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Lars Brownworth: The city of walls: Constantinople

The world owes much of its cultural legacy to Constantinople's walls. When Constantinople was under siege by neighboring enemies, the Roman city's elaborate system of moats, outer walls, and inner walls stood tall. Surviving numerous fire attacks, the walls were eventually brought down by more modern tools of warfare, but, thankfully, classical ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lars_brownworth_the_city_of_walls_constantinople

Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

The wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a vast treasury buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop seeds ... for whatever tomorrow may bring.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food

Carl Zimmer: How did feathers evolve?

To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on dinosaur fossils, and remnants of dinosaurs in a bird's wish bone. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of yea...
https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_zimmer_how_did_feathers_evolve

Ali Kashani | TED Speaker

Ali Kashani explores the unexpected roles robots might take on in our daily lives -- including bringing us lunch.
Designer, AI specialist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ali_kashani

Shubhendu Sharma | TED Speaker

Shubhendu Sharma creates afforestation methods that make it easy to plant maintenance-free, wild and biodiverse forests.
Eco-entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shubhendu_sharma

Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen villains -- and victims

Even as the Deepwater Horizon tragedy unfolded, Carl Safina took the stage at TEDxOilSpill to share what the facts were known at the time. In a blood-boiling cross-examination, he suggests that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf -- and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse.
https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_villains_and_victims

Caro Verbeek: The historical significance of smell

Historian Caro Verbeek explores the link between smell and human history — traveling from the courts of ancient Egypt to the wig shops of 1700s Amsterdam — to illustrate the fascinating role scents play in art, architecture and culture.
https://www.ted.com/talks/caro_verbeek_the_historical_significance_of_smell

Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain

There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.
https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_schoonover_how_to_look_inside_the_brain

Carl Honoré: Why we should embrace aging as an adventure

We need to feel better about aging in order to age better, says writer and activist Carl Honoré. How? In this spirited talk, Honoré offers a set of simple solutions to combat ageism -- as well as a host of trailblazers and changemakers who came into their own later in life, from artists and musicians to physicists and business leaders.
https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_honore_why_we_should_embrace_aging_as_an_adventure

TEDxMassapequaLibrary - an independently organized event

About this event: Join us for a TEDxMassapequaLibrary event where we look at The World of the Future – space travel, driverless cars, electric cars, alternate energy sources, cities of the future, and more!
Event details: Massapequa Park, New York, United States · June 15, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/33120

Joel Jackson | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Joel Jackson is the founder and CEO of Mobius Motors, set to launch a durable, low-cost SUV made in Africa.
Transport entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joel_jackson

Playlist: Revolutionary women! (11 talks)

These women fighting for justice and equality deserve center stage.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/revolutionary_women

5 fascinating cars of the future

It’s 2012. And many of us no doubt imagined that flying cars would be all the rage by now. While that hasn’t happened yet, some major driving innovations are on their way down the pipeline. In a new TEDTalk, Chris Gerdes of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (awesomely abbreviated as CARS) explains that he and his team are busy ...
Posted July 11, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/11/5-fascinating-cars-of-the-future

Mitchell Joachim | TED Speaker

Soft cars, jet packs and houses made of meat are all in a day's work for urban designer, architect and TED Fellow Mitchell Joachim.
Architect, designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mitchell_joachim

Vaitea Cowan | TED Speaker

Vaitea Cowan wants to create a world where green hydrogen is readily available -- and fossil fuels are a thing of the past.
Green hydrogen entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/vaitea_cowan

Bastian Schaefer | TED Speaker

Bastian Schaefer and a team of designers at Airbus have been imagining the high-concept future of the jet airlplane -- in a future with less fuel and more passengers.
Aircraft engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bastian_schaefer

Geena Rocero | TED Speaker

Geena Rocero is a professional model for fashion and beauty companies around the world. And she uses her platform to share a powerful story.
Model and activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/geena_rocero

Playlist: The quest to end poverty (12 talks)

It's the challenge of our age: How do we end poverty? Hear ideas and results from economists, philanthropists, activists working -- in labs and on the ground -- to wipe it out.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_quest_to_end_poverty

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi: An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their adv...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter

David Pogue: The music wars

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher and the Village People.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_the_music_wars

Yann LeCun | TED Speaker

Yann LeCun is chief AI scientist at Facebook and Silver Professor at New York University.
Computer scientist, AI researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/yann_lecun

Tony Buffington: Why do cats act so weird?

They're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the science behind some of your cat's strangest behavi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_buffington_why_do_cats_act_so_weird

Jonathan J. O'Sullivan and Grace E. Cunningham: Which type of milk is best for you?

If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. There's dairy milk, but also plant-based products such as almond, soy, and oat milks. So which milk is actually best for you? And which uses the fewest resources and produces the least pollution? Jonathan J. O'Sullivan and Grace E. Cunningham dive i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_j_o_sullivan_and_grace_e_cunningham_which_type_of_milk_is_best_for_you

Lucianne Walkowicz: Let's not use Mars as a backup planet

Stellar astronomer and TED Senior Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz works on NASA's Kepler mission, searching for places in the universe that could support life. So it's worth a listen when she asks us to think carefully about Mars. In this short talk, she suggests that we stop dreaming of Mars as a place that we'll eventually move to when we've messed ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucianne_walkowicz_let_s_not_use_mars_as_a_backup_planet

Paul Piff | TED Speaker

Paul Piff studies how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/paul_piff

TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon: TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon 20220113 - an independently organized event

About this event: Renewables are changing how we make electricity. Electric cars are changing how we move. Batteries invented to power small devices are enabling these changes. We will explore how batteries, electric vehicles, and the electric grid are connected and how they will evolve in the decades to come.
Event details: Santa Barbara, California, United States · January 13, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/49304

Mundano: Trash cart superheroes

In Brazil, "catadores" collect junk and recyclables. But while they provide a vital service that benefits all, they are nearly invisible as they roam the streets. Enter graffiti artist Mundano, a TED Fellow. In a spirited talk, he describes his project "Pimp My Carroça," which has transformed these heroic workers' carts into things of beauty and...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mundano_trash_cart_superheroes

Lennart Green | TED Speaker

Cards that fly all over the table, spill onto the floor, and disappear beneath a laser beam. Welcome to the chaotic and flabbergasting magical world of Lennart Green, grand master of close-up card trickery.
Close-up card magician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lennart_green

Playlist: An essential guide to start-up success (12 talks)

Small business owners, entrepreneurs or first-timers ready to pursue an exciting new venture — this one's for you. Enjoy these talks teeming with helpful advice on how to build, sustain and lead the company of your dreams.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/an_essential_guide_to_start_up_success

Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning
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