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HOW LANGUAGE SHAPES THE WAY WE THINK - LERA BORODITSKY
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we thin... So, I'll be speaking to you using language ... because I can. This is one these magical abilities...
Robert Muggah: How to protect fast-growing cities from failing
We can cut violent deaths around the world by 50 percent in the next three decades. All we have to do is drop killing by 2.3 percent a year, and we'll hit that target. 0:28You don't believe me? Well, the leading epidemiologists and criminologists around...
Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life
It is very fashionable and proper to speak about food in all its forms, all its colors, aromas and tastes.But after the food goes through the digestive system, when it is thrown out as crap, it is no longer fashionable to speak about it. It is rather...
Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus...
Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t
Now, I'm an ethnobotanist. That's a scientist who works in the rainforest to document how people use local plants. I've been doing this for a long time, and I want to tell you, these people know these forests and these medicinal treasures better than...
Dilip Ratha: The hidden force in global economics: sending money home
In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as remittances, makes a significant difference in the lives of those receiving...
Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
I want to talk about social innovation and social entrepreneurship. I happen to have triplets. They're little. They're five years old. Sometimes I tell people I have triplets. They say, "Really? How many?"Here's a picture of the kids. That's Sage and...
Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century
It's very nice to be here tonight. 0:13 So I've been working on the history of income and wealth distribution for the past 15 years, and one of the interesting lessons coming from this historical evidence is indeed that, in the long run, there is a tendency...
How to learn any language in six months: Chris Lonsdale
Have you ever held a question in mind for so long that it becomes part of how you think? Maybe even part of who you are as a person? Well I’ve had a question in my mind for many, many years and that is: how can you speed up learning? Now, this is an interesting...
Alex Wissner-Gross: A new equation for intelligence
Alex Wissner-Gross is a serial big-picture thinker. He applies physics and computer science principles to a wide variety of topics, like human intelligence, climate change and financial trading. Lately Wissner-Gross started wondering: Why have we searched...
McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
If anyone's still worried about today's teenagers melting their brains on the Internet, there's at least one who stands out against the crowd: teen activist McKenna Pope. In 2012 Pope's four-year-old brother, who had a passion for cooking, was beyond...
Maysoon Zayid: Ho 99 problemi...la paralisi è uno solo.
Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she'd get a lot more stage time if she showed off how funny she was. As she told the BBC, "It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going...
Luke Syson: Come ho imparato a smettere di preoccuparmi e amare l'arte " inutile"
Luke Syson joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2012 as the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. This year, he co-curated the small but innovative exhibition "Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance...
Mohamed Hijri: A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis
Mohamed Hijri is a professor of biology and a researcher at the plant biology research institute (l'Institut de recherche en biologie végétale) at the Université de Montréal. His work focuses on the most common and widespread symbiotic relationship on...
Dambisa Moyo: Is China the new idol for emerging economies? ( Video)
Dambisa Moyo's work examines the interplay between rapidly developing countries, international business, and the global economy -- while highlighting opportunities for investment. She has travelled to more than 60 countries over the past decade, studying...
TED Talks - Si può " affamare" il cancro con la dieta ?
In questa interessante presentazione al TED del Febbraio 2010, il ricercatore William Li presenta un nuovo modo di trattare il cancro: la Terapia Antiangiogenetica, mirata sullo sviluppo dei vasi sanguigni che lo alimentano ( Angiogenesi ). Il primo e...
TED Talks - Elizabeth Gilbert sul Genio ( Video)
In una recente presentazione al TED, la scrittrice Elizabeth Gilbert riflette sulle cose impossibili che ci si aspetta dagli artisti e dai geni, e condivide con noi l'idea radicale che il genio, piuttosto che raramente incarnarsi in una persona, è una...
TED Talks - Kelly McGonigal: Come farsi amico lo Stress
Lo Stress fa battere forte il cuore, accelerare la respirazione e sudare la fronte, e nel tempo é stato trasformato in un nemico pubblico della salute. Nuove ricerche suggeriscono peró che lo stress fa male solo se credi che lo faccia. In questa interessane...
Candy Chang: Before I die I want to... ( Video)
Speakers Candy Chang: Artist, designer, urban planner Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places. She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public...