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Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life

This year, explorer Ben Saunders attempted his most ambitious trek yet. He set out to complete Captain Robert Falcon Scott's failed 1912 polar expedition — a four-month, 1,800-mile round trip journey from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back. In the first talk given after his adventure, just five weeks after his return, Saunders off...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_to_the_south_pole_and_back_the_hardest_105_days_of_my_life

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future

The world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which technology's rapid development could allow crime to take a turn for the worse.
https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future

Craig Costello: In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers?

In this glimpse into our technological future, cryptographer Craig Costello discusses the world-altering potential of quantum computers, which could shatter the limits set by today's machines -- and give code breakers a master key to the digital world. See how Costello and his fellow cryptographers are racing to reinvent encryption and secure th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_costello_in_the_war_for_information_will_quantum_computers_defeat_cryptographers

Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe

In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_hawking_questioning_the_universe

Paul MacCready: Nature vs. humans

In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_nature_vs_humans

Fred Jansen: How to land on a comet

As manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In this fascinating and funny talk, Jansen reveals some of the intricate calculations that went into landing the Philae probe on a comet 500 million kilometers from Earth -- and shares some in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/fred_jansen_how_to_land_on_a_comet

Sue Natali: How ancient Arctic carbon threatens everyone on the planet

What will happen to the planet if climate change melts what's left of Arctic permafrost? Shedding light on this overlooked threat, Arctic geologist Sue Natali reveals the true danger of heating up the iciest place on the planet: the release of ancient carbon that will dramatically worsen our climate problems. In this urgent talk, she introduces ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sue_natali_how_ancient_arctic_carbon_threatens_everyone_on_the_planet

Skylar Tibbits: A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines

What if we could harness the ocean's movement to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels? Designer and TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits shows how his lab is creating a dynamic, adaptable system of underwater structures that uses energy from ocean waves to accumulate sand and restore eroding shorelines -- working with the forces of nature to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_a_new_way_to_grow_islands_and_coastlines

Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift

Paddy Ashdown believes we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift

Jonathan Foley: The other inconvenient truth

A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin "terraculture" -- farming for the whole planet.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth

TEDxKioicho: TEDxKioicho 20211120 - an independently organized event

About this event: All speachies are in Japanese 日本語です! テーマ:繋がる時代 The era of connection 2021年11月20日(土)13:00~17:00(3部制)※17:30~:オンラインアフターパーティ ZOOMオンライン 無料 お申込みの中から熱意ある80名に当日参加できるURLと当日のプログラム内容をEメールにて送付いたします。 お申込みは以下のGoogle フォームからお申込みください。 https://forms.gle/Xh4S6enTMfqAocHP8 ※申し込み締め切り 11/18(木)18:00まで 広げる価値のあるアイデアを持った、TEDxKioicho 2021オリジナルのスピーカー8組によるトーク(事前収録、日本語)と、T...
Event details: Tokyo, Tôkyô, Japan · November 19, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/44753

Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We're not ready

In 2014, the world avoided a global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers -- plus, frankly, some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates suggests, to put all our good ideas into practice, from scenario planning to vaccine research to health worker training....
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready

David Titley: How the military fights climate change

Military leaders have known for millennia that the time to prepare for a challenge is before it hits you, says scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley. He takes us from the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria to the icy shores of Svalbard to show how the military approaches the threat of climate change, in a refreshingly practical, nonp...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_titley_how_the_military_fights_climate_change

David Baker: 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins

Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In this remarkable glimpse of the future, David Baker shares how his team at the Institute for Protein Design is creating entirely new prote...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_baker_5_challenges_we_could_solve_by_designing_new_proteins

Nina Jablonski: Skin color is an illusion

Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nina_jablonski_skin_color_is_an_illusion

Blaise Agüera y Arcas: How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images

Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_how_photosynth_can_connect_the_world_s_images

