How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers
Oded Shoseyov / Nanobiotechnologist
1830s computer science

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    Why open a school? To close a prison

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    The Web's secret stories
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    My seven species of robot -- and how we created them
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    The greatest machine that never was
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    A vision of crimes in the future
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    Robots inspired by cockroach ingenuity
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    Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures

TOP TED TALKS of 2016

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    How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
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Find your joy at work

  1. 12:20
    The happy secret to better work
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    Measuring what makes life worthwhile
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    Sweat the small stuff
  4. 9:47
    Sometimes it's good to give up the driver's seat
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    Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid
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    Plug into your hard-wired happiness

Great debates

  1. 19:42
    The lost art of democratic debate
  2. 22:59
    Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?
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    Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life
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    The case for letting business solve social problems
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    The Earth is full
  6. 16:14
    Abundance is our future

Human origins

  1. 15:36
    A dig for humanity's origins
  2. 17:08
    What explains the rise of humans?
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    The search for humanity's roots
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    DNA clues to our inner neanderthal
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    Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque
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    The gentle genius of bonobos

Global crime

  1. 19:30
    How global crime networks work
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    The deadly genius of drug cartels
  3. 15:44
    The intricate economics of terrorism
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    The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
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    How I named, shamed and jailed
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    The secret US prisons you've never heard of before

Live music at TED

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    "La Vie en Rose"
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    The joyful tradition of mountain music
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    Rhythm is everything, everywhere
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    A young guitarist meets his hero
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    The untouchable music of the theremin
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    Hidden music rituals around the world

Word nerds

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    What makes a word "real"?
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    Go ahead, make up new words!
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    The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen
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    A word game to communicate in any language
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    What we learned from 5 million books
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    3 ways to speak English

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About TED

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