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TED Talks Science and Medicine

TED Talks Science and Medicine

191 Episodes • By TED • www.ted.com/talks
Science & Medicine
TED Talks Science and Medicine
TED Talks Science and Medicine
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The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly ad... more
Mar 6 2023 12m
The Fascinating World of Nudibranchs
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Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy
Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we a... more
Jan 19 2023 12m
The Self
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Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot
Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to... more
Jan 18 2023 15m
Land and the Environment
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How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill
If we want to better understand the environment and ... more
Jan 6 2023 11m
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The wheat field that could change the world | Guntur V. Subbarao
Crop physiologist Guntur V. Subbarao and his team ha... more
Nov 14 2022 10m
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A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jason W. Chin
What if we could use the power of DNA to create a su... more
Oct 28 2022 11m
Rewriting the Genetic Code
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How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan
As climate change accelerates, finding clean alterna... more
Sep 8 2022 9m
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A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax
Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the an... more
Sep 6 2022 14m
The First Ichthysor Specimen.
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How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab | Sergiu P. Pasca
Neuroscientist Sergiu P. Pasca has made it his life'... more
Aug 24 2022 12m
Reprogramming Skin Cells
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The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms | Dan Widmaier
Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials... more
Jul 25 2022 10m
The Milo Story
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How we could solve the dark matter mystery | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The universe that we know, with its luminous stars a... more
Jul 11 2022 14m
The Vericie Ruben Observatory
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The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard
A curious, quiet revolution of sound has taken over ... more
Jun 7 2022 11m
The Unanswered Questions of ASMR.
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Our longing for cosmic truth and poetic beauty | Maria Popova
Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Lea... more
May 23 2022 7m
The Hubble Space Telescope.
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The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine | Melissa J. Moore
The secret behind medicine that uses messenger RNA (... more
Apr 27 2022 18m
The Future of RNA Vaccines.
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We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic | Bill Gates
Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but B... more
Apr 22 2022 14m
Cyrus's New Vaccines
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5 promising factors propelling climate action | Gabriel Kra
Given the scale of the challenge, the conversation a... more
Apr 6 2022 11m
The Benefits of New Technologies.
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The deep sea's medicinal secrets | Sam Afoullouss
Under the sea, untold wonders await in the form of u... more
Mar 17 2022 13m
The Importance of Natural Remedies.
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What seaweed and cow burps have to do with climate change | Ermias Kebreab
Scientists have long known that cows are a huge sour... more
Mar 3 2022 9m
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The incredible cancer-detecting potential of photoacoustic imaging | Lei Li
Could we use the energy from light and sound to dete... more
Feb 2 2022 6m
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Are brain waves the secret to treating Alzheimer's? | Li-Huei Tsai
What if we could use brain waves to treat Alzheimer'... more
Jan 24 2022 12m
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How biochar removes CO2 from the air -- and helps farmers thrive
Biochar is a kind of charcoal that removes CO2 from ... more
Jan 10 2022 11m
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A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar
A king cobra has enough venom to kill 10 people in a... more
Dec 17 2021 5m
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The science of extreme weather -- and how to reduce the harm | Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser
Floods, droughts, heat waves and cold blasts -- why ... more
Nov 23 2021 5m
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The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help | Nithya Ramanathan
Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries... more
Nov 3 2021 5m
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How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar
What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harmin... more
Oct 19 2021 12m
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