TED Talks

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4:04

Kayla Mandel Sheets

You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think)

Posted Sep 2021

5:59

Alicia Chong Rodriguez

A smart bra for better heart health

Posted Sep 2021

4:48

Kaitlyn Sadtler and Elizabeth Wayne

How the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly

Posted Aug 2021

12:41

Kathryn A. Whitehead

The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine

Posted Aug 2021

24:50

Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution

Posted Aug 2021

5:07

Susan M. Reverby

Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment

Posted Jun 2021

5:19

Aaron Morris

How your body could become its own diagnostic lab

Posted Jun 2021

14:52

Daniel Kraft

How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine

Posted May 2021

14:19

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The global cooperation that accelerated the COVID-19 vaccines

Posted Apr 2021

7:27

Andrew Pelling

Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus?

Posted Nov 2020

10:46

Johanna Benesty

What it takes to crush a pandemic

Posted Nov 2020

5:17

Christian Moro

Why do you get a fever when you're sick?

Posted Nov 2020

16:50

Erika Cheung

Theranos, whistleblowing and speaking truth to power

Posted Nov 2020

20:59

Leor Weinberger

Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?

Posted Oct 2020

13:13

Yasmin Hurd

Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction?

Posted Oct 2020

5:25

TED-Ed

The surprising effects of pregnancy

Posted Oct 2020

14:09

Frederick Streeter Barrett

The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs, music and nostalgia

Posted Oct 2020

4:57

Hyunsoo Joshua No

Performing brain surgery without a scalpel

Posted Sep 2020

30:15

David Brenner

Can light stop the coronavirus?

Posted Jul 2020

43:07

Bill Gates

How the pandemic will shape the near future

Posted Jul 2020

23:32

Jerome Kim

The trials, tribulations and timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine

Posted Jun 2020

11:44

Ofer Levy

The new science of personalized vaccines

Posted Jun 2020

5:11

Anees Bahji

Can steroids save your life?

Posted Jun 2020

5:32

Dan Kwartler

How fast can a vaccine be made?

Posted Jun 2020

5:21

Alex Gendler

How do ventilators work?

Posted May 2020

4:44

Cella Wright

How do you know if you have a virus?

Posted May 2020

5:54

Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi

A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic

Posted May 2020

7:15

Jim Collins

How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics

Posted May 2020

46:43

Esther Choo

How health workers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted Apr 2020

1h 0m

Matt Walker

Why sleep matters now more than ever

Posted Apr 2020

1h 2m

Seth Berkley

The quest for the coronavirus vaccine

Posted Mar 2020

5:59

Gerry Wright

How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis?

Posted Mar 2020

13:04

Lisa Mosconi

How menopause affects the brain

Posted Mar 2020

12:59

Kay M. Tye

What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health

Posted Mar 2020

4:28

Bill Schutt

How do blood transfusions work?

Posted Feb 2020

4:36

Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

The accident that changed the world

Posted Feb 2020