Nat Keohane: A new economic model for protecting tropical forests 

To solve the climate crisis, we need to make tropical forests worth more alive than dead, says environmental economist Nat Keohane. Highlighting the urgent need to stop deforestation and the carbon pollution it brings, he details the work of the LEAF Coalition -- a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership that's channeling one billion dollar...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nat_keohane_a_new_economic_model_for_protecting_tropical_forests

Thom Mayne: How architecture can connect us

Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form.
https://www.ted.com/talks/thom_mayne_how_architecture_can_connect_us

Willie Smits: How to restore a rainforest

By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits believes he has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans — and creating a thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems. NOTE: The core content of this talk has been challenged on a number of grounds. For details, and Willie Smits'...
https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rainforest

Juliana Rotich: Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa

Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. So Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa

Angelicque White: What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate

When the ocean changes, the planet changes -- and it all starts with microbes, says biological oceanographer Angelicque White. Backed by decades of data, White shares how scientists use these ancient microorganisms as a crucial barometer of ocean health -- and how we might rejuvenate them as marine temperatures steadily rise.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angelicque_white_what_ocean_microbes_reveal_about_the_changing_climate

Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo

Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd expect, placebos really work. At TEDMED, magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something's not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is. (Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by needles or blood.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo

Robin Murphy: These robots come to the rescue after a disaster

When disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In her lab, Robin Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely -- and help communities return to normal up to three years faster.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robin_murphy_these_robots_come_to_the_rescue_after_a_disaster

Darria Long: An ER doctor on triaging your "crazy busy" life

How do doctors in the emergency room stay calm and focused amidst the chaos? Drawing on years of experience, ER doctor Darria Long shares a straightforward framework to help you take back control and feel less overwhelmed when life starts to get "crazy busy."
https://www.ted.com/talks/darria_long_an_er_doctor_on_triaging_your_crazy_busy_life

Carlos M. Duarte: The unexpected, underwater plant fighting climate change

Once considered the ugly duckling of environmental conservation, seagrass is emerging as a powerful tool for climate action. From drawing down carbon to filtering plastic pollution, marine scientist Carlos M. Duarte details the incredible things this oceanic hero does for our planet -- and shows ingenious ways he and his team are protecting and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/carlos_m_duarte_the_unexpected_underwater_plant_fighting_climate_change

Mina Bissell: Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer

For decades, researcher Mina Bissell pursued a revolutionary idea -- that a cancer cell doesn't automatically become a tumor, but rather, depends on surrounding cells (its microenvironment) for cues on how to develop. She shares the two key experiments that proved the prevailing wisdom about cancer growth was wrong.
https://www.ted.com/talks/mina_bissell_experiments_that_point_to_a_new_understanding_of_cancer

Nancy Rabalais: The "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico

Ocean expert Nancy Rabalais tracks the ominously named "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico -- where there isn't enough oxygen in the water to support life. The Gulf has the second largest dead zone in the world; on top of killing fish and crustaceans, it's also killing fisheries in these waters. Rabalais tells us about what's causing it -- and how...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_rabalais_the_dead_zone_of_the_gulf_of_mexico

Gregory Heyworth: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts

Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering texts that haven't been read in thousands of years. How could these lost classics rewrite what we know about the p...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts

J. Marshall Shepherd: 3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview

What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains how confirmation bias, the Dunning-Kruger effect and cognitive dissonance impact what we think we know -- and shares ideas for how we can replace them with something much more powerful: knowledge.
https://www.ted.com/talks/j_marshall_shepherd_3_kinds_of_bias_that_shape_your_worldview

Topher White: What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone

The sounds of the rainforest include: the chirps of birds, the buzz of cicadas, the banter of gibbons. But in the background is the almost-always present sound of a chainsaw, from illegal loggers. Engineer Topher White shares a simple, scalable way to stop this brutal deforestation — that starts with your old cell phone.
https://www.ted.com/talks/topher_white_what_can_save_the_rainforest_your_used_cell_phone
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