How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain | Kashfia Rahman
Why do teenagers sometimes make outrageous, risky choices? Do they suddenly become reckless, or are they just going through a natural phase? To find out, Kashfia Rahman -- winner of the Intel Internat...
11 Apr 201911min
Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch | Keith Kirkland
Keith Kirkland is developing wearable tech that communicates information using only the sense of touch. He's trying to figure out: What gestures and vibration patterns could intuitively communicate id...
10 Apr 20196min
How to lead a conversation between people who disagree | Eve Pearlman
In a world deeply divided, how do we have hard conversations with nuance, curiosity, respect? Veteran reporter Eve Pearlman introduces "dialogue journalism": a project where journalists go to the hear...
8 Apr 20199min
An AI smartwatch that detects seizures and saves lives | Rosalind Picard
Every year worldwide, more than 50,000 otherwise healthy people with epilepsy suddenly die. These deaths may be largely preventable, says AI researcher Rosalind Picard. Learn how Picard helped develop...
5 Apr 201916min
What refugees need to resettle | Muhammed Idris
Every minute, 20 people are newly displaced by climate change, economic crisis and political instability, according to the UNHCR. How can we help them overcome the barriers to starting new lives? TED ...
4 Apr 20196min
A Parkland teacher's homework for us all | Diane Wolk-Rogers
Diane Wolk-Rogers teaches history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a horrific school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018. How can we end this senseless violence? In a...
3 Apr 201915min
How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble
Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional and brain developme...
2 Apr 201911min
How sci-fi inspired us to go to the Moon | Alexander MacDonald
Long before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, author and NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shows how 300 years of sc...
1 Apr 201913min
