TED & Talks

Lee Smolin: Cosmological Natural Selection (YouTube Geek Week!) Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Theoretical Physicist Lee Smolin argues that the fundamental laws of physics are subject to evolutionary pressures akin to natural selection. ———————————————————————————- Lee Smolin: Lee attended Harvard University for graduate school

Author Jennifer 8. Lee explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West — and was designed to give you the perfect bite. Small Thing Big Idea, a TED original series, celebrates the lasting genius of everyday objects so perfectly designed that they changed the world around them. Check out more here: https://go.ted.com/STBI

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently

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Jankowski is someone who will shift your perspective and expand your mind with his use of new cutting edge materials to solve global warming. He sees himself as an air miner and used condensed CO2 into usable material, he is commercializing this sustainable technology and in turn, wants to reduce climate change. Filmed at #TEDxSanFrancisco

Paul Catchlove helps executives and managers achieve successful workplace transformations. Watch his full TED Talk: https://youtu.be/NcKLNP8x_QA

Was Oumuamua an alien spaceship? No. Here’s what it is. New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Oumuamua, a quarter-mile long asteroid tumbling through space, is Hawaiian for “scout”, or “the first of many”.It was given this name because it came from another

Watch the full talk: http://tedtalks.social/creativity A clip from Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk “Do schools kill creativity?” from TED2006 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where

Spider silk could be changing the tides, since it shows fascinating properties from mechanics to bacterial repellence. Further it is sustainable, recyclable and biologically degradable. Especially in health care, spider silk opens fascinating new routes, since its surface is bio-selective: human body cells can grow on and in spider silk scaffolds, but pathogens are repelled,

Automated trucks: Blue-collar disaster or economic win? New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S.; it’s the most common job in 29 states. Yet there is a $168 billion financial incentive for Silicon Valley to

You take vacation days, sick days and mental health days; now it’s time to add a financial health day to that list! What to do on it? Behavioral psychologist Wendy De La Rosa shares 10 simple steps you can take to spend less, save more — and stress less. Managing your money can feel scary

The Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School is well known for her work on teams. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark

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Anyone who works, or lives with kids, will have strong opinions on the ways they’re taught. Jal Mehta presents his unexpected findings after leading a nationwide project researching the best ways children learn.  Using stunning animations from Lisa Arora and Shawn Wagara, Jal reveals that the answers to learning are hidden in plain sight. Jal Mehta is a Professor at the

Cosmic death beams: Understanding gamma ray bursts New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- In a single night, astronomers are able to detect about 20 supernova explosions. Gamma-ray bursts are even more energetic — in a single flash of radiation they can outshine

Melodie Yashar develops construction technologies to allow us to build on the Moon and, one day, Mars. Watch her full TED Talk: https://youtu.be/3CFyHtObLXk

Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. Watch his full TED Talk: https://youtu.be/k7sKMj85hDw

For centuries poets and philosophers have speculated what causes two people to fall in love. Now, Biologist Dawn Maslar M.S. puts an innovative twist on this age-old question. Science can now take the mystery out of love. Thanks to latest neuroscience we can finally explain how your brain falls in love. In this innovative twist

How to make a black hole New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- There’s more than one way to make a black hole, says NASA’s Michelle Thaller. They’re not always formed from dead stars. For example, there are teeny tiny black holes all

NOTE FROM TED: We’ve flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside the TEDx content guidelines. Claims made in this talk only represent the speaker’s personal views which are not corroborated by scientific evidence. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers

You may have heard that you should be pooping once a day — but that’s a load of crap, says Dr. Jen Gunter. From the enzymes in your mouth to the nutrient-absorbing power of your large intestine, she journeys through the digestive tract to explain why it’s okay to poop at your own pace —

Michio Kaku: This Super Camera Captures What is Beyond Human Comprehension New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Today, Dr. Kaku addresses this question: MIT researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion exposures per second. What can this

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word. (A clip from Brené Brown’s TED Talk “Listening to shame” from TED2012. To watch the full talk, click here: https://tedtalks.social/vulnerability)

Varun shares how his five-year-old daughter taught him five invaluable lessons. These lessons include the importance of authenticity and vulnerability, flexibility and adaptability, playfulness and creativity, curiosity and exploration, and slowing down and just being oneself. Through his daughter’s simple yet powerful insights, he shares a deeper understanding of these qualities and how they can

Looking For Innovation? Try a Hackathon. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Elliott Masie explains tech culture’s answer to the marathon: the hackathon. More companies than ever are hosting these types of events because they consistently produce positive results. ———————————————————————————- ELLIOTT MASIE: Elliott Masie

Doctors and nurses rely on an array of medical devices. Unfortunately, the poorly designed “beeps” in these machines are so annoying they lead to confusion, delay patient recovery, and even contribute to deaths. Despite high interest in improving these alarms, surprisingly little attention has been given to the sounds themselves. For the next generation of

New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Through the Connectome Project we may soon be able to map the pathways of the entire human brain, including memories, and create computer programs that evoke the person the digitization is stemmed from. We age because

Drinking calcium-rich milk strengthens your bones — but it’s not the only thing you can do for a strong and healthy skeleton. Dr. Jen Gunter digs deep into the three layers of bone to explain why they weaken as we age and shares what you can do to maintain a healthy frame for years to

Design legend Michael Bierut tells the story of the accidental success of one of the most famous maps in the world — the London Tube Map. Small Thing Big Idea, a TED original series, celebrates the lasting genius of everyday objects so perfectly designed that they changed the world around them. Check out more here:

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