Math can help uncover cancer's secrets | Irina Kareva
Irina Kareva translates biology into mathematics and vice versa. She writes mathematical models that describe the dynamics of cancer, with the goal of developing new drugs that target tumors. "The pow...
3 Apr 20187min
How we can teach computers to make sense of our emotions | Raphael Arar
How can we make AI that people actually want to interact with? Raphael Arar suggests we start by making art. He shares interactive projects that help AI explore complex ideas like nostalgia, intuition...
2 Apr 201811min
Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann
Four decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding g...
30 Mar 201817min
Why I choose humanism over faith | Leo Igwe
As a humanist, Leo Igwe doesn't believe in divine intervention -- but he does believe in the power of human beings to alleviate suffering, cure disease, preserve the planet and turn situations of pove...
29 Mar 201810min
The role of faith and belief in modern Africa | Ndidi Nwuneli
Ndidi Nwuneli has advice for Africans who believe in God -- and Africans who don't. To the religious, she advises against using God to outsource responsibility for what happens in their lives. To the ...
29 Mar 201813min
Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available? | Erica Stone
In the US, your taxes fund academic research at public universities. Why then do you need to pay expensive, for-profit journals for the results of that research? Erica Stone advocates for a new, open-...
28 Mar 20189min
How fungi recognize (and infect) plants | Mennat El Ghalid
Each year, the world loses enough food to feed half a billion people to fungi, the most destructive pathogens of plants. Mycologist and TED fellow Mennat El Ghalid explains how a breakthrough in our u...
27 Mar 20184min
How quantum physics can make encryption stronger | Vikram Sharma
As quantum computing matures, it's going to bring unimaginable increases in computational power along with it -- and the systems we use to protect our data (and our democratic processes) will become e...
27 Mar 201811min
