VIDEO Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found
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Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relation...
VIDEO Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time
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In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
VIDEO Benny Lewis - Fluent in Three Months - Rapid Language Hacking
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This independent Irish Polyglot and author gets honest about overcoming his fear of learning new languages in his talk - "Fluent in Three Months? Rapid Language Hacking."
VIDEO Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda
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Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to cont...
VIDEO TED: Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face
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Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about ...
VIDEO Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
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Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of...
VIDEO Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do
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Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
VIDEO Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
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The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.
VIDEO Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code
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Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irratio...
VIDEO Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals
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Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates ...
VIDEO Karen Bass: Unseen footage, untamed nature
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At TED2012, filmmaker Karen Bass shares some of the astonishing nature footage she's shot for the BBC and National Geographic -- including brand-new, previously unseen footage of the tube-lipped necta...
VIDEO Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time
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Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspire...
VIDEO Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities
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Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (a...
VIDEO Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?
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At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science's biggest ne...
VIDEO TED: AJ Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me
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For a full year, AJ Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shotglass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surpr...
VIDEO Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell -- of her own life's transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. Can we transform the world by unlo...
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