ted talks ( video)

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...

 26 janvier 2022
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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,...

 26 janvier 2015
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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...

 26 janvier 2015
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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...

 27 novembre 2014
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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...

 27 novembre 2014
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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...

 9 octobre 2014
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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...

 7 octobre 2014
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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...

 7 octobre 2014
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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...

 14 mars 2014
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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...

 11 février 2014
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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:...

 11 février 2014
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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,...

 10 février 2014
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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...

 10 février 2014
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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)...

 15 novembre 2013
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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...

 15 novembre 2013
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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...

 20 septembre 2013
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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,...

 10 septembre 2013
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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...

 10 septembre 2013
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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...

 18 janvier 2013
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