Liz Fosslien uses behavioral science to make work better.

Comparative anatomist and paleontologist Emma Schachner wants to know everything about the anatomy and evolution of reptiles and bird lungs: how they became so complex, why they have so many secondary functions and what role they played in their diversification and success.

As head of the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group, Pattie Maes researches the tools we use to work with information and connect with one another.

To help him come to terms with the tragedy of his own homeland, Bosnian photographer Ziyah Gafić turns his camera on the aftermath of conflict, showing his images in galleries, in books and on Instagram.

About this event: Resilience;Consider the Uses of Adversity

Gonzalo Vilariño uses sport to change the rules of the game for the disabled.

Through his writing and his realized projects, Peter Calthorpe has spread the vision of New Urbanism, a framework for creating sustainable, human-scaled places.

Vikram Sharma uses quantum technology to strengthen cryptographic key management and encryption.

Shlomo Benartzi uses behavioral economics to study how and why we plan well for the future (or fail to), and uses that to develop new programs to encourage saving for retirement.

Evan Grant works with cymatics, the art of visualizing sound, and is the founder of the arts and technology collective seeper.

Safwat Saleem uses satire and art to bring to light stories of adversity.

TED Fellow Christopher Bahl uses computational protein design -- building never-before-seen-in-nature proteins with the aid of computers -- to develop new medicines for use in combating infectious diseases.

The TED-Ed Lesson “The case of the missing fractals” isn’t just an introduction to the intricate and beautiful world of fractal geometry; it’s also a fully-realized film noir short complete with plot, drama and a smattering of ridiculous puns. This cinematic creation is the product of a TED-Ed dream team, with writing by veteran TED-Ed Educat...

About this event: Unusual and entertaining uses for mathematics, education in developing countries, music, culture - and vegetables – will all be sharing the spotlight at TEDxNewcastle.

Roger Stein wants to bring financial engineering to the world of drug funding.

Tan Le is the founder & CEO of Emotiv, a bioinformatics company that's working on identifying biomarkers for mental and other neurological conditions using electroencephalography (EEG).

Cheryl Hayashi studies the delicate but terrifically strong silk threads that make up a spider's web, finding startling applications for human use.

Shih Chieh Huang doesn’t make art that’s meant to be admired from afar. He dissects and disassembles the detritus of our lives—household appliances, lights, computer parts, toys—and transforms them into surreal experiences.

Carrie Nugent is part of a team that uses NASA's NEOWISE telescope to search the skies for and catalog asteroids.

Aditi Gupta uses storytelling and art to educate young girls about menstruation.

Stephen DeBerry uses the economy and culture to build a more just and joyful society.

Leila Pirhaji uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery and the treatment of metabolic diseases.

Christopher deCharms is working on a way to use fMRI scans to show brain activity -- in real time.

Turn it into a game, says technologist Esra’a Al Shafei. Thanks to features like a point system and a leaderboard, her small site for LGBTQ people in the Arab world is not only fun to use -- it’s free from harassers. Many LGBTQ people in the Middle East live under a cloud of stress and fear -- depending on where they live, they may face social ...

TED Fellow Lauren Sallan is a "next generation" paleobiologist applying cutting-edge developments in big data analytics to reveal how evolution happens at the largest scales (macroevolution), particularly in the oceans.

Todd Scott uses humor and pop culture to make CPR training more memorable.

TED Resident Jason Shen uses data and technology to help leaders identify talent.

Keith Schacht co-founded Inventables, a hothouse for innovation. More recently he's brought us the JobCoin listings board, the Freshwater Venture entrepreneur map, and Facebook's Grow-a-Gift.

Naomi Oreskes is a historian of science who uses reason to fight climate change denial.

Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved to use the least amount of energy while carrying the most information possible -- a feat that requires the entire brain. Richard E. Cytowic debunks this neurological myth (and ...