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Playlist: There's an app for that (6 talks)

Everyone makes the joke, but it's true. Here's a selection of interesting apps and the inspiration behind them.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/there_s_an_app_for_that

Playlist: What comes after war? (5 talks)

PTSD, isolation, depression ... These talks tackle the visible and invisible wounds left behind by violent conflict.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/what_comes_after_war

Playlist: When you need to feel awe about the world again (8 talks)

Learn about the amazing science behind some of the most awe-inspiring things in the world (and beyond).
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/when_you_need_to_feel_awe_about_the_world_again

Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention

Soldiers who've lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. At TEDMED, Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention

Hector Ruiz: The thinking behind 50x15

Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hector_ruiz_the_thinking_behind_50x15

Linus Torvalds: The mind behind Linux

Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique philosophy...
https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux

Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception

Stacy Smith: The data behind Hollywood's sexism

Where are all the women and girls in film? Social scientist Stacy Smith analyzes how the media underrepresents and portrays women -- and the potentially destructive effects those portrayals have on viewers. She shares hard data behind gender bias in Hollywood, where on-screen males outnumber females three to one (and behind-the-camera workers fa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/stacy_smith_the_data_behind_hollywood_s_sexism

Playlist: Talks to watch when you want to let go of regret (5 talks)

Beating yourself up for a bad decision? These talks will help you put the past behind you.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/ted_talks_to_watch_when_you_wa

Playlist: Talks for gamers (5 talks)

Check out some of these talks on classic games and the benefits of being behind the controller.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_gamers

Ashwini Bhandiwad: How to teach kids science through cooking

The easiest way to alienate young STEM students is to reduce scientific concepts to dry equations and bullet points on the pages of a textbook. Scientist and educator Ashwini Bhandiwad explains how cooking can teach children actionable lessons about scientific principles, allowing them to learn (and to fail) in an engaging, low stakes environment.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ashwini_bhandiwad_how_to_teach_kids_science_through_cooking

Sara Garofalo: The psychology behind irrational decisions

Often people make decisions that are not "rational" from a purely economical point of view — meaning that they don't necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a psychological mechanism behind it? Sara Garofalo explains heuristics, problem-solving approaches based on previous e...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_garofalo_the_psychology_behind_irrational_decisions

Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines

Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way our lives are shaped by the interplay of many different forces.
https://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_the_stories_behind_the_bloodlines

Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline

In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team -- one of thousands who contributed -- taking a risky flight over the rainforest in pursuit of data on a key molecule.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline

Eve Abrams: The human stories behind mass incarceration

The United States locks up more people than any other country in the world, says documentarian Eve Abrams, and somewhere between one and four percent of those in prison are likely innocent. That's 87,000 brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers -- predominantly African American -- unnecessarily separated from their families, their lives and dreams...
https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_abrams_the_human_stories_behind_mass_incarceration

Joshua Prince-Ramus: Behind the design of Seattle's library

Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum Plaza in Louisville and the Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_behind_the_design_of_seattle_s_library

Deborah Lipstadt: Behind the lies of Holocaust denial

"There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies," says historian Deborah Lipstadt, telling the remarkable story of her research into Holocaust deniers -- and their deliberate distortion of history. Lipstadt encourages us all to go on the offensive against those who assault the truth and facts. "Truth is not relative," she says.
https://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_lipstadt_behind_the_lies_of_holocaust_denial

Armand D'Angour: The real story behind Archimedes' Eureka!

When you think of Archimedes' Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating palace commissioned by a king -- that helped him find Eureka. [Directed by Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderso...
https://www.ted.com/talks/armand_d_angour_the_real_story_behind_archimedes_eureka

Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.
https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_mind_behind_tesla_spacex_solarcity

Charles Elachi: The story behind the Mars Rovers

At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tales and video from the Mars Rover project.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_elachi_the_story_behind_the_mars_rovers

Steven Johnson: The playful wonderland behind great inventions

Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the computer, didn't emerge out of necessity at all but instead from the strange delight of play. Share this captivating, illustrated exploration of the history of invention. Turns out, you'll fi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_the_playful_wonderland_behind_great_inventions

Rajiv Maheswaran: The math behind basketball's wildest moves

Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with new data. Bonus: What they're learning could help us understand how humans move everywhere.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rajiv_maheswaran_the_math_behind_basketball_s_wildest_moves

Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of China

Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao) has been blogging from China for 12 years. Despite the control the central government has over the Internet -- "All the servers are in Beijing" -- he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in fact creating the first national public sphere in the country's history, and shifting the balance of power in une...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_anti_behind_the_great_firewall_of_china

Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen: The myth behind the Chinese zodiac

What's your sign? In Western astrology, it's a constellation determined by when your birthday falls in the calendar. But according to the Chinese zodiac (生肖), it's your shuxiang, meaning the animal assigned to your birth year. And of the many myths explaining these animal signs and their arrangement, the most enduring one is that of The Great Ra...
https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_campisi_and_pen_pen_chen_the_myth_behind_the_chinese_zodiac

Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/handspring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse

Andreas Ekström: The moral bias behind your search results

Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and journalist Andreas Ekström argues that such a thing is a philosophical impossibility. In this thoughtful talk, he calls on us to strengthen the bonds between technology and the humanities, an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_ekstrom_the_moral_bias_behind_your_search_results

Behind the TED Talk 2009

Learn more about TED2009: The Great Unveiling
https://www.ted.com/about/conferences/past-teds/behind-the-ted-talk-2009

Scott Rickard: The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music

Scott Rickard set out to engineer the ugliest possible piece of music, devoid of repetition, using a mathematical concept known as the Costas Array. In this surprisingly entertaining talk, he shares the math behind musical beauty ... and its opposite.
https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_rickard_the_beautiful_math_behind_the_world_s_ugliest_music

Erick Brethenoux: The big data behind complex human emotions

Intriguing fact: adults who share a recovery room with children recover faster than those who don't. But why? Erick Brethenoux wants to deconstruct complex human emotions by applying big data analytics, so that positive learning like this can be applied more widely. But he also sees the potential for abuse, and explains why we need to tread care...
https://www.ted.com/talks/erick_brethenoux_the_big_data_behind_complex_human_emotions

G. Willow Wilson: The story behind Marvel's Muslim-American superheroine

When Marvel Comics asked G. Willow Wilson to create an American-Muslim superheroine, she told them they were crazy: "New characters don't sell, female characters don't sell, minority characters don't sell." But her Pakistani-American character, Kamala Khan -- Ms. Marvel -- turned out to be a huge hit. In this talk, Wilson discusses writing for a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/g_willow_wilson_the_story_behind_marvel_s_muslim_american_superheroine
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