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TED Fellows 21 Oct

Talks to watch if you love your planet – including one from astronomer and TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz https://t.co/cCGQ4zkNi5

TED Fellows 21 Oct

For more than a millennium, Khmer dancers in Cambodia have been seen as living bridges between heaven and earth. https://t.co/jEYaSwB3Eu

TED Fellows 20 Oct

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Watch Talks by TED Fellows

Uldus Bakhtiozina

Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be

Oct 2017

Elizabeth Wayne

We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer

Oct 2017

Greg Gage

Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

Oct 2017

Prumsodun Ok

The magic of Khmer classical dance

Oct 2017

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What’s happening in Antarctica won’t stay in Antarctica

Photo: Camille SeamanThe loss of polar ice may seem like an abstract concern, but it’s one that will affect all of us, no matter where we live, says glaciologist Michele Koppes....

Buzzing, moving, multi-tentacled sculptures made of the stuff of our lives

Synthetic Microcosm consists of 108 small pieces. It took six months to create (not including time spent in planning and design) and was first shown at the Echo-Tsumari Art Trie...

How does a city ravaged by war heal and recover?

Zena el Khalil stages Healing Lebanon in historic building Beit Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon.Lebanese artist Zena el Khalil has transformed a historic Beirut building once command...

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