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TEDTalks : Kary Mullis’ next-gen cure for killer infections – Kary Mullis (2009)
Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. Nobel-winning chemist Kary Mullis, who watched a friend die when powerful antibiotics failed, unveils a radical new cure that shows extraordinary promise.
TEDTalks : Jonathan Drori: Why we’re storing billions of seeds – Jonathan Drori (2009)
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity — one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species.
ellarose
Today, I walked over to join a group of friends and heard them talking about how hot some guy was but how ugly his sister was. I asked who they were talking about and there was an akward silence, they hadn’t realized I was there. Apparently, they were talking about my brother.
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sheryl_m
Today, I came home expecting a surprise party. It was my birthday and I had overheard my friends planning it all week. Nobody was there. It turns out the party they were planning was for my friend’s dog’s birthday.
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atang
Today, I was leaving a clothing store when the security guard stopped me and demanded that I surrender the clothing I was “trying to steal” by hiding it under my shirt. It turns out, he was just looking at my pot belly.
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aviators
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote “OMG.”
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saltynutz20
Today, I was on a flight from Chicago to Minneapolis. A rather attractive young lady sitting next to me fell asleep at the beginning of the flight. About 40 minutes into the flight i noticed my fly was open. The lady woke to me with my hands in my crotch struggling to zip up my fly.
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AlmostScdOtOf68Bucks
Today, I got accepted to the North America Scholar Consortium as a Member of the Highest Honor, which I had applied for a few weeks ago. Happy to be able to add something good to my resume, I called my mom excitedly, and then Googled it to ascertain the level of prestige. Turns out it’s a scam.
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Brastro
Today, we were at the end of our surfing trip watching a photo montage. A picture popped up of a ugly girl surfing so I shouted out “I didn’t know Shrek could surf”. The room went very quiet. ‘Shrek’ was sitting beside me.
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TEDTalks : Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back it up – Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2009)
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada … After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the future of Iran.
TEDTalks : Building a home for the Clock of the Long Now – Stewart Brand (2004)
Stewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It’s a beautiful project that asks us to think about the far, far future. Here, he discusses a tricky side problem with the Clock: Where can we put it?
Redefining the American Dream
Redefining the American Dream Washington Times, DC - 17 minutes ago And credit card defaults look like the next shoe to drop as cash-strapped Americans have run up credit card debt to postpone the day of reckoning. …
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Europe puts tight controls on £4bn bank offer
Europe puts tight controls on £4bn bank offer Times Online, UK - 37 minutes ago At the same time the Prime Minister pledged to take action against companies that force people out of their homes for trivial amounts of credit card debt . …
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Living (too) Large?
Living (too) large? Lancaster Newspapers, PA - 2 hours ago The average American household carries a credit card debt of more than $8000. According to The New York Times, as household debt has mounted, incomes have …
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Searching For a Debt Consolidation Loan or Credit Card Counseling Service
When faced with credit card debt and suddenly looking for a credit card debt payoff it is not unusual for people to search out solutions they feel might be able to provide debt consolidation for bad credit.
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TEDTalks : Are children’s carseats necessary? – Steven Levitt (2005)
Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the Q&A, he makes one crucial caveat.
TEDTalks : The birth of the computer – George Dyson (2003)
Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer — from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.
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TEDTalks : Releasing the music in your head – Dan Ellsey / Tod Machover (2008)
Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what’s next.
TEDTalks : Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote – Johnny Lee (2008)
Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
TEDTalks : Way-new collaboration – Howard Rheingold (2005)
Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action — and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.
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TEDTalks : The omnivore’s next dilemma – Michael Pollan (2007)
What if human consciousness isn’t the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn’s clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant’s-eye view.
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TEDTalks : All roads lead to Rome Antics – David Macaulay (2002)
David Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, his illustrated homage to the historic city.
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TEDTalks : Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time – Bill Strickland (2002)
Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely partnerships.
TEDTalks : Underwater astonishments – David Gallo (2007)
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square’s worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean.
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TEDTalks : The mystery box – J.J. Abrams (2007)
J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias — back to its magical beginnings.
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TEDTalks : Tales of passion – Isabel Allende (2007)
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism — and, of course, passion — in this talk.
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TEDTalks : 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do – Gever Tulley (2007)
Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. From TED University 2007.
TEDTalks : Why aren’t we all Good Samaritans? – Daniel Goleman (2007)
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.
TEDTalks : Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic" – Arthur Benjamin (2005)
In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He’ll tell you.
TEDTalks : We must win the oil endgame – Amory Lovins (2005)
In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.
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TEDTalks : The art of creating creatures – Theo Jansen (2007)
Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move — and even survive — on their own.
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TEDTalks : The Pentagon’s new map for war and peace – Thomas Barnett (2005)
In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering U.S. military that is both sensible and breathtaking in its simplicity: Break it in two.
TEDTalks : The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle – William McDonough (2005)
Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account “all children, all species, for all time.”
TEDTalks : Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man – Susan Savage-Rumbaugh (2004)
Savage-Rumbaugh’s work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology — and how much by cultural exposure.
TEDTalks : A lyrical view of life on Earth – Frans Lanting (2005)
In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack by Philip Glass.
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TEDTalks : Humanity’s biggest problems aren’t what you think they are – Nick Bostrom (2005)
Oxford philosopher and transhumanist Nick Bostrom examines the future of humankind and asks whether we might alter the fundamental nature of humanity to solve our most intrinsic problems.
TEDTalks : Decoding the future with genomics – Juan Enriquez (2003)
Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.
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TEDTalks : Measuring the fastest animal on earth – Sheila Patek (2004)
Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.
TEDTalks : My dream about the future of medicine – Eva Vertes (2005)
Eva Vertes — only 19 when she gave this talk — discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.
TEDTalks : The paradox of choice – Barry Schwartz (2005)
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
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