👁Why fish are better at breathing than you are
🧠Dan Kwartler
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Recent studies found that elite runners can take in twice as much oxygen as non-runners. And it’s likely that this superhuman ability played a role in breaking the two-hour marathon barrier in 2019. But when it comes to breathing efficiently, not even the best runners can compete with the average fish. What makes fish some of the best breathers on Earth? Dan Kwartler explores the science of gills. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #fish #ocean #biology #science

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👁The fight over minerals for green energy — and a better way forward
🧠Saleem Ali
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣To transition to clean energy and green technology like electric cars, the world needs massive amounts of essential minerals. Environmental peacemaker Saleem Ali explains the conflicts already arising between countries rushing to mine and extract these precious minerals — and shows how the world can find a way to cooperate rather than fight resource wars.
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#climate_change #natural_resources #sustainability #war #global_issues #community #environment

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👁The alchemy of pop
🧠Kesha
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣"You can write a song and you can not tell the truth, but your song will suck," says pop star Kesha. So what's the secret to making a great pop song? She explains the special alchemy of her own hits like "TiK ToK" and "Praying" and gives a stunning debut performance of her new song, "Cathedral." (Note: This talk contains mature language.)
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#music #entertainment #culture #performance #personal_growth

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👁What to do when you offend someone
🧠Lambers Fisher
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Misunderstandings between you and your loved ones will happen — it's what you do next that matters most, says marriage and family therapist Lambers Fisher. Drawing on his work helping couples and relatives work through communication issues, he shares four principles to accept the inevitability of offending someone close to you — and how to use these moments to build trust and empathy.
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#relationships #emotions #communication #community #family #psychology #love

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👁The Greek myth of the serpent’s curse
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When Cadmus walked the Earth, just a few generations separated him from his divine ancestors. From atop Mount Olympus, they scrutinized and meddled with mortals like himself. Cadmus was a skilled warrior and heir to the Phoenician throne, but he wouldn’t stay in the gods’ favor for long— a critical mistake would seal his tragic fate. Iseult Gillespie details the Greek myth of the serpent’s curse. [Directed by Adriana Monteforte Lahera, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Hrvoje Nikšić].
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👁Why do snakes have forked tongues?
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣An alligator snapping turtle lures its prey using a blood-engorged tongue that resembles a wriggling worm. And it’s far from the only animal doing tongue trickery. Tongues in the animal kingdom vary widely — from texture and length, to shape and dexterity. So, what's the point of having so many different kinds of tongues? Cella Wright explores how different species use the appendage to survive. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #animals #science #biology #evolution

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👁Bravery, brilliance and RuPaul Charles | On the Spot
🧠RuPaul Charles
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In the debut of TED's new "On the Spot" rapid-fire Q&A format, Emmy-winning television superstar and drag icon RuPaul Charles answers questions about bravery, brilliance and more — all with his signature wit and wisdom. Get a glimpse inside RuPaul's head and hear his thoughts on the power of drag, the best way to slay, the most important personality trait -- and the best advice he's ever been given. (Featuring an equally rapid-fire Q&A with TED's Helen Walters.)
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#entertainment #TV #creativity #identity #motivation #personal_growth #self #art

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👁Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space?
🧠Shannon Odell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Astronauts aboard the space station Mir made a frightening discovery: several species of Earth-derived fungi were found growing throughout the shuttle, blanketing air conditioners and corroding control panels, putting both the station’s integrity and their lives at risk. How had the fungi survived the journey to space? Shannon Odell shares why fungi may be the key to our future on other planets. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #plants #fungi #space #Planets #science #biology

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👁What's possible when the arts belong to everybody
🧠Lear deBessonet with Brian Stokes Mitchell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣With huge, city-wide casts from an array of communities, theater director Lear deBessonet's productions illuminate the unique power of the arts to transform our lives through collective expression. She explores the power of spectacle to inspire awe, connect individuals and heal loneliness with tangible, life-changing results. In a dramatic moment, deBessonet's message comes to life when Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell takes the stage for a dazzling performance of "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)," accompanied by pianist Todd Almond, the MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band and some surprise vocalists.
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#art #theater #performance #community #public_health #culture #entertainment #collaboration #creativity

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👁The satellite helping slow climate change — right now
🧠Millie Chu Baird
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Meet MethaneSAT: the satellite circling Earth right now to track global emissions from methane: a highly potent, short-term greenhouse gas. Environmental advocate Millie Chu Baird details the heat-trapping side effects of a planet full of methane — and explains why understanding where it comes from and taking steps to reduce it is the single most important thing we can do to affect climate change in our lifetimes. (MethaneSAT is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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#technology #space #climate_change #environment #science

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👁Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible?
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣It's something we've all experienced: the back of your elbow smacks against a hard surface and the impact sends a sensation so distinctly disquieting shooting down your arm that it takes several moments to regain composure. So, why does hitting this spot on your elbow— commonly known as the funny bone— feel so weird? Cella Wright explains one of the most complicated joints in the body. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #human_body #pain #biology #science

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👁What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Throughout the 1980s, oil industry reps discussed the dangers of burning fossil fuels, acknowledging the risk their product posed to the future of humanity. However, instead of warning the public or pivoting towards renewable energy sources, they doubled down on oil — and launched a decades-long campaign to discredit climate change science. Stephanie Honchell Smith digs into Big Oil's tactics. [Directed by Sofia Pashaei, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #fossil_fuels #climate_change #history #business #renewable_energy

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👁The secret force for limitless energy? Lasers
🧠Tammy Ma
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In 2022, physicist Tammy Ma and her team achieved a scientific breakthrough decades in the making: fusion ignition, or the combining of two atoms to generate more energy out of a reaction than was put in — recreating on Earth the same process that powers the Sun. She explains how they used a giant laser (way, way bigger than you're thinking) to catalyze this reaction and shares a vision for how this technology could change the world by creating limitless clean energy.
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#energy #science #future #Sun #renewable_energy #innovation #technology #engineering #physics

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👁A firework ladder to the sky — and the magic of explosive art
🧠Cai Guo-Qiang
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣From a boy setting off small explosions in his living room to the creator of world-famous pyrotechnic events, multidisciplinary artist Cai Guo-Qiang has always been drawn to gunpowder. He gives a stunning tour of his work — including his fireworks spectacle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his "sky ladder" of fire reaching to the clouds and new work created with AI — and shows how his art probes the line between destruction and construction, control and freedom, violence and beauty. (This talk was delivered in Mandarin and translated live into English. The translation was put through a custom AI model of Cai Guo-Qiang's voice, powered by technology from Metaphysic. You'll hear how Cai would sound if he were speaking English.)
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#art #creativity #AI #technology #culture #storytelling

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👁The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it
🧠Jonathan Foley
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to build a better food system world-wide, starting with four key steps to cut emissions.
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#climate_change #food #agriculture #pollution #environment #science #data #sustainability #Countdown

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👁How to break through fear and become a leader
🧠Valerie Montgomery Rice
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Vigilance. Grit. Resilience. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, shares where she learned these key qualities of successful leadership, offering three lessons for anyone who wants to overcome their fears, stand up for what’s right and build opportunity for all.
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#leadership #entrepreneur #community #family #fear #women #work #business #culture

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👁How buildings can improve life — inside and out
🧠Doris Sung
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Architect and building tech innovator Doris Sung presents a compelling vision for reimagining building facades as active contributors to urban life and public health. Showcasing innovative technologies — like buildings that filter particulates out of the air and facades that react to heat — Sung demonstrates how modern architecture can evolve beyond aesthetics to address critical issues like pollution, energy efficiency and urban heat islands, offering a glimpse into a future where architecture improves life for inhabitants and pedestrians alike.
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#architecture #creativity #future #infrastructure #public_space #urban_planning

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👁Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler
🧠Hartmut Neven
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Quantum computers obtain superpowers by tapping into parallel universes, says Hartmut Neven, the founder and lead of Google Quantum AI. He explains how this emerging tech can far surpass traditional computers by relying on quantum physics rather than binary logic, and shares a roadmap to build the ultimate quantum computer. Learn how this fascinating and powerful tech can help humanity take on seemingly unsolvable problems in medicine, sustainable energy, AI, neuroscience and more.
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#quantum #computers #technology #science #innovation #AI #neuroscience #sustainability #medicine

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👁The most dangerous elements on the periodic table
🧠Shannon Odell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Within the periodic table loom many potential hazardous elements. Some elements are dangerous due to their toxicity. Others are dangerous because of how they respond, react, or even explode in the outside environment. And perhaps the most threatening elements are those that silently emit energy. So, which substances on the periodic table are the most dangerous? Shannon Odell investigates. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁How to disagree with respect — not hate
🧠Spencer J. Cox
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Spencer J. Cox, Republican governor of the state of Utah in the United States, says that even in these deeply polarized times, it's still possible to disagree without hate or contempt. He shows how this idea sparked a viral campaign ad he co-created with his Democratic political opponent back in 2020 — and shares four practical things every one of us can do to heal the divides in our nations and neighborhoods. (TED is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and does not participate or intervene in any political campaign and neither supports nor opposes any candidate for public office.)
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#communication #community #social_change #politics #culture #media #leadership #democracy #government

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