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4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink from 2022-02-10T15:49:39
Regret is one of our most powerful emotions -- and also one of the most misunderstood. Over the past two years, author Daniel H. Pink has collected a trove of more than 16,000 regrets from people i...
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Sex education should start with consent | Kaz from 2022-02-01T15:52:14
Consent can be a tricky topic to talk about in sex education curriculums, but it doesn't have to be. In this hilarious and relatable talk, sex educator and TED Fellow Kaz offers a fresh look at tea...
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How moms shape the world | Anna Malaika Tubbs from 2022-01-04T15:44:39
Mothers undeniably impact and shape history -- but their stories are often left out or misrepresented, says sociologist and author Anna Malaika Tubbs. This erasure limits policies to support mother...
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The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again | Elizabeth Zion from 2021-12-10T15:51:53
"I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together -- as is our right," says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of ...
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The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them | Jane Walsh from 2021-11-11T16:09:57
Questionable phone calls, concerning emails, heart-rending stories from a sudden new friend in need of endless financial support: elder abuse can take many forms, says lawyer Jane Walsh. And as tec...
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What working parents really need from workplaces | Angela Garbes from 2021-11-08T15:35:30
What if we started treating parenting like the real work it is? Podcast host and CEO Angela Garbes details how working families have evolved -- and how companies haven't -- and gives insight into w...
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Why paternity leave benefits everyone | Shu Matsuo Post from 2021-10-18T14:51:51
Paternity leave has many benefits for dads, their partners and their babies -- but did you know it also has surprising benefits for companies? This is what author Shu Matsuo Post learned from his s...
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A roadmap for young changemakers | Melati Wijsen from 2021-10-12T17:51:32
Activism is a tough job, especially for young people yearning for immediate change -- something climate activist Melati Wijsen has learned over ten years of pushing for environmental protection, st...
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The trans story includes you | Nicole Maines from 2021-09-15T15:12:56
As actress Nicole Maines points out, we all unwittingly play supporting roles in each others' life stories -- for better or worse. With charm and aplomb, she shares her experience growing up as a t...
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How to stop languishing and start finding flow | Adam Grant from 2021-09-07T14:59:52
Have you found yourself staying up late, joylessly bingeing TV shows and doomscrolling through the news, or simply navigating your day uninspired and aimless? Chances are you're languishing, says o...
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How every child can thrive by five | Molly Wright from 2021-07-22T00:53:20
"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents...
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Maternal and child health is a human right | Aparna Hegde from 2021-05-24T13:24:18
Overcrowded clinics, extensive wait times and overworked doctors are taking a devastating toll on mothers and children in India. In this eye-opening talk, urogynecologist and TED Fello...
The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions | Aparna Hegde from 2021-05-24T13:24:18
Overcrowded clinics, extensive wait times and overworked doctors are taking a devastating toll on mothers and children in India. In this eye-opening talk, urogynecologist and TED Fellow Aparna Hegd...
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The science behind how parents affect child development | Yuko Munakata from 2021-05-14T15:03:58
Parents, take a deep breath: how your kids turn out isn't fully on you. Of course, parenting plays an important role in shaping who children become, but psychologist Yuko Munakata offers an alterna...
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Why children of immigrants experience guilt -- and strategies to cope | Sahaj Kaur Kohli from 2021-05-06T14:49:14
Children of immigrants in the US often experience a unique kind of guilt, brought on by the pressures of navigating different cultures, living up to their parents' expectations and taking on extra ...
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Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss | Caroline Catlin from 2021-03-24T15:04:37
The only thing as powerful as our grief is the love we have for those we've lost, says photographer Caroline Catlin. In this meditation on the intersection of life and death, Catlin shares how her ...
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How to design a library that makes kids want to read | Michael Bierut from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Michael Bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea that he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this often hilarious talk, he recalls ...
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When do kids start to care about other people's opinions? | Sara Valencia Botto from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Drawing on her research into early childhood development, psychologist Sara Valencia Botto investigates when (and how) children begin to change their behaviors in the presence of others --...
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An innovative way to support children with special needs | Billy Samuel Mwape from 2020-12-15T15:48:10
After his son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Billy Samuel Mwape realized that his project management skills might be put to use to support his child's special needs. In this inspiring, personal...
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An aerialist on listening to your body's signals | Adie Delaney from 2020-12-02T15:53:11
In the circus, flying confidently through the air requires consistent communication with your fellow performers. Check out how aerialist and educator Adie Delaney teaches her students about trust a...
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Why children stay silent following sexual violence | Kristin Jones from 2020-10-22T19:48:33
Sexual assault is never the victim's fault, says advocate Kristin Jones. In this courageous talk, she tells her story of overcoming the shame that followed sexual abuse as a teenager -- and shares ...
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What kids can teach adults about asking for help | YeYoon Kim from 2020-10-07T15:01:16
Do you need some help? It's OK to ask, says YeYoon Kim, a former kindergarten teacher who learned from her students how powerful and courageous it can be to reach out for support. Sharing the story...
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What tech companies know about your kids | Veronica Barassi from 2020-06-11T15:22:43
The digital platforms you and your family use every day -- from online games to education apps and medical portals -- may be collecting and selling your children's data, says anthropologist Veronic...
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My story of love and loss as a transracial adoptee | Sara Jones from 2020-05-29T15:04:48
A mysterious tattoo on her forearm was all that linked Sara Jones, adopted as a child by white parents, to her South Korean origins. Searching for her birth family taught her that transracial adopt...
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How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety | Anne Marie Albano from 2020-05-27T19:24:32
Growing up means facing new challenges -- but for some kids, uncertain situations lead to anxiety that parents often seek to soothe. Psychologist Anne Marie Albano explains how constan...
How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries | Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor from 2020-04-17T15:06:20
When Shaka Senghor and Ebony Roberts ended their relationship, they made a pact to protect their son from its fallout. What resulted was a poetic meditation on what it means to raise a child togeth...
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How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen from 2020-04-08T19:48:01
To understand what makes marriages work, we need to talk about why they sometimes end, says family law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen. Follow along as she lays out three ways that thinking about mari...
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What if a single human right could change the world? | Kristen Wenz from 2020-02-24T15:59:53
More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, do not have a legal identity. In many countries, this means they can't get access to vital services like health care and education, says legal...
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The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon from 2020-02-19T16:03:46
"Co-parenting" isn't a buzzword -- it's a way of showing up for your family openly, consistently and lovingly, says storyteller and father Joel Leon. In this moving talk, he challenges all parents ...
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3 things new parents should consider before going back to work | Emily Oster from 2020-02-10T13:43:04
Should you go back to work after having kids? It's an emotional decision, but weighing three factors can make it easier, says author and economist Emily Oster.
How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb from 2019-11-01T15:00:48
Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you stuck instead of providing clarity. In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and ...
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The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border | Luis H. Zayas from 2019-10-15T19:48:50
How does psychological trauma affect children's developing brains? In this powerful talk, social worker Luis H. Zayas discusses his work with refugees and asylum-seeking families at the US-Mexico b...
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An app that helps incarcerated people stay connected to their families | Marcus Bullock from 2019-10-15T16:47:16
Over his eight-year prison sentence, Marcus Bullock was sustained by his mother's love -- and by the daily letters and photos she sent of life on the outside. Years later, as an entrepreneur, Bullo...
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How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet | Julie Cordua from 2019-10-15T14:59:22
Social entrepreneur Julie Cordua works on a problem that isn't easy to talk about: the sexual abuse of children in images and videos on the internet. At Thorn, she's building technology to connect ...
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What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully | Shannon Lee from 2019-10-10T19:55:09
Most of us know Bruce Lee as the famous martial artist and action film star -- but he was also a philosopher who taught "self-actualization": the practice of how to be yourself in the best way poss...
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How porn changes the way teens think about sex | Emily F. Rothman from 2019-09-04T14:49:19
"The free, online, mainstream pornography that teenagers are most likely to see is a completely terrible form of sex education," says public health researcher Emily F. Rothman. She sha...
Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail | Jon Lowenstein from 2019-08-21T14:56:21
For the past 20 years, photographer and TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world hi...
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How to use family dinner to teach politics | Hajer Sharief from 2019-07-23T12:21:43
Everyone should participate in decision-making and politics -- and it starts at home, says activist Hajer Sharief. She introduces a simple yet transformative idea: that parents can teach their chil...
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How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy | Elizabeth Howell from 2019-07-18T14:49:19
Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country -- and 60 percent of them are preventable. With clarity and urgency, physi...
What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes | Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin from 2019-05-15T14:46:45
E-cigarettes and vapes have exploded in popularity in the last decade, especially among youth and young adults -- from 2011 to 2015, e-cigarette use among high school students in the U...
The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali from 2019-05-09T14:51:37
The global fertility rate, or the number of children per woman, has halved over the last 50 years. What will having fewer babies mean for the future of humanity? In this funny, eye-opening talk, jo...
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Empower a girl, transform a community | Kakenya Ntaiya from 2019-04-15T15:17:34
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Cent...
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How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain | Kashfia Rahman from 2019-04-11T15:00:09
Why do teenagers sometimes make outrageous, risky choices? Do they suddenly become reckless, or are they just going through a natural phase? To find out, Kashfia Rahman -- winner of the Intel Inter...
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We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny from 2019-04-09T15:12:12
In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face ...
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How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble from 2019-04-02T14:56:27
Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional and brain develo...
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Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman from 2019-01-30T15:51:34
What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund ...
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A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia | Tony Luciani from 2019-01-14T16:01:39
Artist Tony Luciani was testing out a new camera when his 91-year-old mother, Elia, snuck into the background of his photos. The spontaneous images that resulted sparked a years-long collaboration,...
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The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption | Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams from 2019-01-07T15:51:17
Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and prominent evangelical pastor, she feared that coming out would mean losing everything. In this mo...
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How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids | Alan Crickmore from 2018-12-10T16:01:09
When a parent is sent to prison, the unintended victims of their crimes are their own children -- without stability and support, kids are at higher risk for mental health and development issues. In...
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The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo from 2018-12-07T15:57:38
Domestic workers are entrusted with the most precious aspects of people's lives -- they're the nannies, the elder-care workers and the house cleaners who do the work that makes all other work possi...
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How kids can help design cities | Mara Mintzer from 2018-11-07T20:38:48
Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what...
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A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks from 2018-08-30T19:45:55
When a baby is born, so is a mother -- but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. In this quic...
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To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation | Jessica Pryce from 2018-08-21T19:44:43
In this eye-opening talk about the impact of race and neighborhood on foster-care decisions, social worker Jessica Pryce shares a promising solution to help child welfare agencies make bias-free as...
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Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker from 2018-08-15T15:01:13
After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now a teacher of young refugees herself, she sees education as an ess...
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Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms | Lucy Marcil from 2018-07-23T14:56:12
More than 90 percent of children in the US see a doctor at least once a year, which means countless hours spent in waiting rooms for parents. What if those hours could be used for something product...
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The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle from 2018-06-22T14:50:41
Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the internet, where unknown people or groups on YouTube hack the brains of young children in return for advertising revenue. From "...
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Can home cooking change the world? | Gastón Acurio from 2018-06-18T15:30:43
When Gastón Acurio started his now world-famous restaurant Astrid & Gastón in the 1990s, no one suspected that he would elevate the Peruvian home-cooking he grew up with to haute cuisine. Nearly th...
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A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal | Anushka Naiknaware from 2018-05-29T19:58:36
Working out of her garage, Anushka Naiknaware designed a sensor that tracks wound healing, becoming the youngest winner (at age 13) of the Google Science Fair. Her clever invention addresses the gl...
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This simple test can help kids hear better | Susan Emmett from 2018-05-29T14:59:44
Children who live in rural areas can have a hard time getting to the doctor -- much less to an audiologist's clinic for expensive, complex tests to check their hearing. The result for too many kids...
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Where joy hides and how to find it | Ingrid Fetell Lee from 2018-05-21T14:46:20
Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes: Why do some things seem to create such universal joy? In this captivating talk, Ingrid Fetell Lee reveals the surprisingly tangible roots of j...
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What it's like to be a transgender dad | LB Hannahs from 2018-05-10T14:56:04
LB Hannahs candidly shares the experience of parenting as a genderqueer individual -- and what it can teach us about authenticity and advocacy. "Authenticity doesn't mean 'comfortable.' It means ma...
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How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan from 2018-02-02T20:58:29
The internet can be an ugly place, but you won't find bullies or trolls on Stuart Duncan's Minecraft server, AutCraft. Designed for children with autism and their families, AutCraft creates a safe ...
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A mother and son united by love and art | Deb Willis and Hank Willis Thomas from 2017-12-20T15:49:40
An art school professor once told Deb Willis that she, as a woman, was taking a place from a good man -- but the storied photographer says she instead made a space for a good man, her son Hank Will...
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For the love of birds | Washington Wachira from 2017-11-06T20:32:58
From the glorious crested guinea fowl to the adulterous African jacana to vultures that can pick a zebra carcass clean in 30 minutes, Washington Wachira wants us all to get to know the marvelous sp...
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3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true | Sara DeWitt from 2017-10-12T14:50:22
We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day -- but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ruining childhood? Not according to children's media expert Sara DeWitt. In a...
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Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage from 2017-10-10T14:53:35
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) P...
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The fascinating physics of everyday life | Helen Czerski from 2017-09-14T20:23:22
Physics doesn't just happen in a fancy lab -- it happens when you push a piece of buttered toast off the table or drop a couple of raisins in a fizzy drink or watch a coffee spill dry. Become a mor...
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Why school should start later for teens | Wendy Troxel from 2017-05-18T14:58:38
Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clin...
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A summer school kids actually want to attend | Karim Abouelnaga from 2017-05-05T14:48:59
In the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year. This "summer slump" affects kids from low-income neighborhoods...
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A plan to recycle the unrecyclable | Ashton Cofer from 2017-03-27T15:12:08
From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and land...
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Stories from a home for terminally ill children | Kathy Hull from 2017-03-02T15:54
To honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the George Mark Children's House. Its mission: to gi...
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What it's like to be a parent in a war zone | Aala El-Khani from 2017-02-10T15:49:37
How do parents protect their children and help them feel secure again when their homes are ripped apart by war? In this warm-hearted talk, psychologist Aala El-Khani shares her work supporting -- a...
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A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup from 2017-01-27T16:04:51
Deepika Kurup has been determined to solve the global water crisis since she was 14 years old, after she saw kids outside her grandparents' house in India drinking water that looked too dirty even ...
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What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang from 2016-12-07T16:30:43
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a resta...
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How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city | Ryan Gravel from 2016-12-01T15:57:12
Urban planner Ryan Gravel shares the story of how his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, rallied to build a massive urban park that will transform an abandoned railroad track into 22 miles of public gre...
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Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu from 2016-11-10T16:10:55
TED Resident Fawn Qiu designs fun, low-cost projects that use familiar materials like paper and fabric to introduce engineering to kids. In this quick, clever talk, she shares how nontraditional wo...
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How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims from 2016-09-13T15:08:37
By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, t...
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Bring on the female superheroes! | Christopher Bell from 2016-08-30T15:00:57
Why is it so hard to find female superhero merchandise? In this passionate, sparkling talk, media studies scholar (and father of a Star Wars-obsessed daughter) Christopher Bell addresses the alarmi...
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Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris from 2016-07-13T15:00:19
How do you define "nature?" If we define it as that which is untouched by humans, then we won't have any left, says environmental writer Emma Marris. She urges us to consider a new definition of na...
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Can you really tell if a kid is lying? | Kang Lee from 2016-05-13T14:29:18
Are children poor liars? Do you think you can easily detect their lies? Developmental researcher Kang Lee studies what happens physiologically to children when they lie. They do it a lot, starting ...
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You have no idea where camels really come from | Latif Nasser from 2016-03-23T14:56:13
Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? What if those big humps, feet and eyes were evolved for a di...
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How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement | Magda Sayeg from 2016-03-01T16:04:52
Textile artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes into her own playground by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works. These warm, fuzzy "yarn bombs" started small, wit...
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Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures | David Gruber from 2016-01-26T16:29:35
Just a few meters below the waves, marine biologist and explorer-photographer David Gruber discovered something amazing -- a surprising new range of sea creatures that glow in many colors in the oc...
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The mysterious world of underwater caves | Jill Heinerth from 2016-01-15T16:08:50
Cave diver Jill Heinerth explores the hidden underground waterways coursing through our planet. Working with biologists, climatologists and archaeologists, Heinerth unravels the mysteries of the li...
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How I teach kids to love science | Cesar Harada from 2015-10-27T15:51:01
At the Harbour School in Hong Kong, TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada teaches citizen science and invention to the next generation of environmentalists. He's moved his classroom into an industrial meg...
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The surprisingly logical minds of babies | Laura Schulz from 2015-06-02T14:58:09
How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of...
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How we unearthed the Spinosaurus | Nizar Ibrahim from 2015-04-24T15:00:32
A 50-foot-long carnivore who hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago, the Spinosaurus is a "dragon from deep time." Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim and his crew found new fossils, hidden in cli...
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How to raise a Black son in America | Clint Smith from 2015-04-23T15:00:55
As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking l...
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The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka from 2015-04-14T15:12:27
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming ta...
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Play this word game to come up with original ideas | Shimpei Takahashi from 2015-03-12T14:57:22
Shimpei Takahashi always dreamed of designing toys. But when he started work as a toy developer, he found that the pressure to produce squashed his creativity. In this short, funny talk, Takahashi ...
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A magical search for a coincidence | Helder Guimarães from 2015-02-27T15:47:27
Small coincidences. They happen all the time and yet, they pass us by because we are not looking for them. In a delightfully subtle trick, magician Helder Guimarães demonstrates with a deck of card...
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Why a good book is a secret door | Mac Barnett from 2014-09-17T15:00:03
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn't children's books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder -- and what ...
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How our stories cross over | Colin Grant from 2014-09-05T15:11:37
Colin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father’s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws on stories of shared experience within h...
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Why lunch ladies are heroes | Jarrett J. Krosoczka from 2014-08-20T15:07:56
Children's book author Jarrett Krosoczka shares the origins of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, in which undercover school heroes serve lunch...and justice! His new project, School Lunch Hero D...
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Two nerdy obsessions meet -- and it's magic | David Kwong from 2014-07-11T15:21:53
David Kwong is a magician who makes crossword puzzles -- in other words, a pretty nerdy guy. And for his next trick ...
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Two poems about what dogs think (probably) | Billy Collins from 2014-06-20T15:12:05
What must our dogs be thinking when they look at us? Poet Billy Collins imagines the inner lives of two very different companions. It’s a charming short talk, perfect for taking a break and dreaming …
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And for my next trick, a robot | Marco Tempest from 2014-05-06T15:00:10
Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a magic trick than an intricately choreographed performance, Tempest show...
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For parents, happiness is a very high bar | Jennifer Senior from 2014-04-15T14:59:16
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much an...
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Hidden miracles of the natural world | Louie Schwartzberg from 2014-04-09T14:53:25
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries o...
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My daughter, Malala | Ziauddin Yousafzai from 2014-03-24T14:49:02
Pakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don't want to hear: Women and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent identity. H...
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What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield from 2014-03-19T15:01:35
There's an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary sit...
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What we can learn from galaxies far, far away | Henry Lin from 2014-02-27T16:04:42
In a fun, exciting talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: distant galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's largest pieces, says the Intel Science Fa...
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Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ... | Maya Penn from 2014-01-31T16:02:46
Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to be responsible both to her customers and to the planet. She shares her story -- and some animations, and...
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Want to be an activist? Start with your toys | McKenna Pope from 2014-01-29T16:03:07
McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven -- because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy comp...
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How I beat stage fright | Joe Kowan from 2014-01-24T16:37:08
Humanity's fine-tuned sense of fear served us well as a young species, giving us laser focus to avoid being eaten by competing beasts. But it's less wonderful when that same visceral, body-hijackin...
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My glacier cave discoveries | Eddy Cartaya from 2013-12-11T15:58:01
Snow Dragon. Pure Imagination. Frozen Minotaur. These are the names Eddy Cartaya and his climbing partner Brent McGregor gave three glacier caves that they were the first to explore. As the Sandy G...
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Massively multi-player… thumb-wrestling? | Jane McGonigal from 2013-11-15T16:03:37
What happens when you get an entire audience to stand up and connect with one another? Chaos, that's what. At least, that's what happened when Jane McGonigal tried to teach TED to play her favorite...
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The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins from 2013-09-13T15:02:39
Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. In a hilarious demonstration, Robbins samples the buffet of the TEDGloba...
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How a penny made me feel like a millionaire | Tania Luna from 2013-07-26T15:00:40
As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor of the New York homeless shelter where she and her family lived, she found a...
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A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager | Jack Andraka from 2013-07-11T15:06:10
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising ear...
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Hack a banana, make a keyboard! | Jay Silver from 2013-05-16T15:06:19
Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around yo...
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My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors | Taylor Wilson from 2013-04-30T15:01:22
Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to present a new take on an old topic: fission. Wilson, who has won backing t...
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My journey to yo-yo mastery | BLACK from 2013-04-19T15:00:27
Remember the days you struggled just to make a yo-yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to “walk the dog”? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Japanese yo-yo world champion BLACK tells the inspiring story...
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A mini robot -- powered by your phone | Keller Rinaudo from 2013-04-09T15:00:15
Your smartphone may feel like a friend -- but a true friend would give you a smile once in a while. At TED2013, Keller Rinaudo demos Romo, the smartphone-powered mini robot who can motor along with...
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A skateboard, with a boost | Sanjay Dastoor from 2013-04-02T15:06:45
Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work -- or anywhere in a six-mile radius -- quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you. ...
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My invention that made peace with lions | Richard Turere from 2013-03-27T13:59:29
In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares t...
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To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful | Shane Koyczan from 2013-03-08T16:01:43
By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying, captivated milli...
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Agile programming -- for your family | Bruce Feiler from 2013-02-25T16:00:03
Bruce Feiler has a radical idea: To deal with the stress of modern family life, go agile. Inspired by agile software programming, Feiler introduces family practices which encourage flexibility, bot...
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Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell from 2013-01-16T16:05:54
Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had...
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A father-daughter dance ... in prison | Angela Patton from 2013-01-14T15:59:11
At Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help young girls and their fathers stay connected and become part of each others' lives. But what about girls whose fathers can't be there -- because they're in...
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How a boy became an artist | Jarrett J. Krosoczka from 2013-01-09T16:04:28
This talk paints the funny and touching story of a little boy who pursued a simple passion: to draw and write stories. With the help of a supporting cast of family and teachers, Jarrett J. Krosoczk...
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A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time | Steven Addis from 2012-12-19T11:00
A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where...
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Why bother leaving the house? | Ben Saunders from 2012-12-14T16:00:41
Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Saun...
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The dance of the dung beetle | Marcus Byrne from 2012-12-13T16:00:50
A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet it shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling its food source -- animal excrement -- home. How? It all comes d...
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Why I love vultures | Munir Virani from 2012-11-29T16:02:15
As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem -- so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? Raptor biologist Munir Virani says we need to pay more atten...
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A broken body isn't a broken person | Janine Shepherd from 2012-11-28T16:00:46
Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal -- until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her m...
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How to "sketch" with electronics | Leah Buechley from 2012-11-15T16:00:35
Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive -- or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools to treat electronics just like paper and pen. In this talk from TEDYou...
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Love letters to strangers | Hannah Brencher from 2012-11-14T16:01:58
Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she did what felt natural -- she wrote love letters and left them for strangers to ...
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The secret of the bat genome | Emma Teeling from 2012-10-31T15:00:56
In Western society, bats are often characterized as creepy, even evil. Zoologist Emma Teeling encourages us to rethink common attitudes toward bats, whose unique and fascinating biology gives us in...
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A cyber-magic card trick like no other | Marco Tempest from 2012-10-26T15:00:15
The suits, numbers and colors in a deck of cards correspond to the seasons, moon cycles and calendar. Marco Tempest straps on augmented reality goggles and does a card trick like you've never seen ...
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A child of the state | Lemn Sissay from 2012-10-24T15:00:52
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide...
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Science is for everyone, kids included | Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole from 2012-10-17T15:13:19
What do science and play have in common? Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change percept...
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore from 2012-09-17T15:01:26
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults,...
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Advice to a young scientist | E.O. Wilson from 2012-06-25T15:00:23
"The world needs you, badly," says legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his letter to a young scientist. He gives advice collected from a lifetime of experience -- and reminds us that wo...
Tour the solar system from home | Jon Nguyen from 2012-06-23T14:04:45
Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" -- free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and...
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Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen from 2012-06-16T14:02:54
Rodney Mullen is the godfather of street skating, and in this exuberant talk he shares his love of the open skateboarding community. He shows how the unique environments skaters play in drive the c...
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The journey across the high wire | Philippe Petit from 2012-05-23T15:02:11
Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
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Unseen footage, untamed nature | Karen Bass from 2012-05-09T15:32:39
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 ne...
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