their knots. And a powerful memory washed...
What we’re learning from 5,000 brains – Read Montague
Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity...