👁Why don’t we get our drinking water from the ocean?
🧠Manish Kumar
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Humans have been transforming seawater into potable freshwater for millennia. Today, billions of people can’t access clean drinking water, and 87 different countries are projected to be “water-scarce” by 2050. So, how can we use seawater desalination to combat water scarcity? And can we do it without further harming the environment? Manish Kumar digs into how scientists are creating freshwater. [Directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁My Big Idea (Ep. 3): The monthly miracle packed with scientific potential
🧠Karli Büchling
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Karli Büchling hates blood, but she has devoted herself to studying it in the service of women’s health. Exploring centuries of stigma around the study of women’s health, she unveils a bold idea to unlock medical breakthroughs in the field. Join Karli as she prepares and delivers her big idea in a groundbreaking TED Talk — and gets exciting news that could accelerate her research and help millions worldwide. (This episode contains medical imagery)
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#women #health #health_care #history #Ideas #public_speaking #human_body

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👁Teach girls bravery, not perfection
🧠Reshma Saujani
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young girls to take risks and learn to program -- two skills they need to move society forward. To truly innovate, we cannot leave behind half of our population, she says. "I need each of you to tell every young woman you know to be comfortable with imperfection."
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#computers #future #education #innovation #personal_growth #motivation #potential #social_change #teaching

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👁This is the most common way to get head lice
🧠Nazzy Pakpour
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them. Nit combs, the fine-tooth brushes used to remove lice and their sticky eggs, have been found among the ancient remains of cultures across the globe. Today it’s estimated we spend billions of dollars each year treating infestations. So why are lice so difficult to get rid of? Nazzy Pakpour digs into these stubborn insects. [Directed by Oksana Kurmaz, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁How disgust drives your politics
🧠Cindy Kam
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Would you eat a bug? How about fine-crafted chocolate — shaped like poo? Your answer depends on both your disgust at the prospect and whether you choose to act on that emotion, says political psychologist Cindy Kam. She dives into how the feeling of disgust — whether motivated by real or imagined contamination — can connect or divide us, from everyday decisions to political alliances.
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👁What you miss when you focus on the average
🧠Sharon Zicherman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Are you looking at the right data when making big decisions? Data deconstructor Sharon Zicherman challenges our reliance on averages, showing how they can be misleading — especially in life-changing moments. By rethinking the way we interpret data, he reveals a smarter approach to assessing risk and making better choices.
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👁My Big Idea (Ep. 1): A joyful way to get outside
🧠Hazel Cottle
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣As a mother and occupational therapist, Hazel Cottle knows how important it is for both her kids and her patients to spend time outdoors. It sparks joy, brings people together and improves lives. Yet in the UK, a country where it rains a lot, it can be tempting to stay warm and dry inside the house. Hazel thinks she has the perfect solution to encourage families to get outside — even when it’s wet and dreary. Join Hazel as she prepares and delivers her big idea in a TED Talk — and gets some surprising news that just might bring puddle parks to life.
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#emotions #kids #parenting #health #relationships #happiness #friendship #water #nature

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👁Can we build AI without losing control over it?
🧠Sam Harris
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.
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#brain #AI #history #future #humanity #innovation #invention #machine_learning #neuroscience

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👁A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world
🧠Mohamed Aburawi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What if AI could help connect you with the right medical care, exactly when you need it? Health systems entrepreneur, surgeon and TED Fellow Mohamed Aburawi explores how his digital health platform, Speetar, uses AI to bridge the healthcare gap in underserved regions, like his native Libya, by connecting patients with doctors who truly understand their needs.
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👁Why social health is key to happiness and longevity
🧠Kasley Killam
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣You know it's important to take care of your physical and mental health. But what about your social health? Social scientist Kasley Killam shows how feeling a sense of belonging and connection has concrete benefits to your overall health — and explains why it may be the missing key to living a longer and happier life.
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#health #relationships #mental_health #emotions #friendship #psychology #love

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👁What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?
🧠Nick Bostrom
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds -- within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: "Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make." A philosopher and technologist, Bostrom asks us to think hard about the world we're building right now, driven by thinking machines. Will our smart machines help to preserve humanity and our values -- or will they have values of their own?
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#AI #future #philosophy #technology #machine_learning

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👁How a worm could save humanity from bad AI
🧠Ramin Hasani
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What if AI could think and adapt like a real brain? TED Fellow and AI scientist Ramin Hasani shares how liquid neural networks — a new, more flexible AI technology inspired by physics and living brains — could transform how we solve complex problems.
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👁Can AI predict someone's breakup?
🧠Thomas Hofweber
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A couple has been considering getting engaged, but they’re worried about divorce statistics. An AI-based model was just released that can predict your likelihood of divorce with 95% accuracy. The only catch is the model doesn’t offer any reasons for its results. So, should they decide whether or not to get married based on this AI’s prediction? Thomas Hofweber explores AI’s transparency problem. [Directed by Hannah Lau-Walker, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Phil Brookes].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #AI #technology #machine_learning #relationships #ethics

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👁Why AI needs a "nutrition label"
🧠Kasia Chmielinski
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What do sandwiches have to do with AI? Data reformist Kasia Chmielinski helps us think about artificial intelligence with a useful food metaphor — and breaks down why AI systems should have "nutrition labels" to ensure the development of fairer, more transparent algorithms.
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👁You might be surprised by what you'd find in your pores
🧠M. Alejandra Perotti
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Two species of Demodex mites specifically inhabit human follicles. And not just some people’s— nearly everyone is thought to host mites. One person’s face might harbor hundreds or even thousands of individual mites. On any given day, these microscopic arachnids are probably eating, mating, and laying eggs inside your pores. So, is this… okay? M. Alejandra Perotti investigates. [Directed by Caitlin McCarthy, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁The jokes AI won’t tell
🧠Jena Friedman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Could a robot ever be funny? In a sharp standup act, comedian Jena Friedman lambasts the mad dash to develop AI and offers a surprising take on why it will never replace comedians. (Contains mature content.)
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👁Your phone’s camera isn’t as good as you think
🧠Rachel Yang
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When the Visualphone VP210 hit the market in 1999, it advertised a never-before-seen feature: a camera. With only .11 megapixels, the Visualphone is a relic compared to modern devices. But while this technology has improved dramatically, engineers are rapidly approaching a hard limit on phone camera quality. So, what's limiting them? Rachel Yang shares a snapshot of how digital cameras work. [Directed by Vicente Numpaque, Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by A4M, Audio For Media].
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👁How we’re turning pollution into toys, toothpaste and more
🧠Xu Hao
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣It took alcohol 200 years to go from scientific discovery to industrial revolution, but tech innovator Xu Hao says we can’t afford to wait that long to tackle the climate crisis. He explores why most climate solutions are still stuck in labs — despite breakthrough science that can turn planet-warming CO2 into everyday products like toothpaste, water bottles and smartphone components — and explains what it will take for a clean future to arrive sooner than we think.
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#Countdown #science #technology #climate_change #innovation #engineering #sustainability #fossil_fuels

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👁This is what happens when you reply to spam email
🧠James Veitch
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, weeks-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.
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#comedy #curiosity #communication #humor #technology

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👁Is it really that bad to eat cookie dough?
🧠Emma Bryce
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Salmonella infects millions worldwide each year, causing fever, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. And these effects can be extreme: Salmonella is the leading cause of hospitalizations and deaths from food poisoning. So, how does it spread from chickens to humans? And how does it make us sick? Emma Bryce follows the journey of this crafty pathogen from farm to plate. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #food #disease #bacteria #illness #human_body #biology

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