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Ken Kamler: Medical miracle on Everest

The second deadliest day in the history of Mount Everest climbs happened in 1996 -- and Ken Kamler was the only doctor on the mountain that day. He shares the incredible story of the climbers' battle to save lives in extreme conditions, and uses brain imaging technology to map the medical miracle of one man who survived roughly 36 hours buried i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_kamler_medical_miracle_on_everest

Kenny Coogan: Licking bees and pulping trees: The reign of a wasp queen

As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood. It's the wasp queen; one of thousands who mated in late autumn and hibernated through the winter. Now she must emerge into the spring air to begin her reign. This queen is the lone survivor of her old hive, and now, she must become the foundress of a new one. Kenny Coogan details...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kenny_coogan_licking_bees_and_pulping_trees_the_reign_of_a_wasp_queen

Kenny Coogan: The wild world of carnivorous plants

Around the world there are more than 600 plant species that supplement a regular diet of sunlight, water and soil with insects, frogs and even rats. Flies, tadpoles and beetles fall prey to the remarkable, predatory antics of carnivorous plants. What exactly are carnivorous plants and how do they trap their prey? Kenny Coogan dives into the worl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kenny_coogan_the_wild_world_of_carnivorous_plants

Jennifer Kahn: Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever

CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, the technology has led to questions: How will this new power affect humanity? What are we going to use it to ch...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_kahn_gene_editing_can_now_change_an_entire_species_forever

Gwynne Shotwell | TED Speaker

As president and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is responsible for day-to-day operations and for managing all customer and strategic relations.
Space leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gwynne_shotwell

Playlist: The road to peace (10 talks)

Peace. It's humanity's eternal, elusive dream. These speakers offer inspired ideas, practical advice and real-world examples from around the globe of how it just might be attainable.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_road_to_peace

Tim Guinee | TED Speaker

Tim Guinee is a passionate advocate for creating a more sustainable world.
Firefighter and climate activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_guinee

Ken Jennings | TED Speaker

Ken Jennings holds the record for most consecutive wins on the classic American trivia game show, Jeopardy.
Know-it-all
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ken_jennings

Jennifer Kahn | TED Speaker

In articles that span the gene-editing abilities of CRISPR, the roots of psychopathic behavior in children, and much more, Jennifer Kahn weaves gripping stories from unlikely sources.
Science journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jennifer_kahn

Mahir Can Işik: How companies predict fashion trends and kill individuality

Apparently, popularity can be predicted and companies are buying it. Increasingly, fashion brands are relying on trend forecasting agencies in order to create the "next big thing." However, fashion buyer Mahir Can Işik says these predictions are putting creativity at the risk of irrelevance. (Currently, more than 12,000 brands get their predicti...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mahir_can_isik_how_companies_predict_fashion_trends_and_kill_individuality

Nathaniel Kahn | TED Speaker

Nathaniel Kahn is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated maker of documentary films. His journey to understand his distant father -- the legendary modern architect Louis Kahn -- became the film "My Architect."
Filmmaker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nathaniel_kahn

Jane Chen | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Jane Chen has spent years working on health issues in the developing world.
Social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jane_chen

Sally Kohn | TED Speaker

Sally Kohn searches for common ground among political foes by focusing on the compassion and humanity in everyone.
Political pundit
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sally_kohn

Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey | TED Speaker

Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey is a Ghanaian poet, writer, literary critic, media practitioner, activist and versatile creative of Ga-Daŋme and Ewe ancestry.
Poet, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/apiorkor_seyiram_ashong_abbey

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason: "The Muse" / "Spring Song"

With grace and energy, musicians (and siblings) Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform a dazzling arrangement of "The Muse" by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov for cello and piano, followed by "Spring Song" by British composer Frank Bridge.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sheku_kanneh_mason_and_isata_kanneh_mason_the_muse_spring_song

Patrick Awuah | TED Speaker

After working at Microsoft for almost a decade, Patrick Awuah returned home to Ghana and cofounded Ashesi University, a small liberal arts college that aims to educate Africa's next generation of leaders. Its first class of students graduated in 2006.
University founder
https://www.ted.com/speakers/patrick_awuah

Muthoni Drummer Queen: Creativity builds nations

In a hopeful talk followed by an empowering performance, musician and TED Fellow Muthoni Drummer Queen shares how industries like music, film and fashion provide a platform for Africans to broadcast their rich and diverse talents -- and explains how the shared experience of creativity can replace attitudes of exclusionism and othering with accep...
https://www.ted.com/talks/muthoni_drummer_queen_creativity_builds_nations

Angela Koine Flynn: The science of skin color

When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. Depending on skin color, it'll take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink, while another requires hours to experience the slightest change. What's to account for that difference, and how did our skin come to take on so many different hues to begin wit...
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_koine_flynn_the_science_of_skin_color

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms

In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_learning_revolution

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity

Sir Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley

Craig A. Kohn: What are stem cells?

Is personalized medicine for individual bodies in our future? Possibly -- with the use of stem cells, undifferentiated cells with the power to become any tissue in our bodies. Craig A. Kohn describes the role of these incredible, transforming cells and how scientists are harnessing their medical potential. [Directed by Qa'ed Mai, narrated by Mic...
https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_a_kohn_what_are_stem_cells

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: How film transforms the way we see the world

Film has the power to change the way we think about ourselves and our culture. Documentarian and TED Fellow Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy uses it to fight violence against women, turning her camera on the tradition of honor killings in Pakistan. In a stirring talk, she shares how she took her Oscar-winning film on the road in a mobile cinema, visiting s...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sharmeen_obaid_chinoy_how_film_transforms_the_way_we_see_the_world

Sir Ken Robinson: How would you finish the sentence, "Imagine if..."?

Sir Ken Robinson believed that humans have an inexhaustible power: our imaginations. We don't just live in the world as we find it— we use our creativity to mold and reimagine our world with art, scientific theories, and technology. So, how would you choose to reimagine the world? What do we take for granted? What would you change? Remember, the...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_how_would_you_finish_the_sentence_imagine_if

Susan Cain | TED Speaker

Our world prizes extroverts, but Susan Cain makes a case for the contemplative. She's leading a social revolution that's showing people that looking inward is a virtue, not a problem.
Quiet revolutionary
https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain

Mike Kinney | TED Speaker

UPS's Mike Kinney plays a crucial role in helping customers reach their full potential.
Business development manager
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mike_kinney

Keith Chen | TED Speaker

Keith Chen's research suggests that the language you speak may impact the way you think about your future.
Behavioral economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/keith_chen

Ken Goldberg | TED Speaker

Ken Goldberg works reflect the intersection of robotics, social media, and art.
Roboticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ken_goldberg

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Inside a school for suicide bombers

Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy takes on a terrifying question: How does the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers? Propaganda footage from a training camp is intercut with her interviews of young camp graduates. A shocking vision.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sharmeen_obaid_chinoy_inside_a_school_for_suicide_bombers
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