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Danielle Torley: I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire

After losing her mother in a house fire when she was just six years old, Danielle Torley saw two paths before her: a life full of fear, or one that promised healing and recovery. In this inspiring talk, she describes how she turned her grief into beauty in a most unexpected way -- by dancing with fire.
https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_torley_i_stepped_out_of_grief_by_dancing_with_fire

Henrietta Fore: How we can help young people build a better future

A massive generation of young people is about to inherit the world, and it's the duty of everyone to give them a fighting chance for their futures, says UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore. In this forward-looking talk, she explores the crises facing them and details an ambitious new global initiative, Generation Unlimited, which aims to en...
https://www.ted.com/talks/henrietta_fore_how_we_can_help_young_people_build_a_better_future

Elizabeth Cox: Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas?

Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright flames forever as they twist and flicker in endless incarnations... But what exactly are you looking at? Elizabeth Cox illuminates the science behind fire. ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_cox_is_fire_a_solid_a_liquid_or_a_gas

Walter R. Tschinkel: Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen

In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for a day of romance, known as the nuptial flight. Thousands of reproduction-capable ants take part in a mating frenzy, and for one successfully mated female, her work is only beginning. Walter R. Tschinkel details how the new queen builds a colony and protects...
https://www.ted.com/talks/walter_r_tschinkel_mating_frenzies_sperm_hoards_and_brood_raids_the_life_of_a_fire_ant_queen

Alex Gendler: Everything changed when the fire crystal got stolen

Someone has tripped the magical alarms in the Element Temple. When you and the other monks arrive on the scene, you know you have a disaster on your hands. Four young apprentices broke into the temple's inner chamber to steal the sacred element crystals. But when the alarm went off they panicked, and each of them swallowed a crystal. Can you det...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_everything_changed_when_the_fire_crystal_got_stolen

Ane Brun: "It All Starts With One" / "You Light My Fire"

Multi-instrumentalist Ane Brun joins the Lyris Quartet to perform two haunting, mesmerizing songs: the cabaret-inspired "It All Starts With One" and folk-infused "You Light My Fire," with backing vocals from Rebecca Lichtenfeld.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ane_brun_it_all_starts_with_one_you_light_my_fire

Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)

Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and how audio can clue us in to developing creativity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_ficklin_new_ways_to_see_music_with_color_and_fire

David S. Rose: How to pitch to a VC

Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself -- and prove to a VC -- before you fire up your slideshow.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_s_rose_how_to_pitch_to_a_vc

Playlist: Seeing sound and hearing color (5 talks)

Keep your ears and eyes wide open for the several different ways you can interact with sound and color.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/seeing_sound_and_hearing_color

Playlist: Ryan Holladay's playlist (5 talks)

Explore the transforming power of music.
Curated by Ryan Holladay · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/ryan_holladay_s_playlist

Henrietta Fore | TED Speaker

UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore is a champion of economic development, education, health and humanitarian assistance.
Child advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/henrietta_fore

Hannah Fry: Is life really that complex?

Can an algorithm forecast the site of the next riot? In this accessible talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows how complex social behavior can be analyzed and perhaps predicted through analogies to natural phenomena, like the patterns of a leopard's spots or the distribution of predators and prey in the wild.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_is_life_really_that_complex

Hannah Fry: The mathematics of love

Finding the right mate is no cakewalk -- but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows patterns in how we look for love, and gives her top three tips (verified by math!) for finding that special someone.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love

Lauren Pharr: How vultures can help solve crimes

Can a bird that symbolizes death help the living catch criminals? In this informative and accessible talk, forensic anthropologist Lauren Pharr shows us how vultures impact crime scenes -- and the assistance they can provide to detectives investigating murders. (This talk contains graphic images.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/lauren_pharr_how_vultures_can_help_solve_crimes

Far Flung: Virtual Worlds

Traveling is tricky right now and, for most, the boundaries of our worlds have shrunk dramatically. So a lot of people are spending a lot more time in virtual places, like Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Ultima Online and more. Explore how these online worlds help us push past real-world boundaries and have vastly new experiences, even become new vers...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_virtual_worlds

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do

Playlist: The influence of algorithms (7 talks)

Algorithms play a big part in our day-to-day lives. From search engines to architecture, explore how these formulas affect the way we view and interact with the world around us.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_influence_of_algorithms

Far Flung: Oberammergau

Nearly 400 years ago, a tiny town in Germany made a bargain with God: spare its people from the Black Plague and we'll put on a play in your honor... forever. And it worked! Now every decade, the entire town comes together to stage the play, drawing massive crowds to one of the largest religious spectacles in the world. But problematic parts of ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_oberammergau

Far Flung: Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui

What happens to a tourist paradise when no one shows up to visit? Rapa Nui, known to many as Easter Island, typically welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year—which is a lot for a place with only 10,000 residents. After COVID-19 shuts down flights to this remote island, citizens reimagine what their lives, their livelihood, and their home c...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_post_pandemic_paradise_in_rapa_nui

Frances Frei: How to build (and rebuild) trust

Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it -- something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. "If we can learn to trust one another more, we can have unpre...
https://www.ted.com/talks/frances_frei_how_to_build_and_rebuild_trust

Far Flung: An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru

Meet Liberato Kani, a hip hop artist in Lima, Peru -- or as he says, "the Andean Bronx". At his concerts, a typical call and response you hear is "Quechua es resistencia": Quechua is resistance. Though Quechua is spoken by nearly ten million people, Peru's native language is at risk of dying off because of anti-indigenous prejudice. Liberato and...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_an_indigenous_mixtape_from_lima_peru

Playlist: Talks to help you forget that you're doing chores (5 talks)

Whether you are washing dishes, dusting the shelves or cleaning the car, these talks will help the next hour and a half fly by. No need to watch—just listen.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_help_you_forget_that

Playlist: The best mustaches on TED.com (11 talks)

These speakers sport impressive moustaches. Watch in honor of Movember, the month in which men let their ‘staches grow wild to raise money for men’s health causes.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_best_mustaches_on_ted_com

Eric Lewis: Piano jazz that rocks

Eric Lewis, an astonishingly talented crossover jazz pianist -- seen by many for the first time at TED2009 -- sets fire to the keys with his shattering rendition of Evanescence's chart-topper, "Going Under."
https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_lewis_piano_jazz_that_rocks

Natalie Jeremijenko: The art of the eco-mindshift

Natalie Jeremijenko's unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting "fish," planting fire-hydrant gardens and more.
https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_jeremijenko_the_art_of_the_eco_mindshift

Steve Truglia: A leap from the edge of space

At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings -- pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He talks us through his next stunt: the highest jump ever attempted, from the very edge of space.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_truglia_a_leap_from_the_edge_of_space

David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything

Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks forward.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_what_happens_when_you_lose_everything

Playlist: Unexpected lessons from the animal world (7 talks)

These TED speakers gained remarkable knowledge by closely studying animal behavior. What do their insights mean for you?
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/unexpected_lessons_from_the_animal_world

Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media

Lucy Farey-Jones: A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI

How comfortable are you with robots taking over your life? Covering a wide range of potential applications -- from the mundane (robot house cleaner) to the mischievous (robot sex partner) to the downright macabre (uploading your brain to live on after death) -- technology strategist Lucy Farey-Jones shares data-backed evidence of how our willing...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_farey_jones_a_fascinating_time_capsule_of_human_feelings_toward_ai
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