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Playlist: How architecture can connect us (7 talks)

A tour of thoughtful spaces built to bring people together and strengthen communities, rather than wall them off from one another.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_architecture_can_connect_u

Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth

Microsoft's Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_lawler_tour_microsoft_s_virtual_earth

Reed Kroloff: A tour of modern architecture

Reed Kroloff gives us a new lens for judging new architecture: is it modern, or is it romantic? Look for glorious images from two leading practices -- and a blistering critique of the 9/11 planning process.
https://www.ted.com/talks/reed_kroloff_a_tour_of_modern_architecture

Seyi Oyesola: A hospital tour in Nigeria

Dr. Seyi Oyesola takes a searing look at health care in underdeveloped countries. His photo tour of a Nigerian teaching hospital -- all low-tech hacks and donated supplies -- drives home the challenge of doing basic health care there.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seyi_oyesola_a_hospital_tour_in_nigeria

Playlist: The future of medicine (12 talks)

Take this tour of medicine's future with some of the trailblazing doctors charting its course. Once you've seen a transplantable human kidney created from a 3D printer, almost anything is imaginable ...
Curated by TED · 12 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_future_of_medicine

John Lloyd: An animated tour of the invisible

Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd's classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you actually know. [Directed by Cognitive Media, narration by John Lloyd].
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_lloyd_an_animated_tour_of_the_invisible

Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour

Jamil Abu-Wardeh jump-started the comedy scene in the Arab world by founding the Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour, which brings standup comedians to laughing audiences all over the region. He's found that, by respecting the "three B's" (blue material, beliefs and "bolitics"), the Axis of Evil comics find plenty of cross-border laughs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jamil_abu_wardeh_the_axis_of_evil_middle_east_comedy_tour

Jon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home

Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" -- free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_nguyen_tour_the_solar_system_from_home

Franco Sacchi: A tour of Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry

Zambia-born filmmaker Franco Sacchi tours us through Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry (the world's 3rd largest). Guerrilla filmmaking and brilliance under pressure from crews that can shoot a full-length feature in a week.
https://www.ted.com/talks/franco_sacchi_a_tour_of_nollywood_nigeria_s_booming_film_industry

Lauren Sallan: A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)

In this hilarious, whirlwind tour of the last four billion years of evolution, paleontologist and TED Fellow Lauren Sallan introduces us to some of the wildly diverse animals that roamed the prehistoric planet (from sharks with wings to galloping crocodiles and long-necked rhinos) and shows why paleontology is about way more than dinosaurs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lauren_sallan_a_brief_tour_of_the_last_4_billion_years_dinosaurs_not_included

Matt Russo: What does the universe sound like? A musical tour

Is outer space really the silent and lifeless place it's often depicted to be? Perhaps not. Astrophysicist and musician Matt Russo takes us on a journey through the cosmos, revealing the hidden rhythms and harmonies of planetary orbits. The universe is full of music, he says -- we just need to learn how to hear it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_russo_what_does_the_universe_sound_like_a_musical_tour

Steven Johnson: How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

Author Steven Johnson takes us on a 10-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_how_the_ghost_map_helped_end_a_killer_disease

Robert Neuwirth: The hidden world of shadow cities

Robert Neuwirth, author of "Shadow Cities," finds the world's squatter sites -- where a billion people now make their homes -- to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_neuwirth_the_hidden_world_of_shadow_cities

Kyra Gaunt: How the jump rope got its rhythm

"Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hop owes a lot to the queens of double dutch. Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt takes us on a tour of the fascinating history of the jump rope.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kyra_gaunt_how_the_jump_rope_got_its_rhythm

Brian Cox: CERN's supercollider

"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_cox_cern_s_supercollider

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

Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.
https://www.ted.com/talks/vik_muniz_art_with_wire_sugar_chocolate_and_string

Seth Godin: This is broken

Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the 7 reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_this_is_broken

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading

What do 24,000 ideas look like? Ecologist Eric Berlow and physicist Sean Gourley apply algorithms to the entire archive of TEDx Talks, taking us on a stimulating visual tour to show how ideas connect globally.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_berlow_and_sean_gourley_mapping_ideas_worth_spreading

Frank Gehry: My days as a young rebel

Before he was a legend, architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his early work, from his house in Venice Beach to the American Center in Paris, which was under construction (and much on his mind) when he gave this talk.
https://www.ted.com/talks/frank_gehry_my_days_as_a_young_rebel

Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_religion_evolution_and_the_ecstasy_of_self_transcendence

Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate

Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel says -- but we're shamefully out of practice. He leads a fun refresher, with TEDsters sparring over a recent Supreme Court case (PGA Tour Inc. v. Martin) whose outcome reveals the critical ingredient in justice.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate

Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ..."
https://www.ted.com/talks/maz_jobrani_did_you_hear_the_one_about_the_iranian_american

Sivamani: Rhythm is everything, everywhere

Percussionist Sivamani delivers one of TED's liveliest and most inventive performances yet. He uses traditional Western and Eastern instruments to create a rhythmic tour de force, along with a tub of water, corrugated metal, spoons, luggage, our stage props and even a little audience participation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sivamani_rhythm_is_everything_everywhere

Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse

Cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks -- in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe -- a deceptively simple question: Why does time exist at all? The potential answers point to a surprising view of the nature of the universe, and our place in it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sean_carroll_distant_time_and_the_hint_of_a_multiverse

Christoph Niemann: You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)

Without realizing it, we're fluent in the language of pictures, says illustrator Christoph Niemann. In a charming talk packed with witty, whimsical drawings, Niemann takes us on a hilarious visual tour that shows how artists tap into our emotions and minds -- all without words.
https://www.ted.com/talks/christoph_niemann_you_are_fluent_in_this_language_and_don_t_even_know_it

Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/carter_emmart_a_3d_atlas_of_the_universe

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from

John Hardy: My green school dream

Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream

Ben Ambridge: 9 myths about psychology, debunked

How much of what you think about psychology is actually wrong? In this whistle-stop tour of disproved ideas, Ben Ambridge shares nine popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong -- and uncovers a few surprising truths about how our brains really work.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_ambridge_9_myths_about_psychology_debunked
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