👁Playing with DNA that self-assembles
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👣Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and more. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a demonstration of self-assembly at the smallest of scales -- with vast implications for the future of making things.
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👁The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet
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👣Forget the latest disease in the news: Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it’s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits can save lives.
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👁Invest in Africa's own solutions
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👣Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
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👁On reading the Koran
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👣Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified \"tourist\" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk.
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👁Why we love, why we cheat
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👣Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic – love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.
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👁This is the side hustle revolution
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👣Past generations found a company to work for and then stayed there for decades. But today, we rarely stay in the same job (let alone on the same career path) and we don't rely on a single income stream. The tools and resources are out there for us to do our own thing, and more of us are going with the entrepreneurial spirit -- even if it's on the side of a traditional job. Podcaster and marketer Nicaila Matthews Okome helps survey the scene.
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👁Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
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👣Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of \"grit\" as a predictor of success.
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👁7 common questions about workplace romance
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👣Should you date your coworker? Should workplace couples keep their relationships secret? And why are coworkers so often attracted to each other? Organizational psychologist Amy Nicole Baker shares the real answers to commonly asked questions about romance at the office.
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👁The surprising science of happiness
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👣Dan Gilbert, author of \"Stumbling on Happiness,\" challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our \"psychological immune system\" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
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#TED2004 #brain #choice #culture #evolution #happiness #psychology #science

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👁The agony of trying to unsubscribe
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👣It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox. Comedian James Veitch turned this frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer. Hijinks ensued.
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👁How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion?
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👣By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk packed with wit and wisdom, science journalist Charles C. Mann breaks down the proposed solutions and finds that the answers fall into two camps -- wizards and prophets -- while offering his own take on the best path to survival.
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#TED2018 #technology #science #Anthropocene #climate_change #nature #social_change #future #society #sustainability #environment #global_issues

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👁My wish: A global day of film
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👣Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.
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#TED2006 #TED_Prize #culture #entertainment #film #global_issues #peace #social_change #storytelling #art #movies

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👁The art of asking
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👣Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
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👁An unsung hero of the civil rights movement - Christina Greer
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👣In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington to nearly a quarter million people. None of it would have been possible without the march's chief organizer – a man named Bayard Rustin. Christina Greer details his life of advocacy as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and the challenges he faced as an openly gay black man.
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👁My escape from North Korea
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👣As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was \"the best on the planet.\" It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at 14, to begin a life in hiding, as a refugee in China. Hers is a harrowing, personal tale of survival and hope -- and a powerful reminder of those who face constant danger, even when the border is far behind.
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👁How video games turn players into storytellers
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👣Have you ever watched a film or read a novel, wishing that you could change the narrative to save your favorite character? Game designer David Cage allows you do just that in his video games, where players make decisions that shape an ever-changing plot. In a talk and live demo, Cage presents a scene from his new project, letting the audience control a character's decisions. \"Interactive storytelling can be what cinema was in the 20th century: an art that deeply changes its time,\" Cage says.
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👁How education helped me rewrite my life
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👣There's no greater freedom than finding your purpose, says education advocate Ashweetha Shetty. Born to a poor family in rural India, Shetty didn't let the social norms of her community stifle her dreams and silence her voice. In this personal talk, she shares how she found self-worth through education -- and how she's working to empower other rural youth to explore their potential. \"All of us are born into a reality that we blindly accept -- until something awakens us and a new world opens up,\" Shetty says.
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#TEDWomen_2018 #education #india #children #personal_growth #potential #future #society #social_change #activism #community #women

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👁Can you solve the rogue AI riddle? - Dan Finkel
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👣A hostile artificial intelligence called NIM has taken over the world’s computers. You’re the only person skilled enough to shut it down, and you’ll only have one chance. Can you survive and shut off the artificial intelligence? Dan Finkel shows how.
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👁The fascinating science of bubbles, from soap to champagne
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👣In this whimsical talk and live demo, scientist Li Wei Tan shares the secrets of bubbles -- from their relentless pursuit of geometric perfection to their applications in medicine and shipping, where designers are creating more efficient vessels by mimicking the bubbles created by swimming penguins. Learn more about these mathematical marvels and tap into the magic hidden in the everyday world.
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👁Why you should bring your whole self to work
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👣Dan Clay was worried about being dismissed as \"too gay\" at work, so he dialed down his personality. But then his alter ego, Carrie Dragshaw, went viral online. Here's what happened next.
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👁How does cancer spread through the body? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun
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👣Cancer usually begins with one tumor in a specific area of the body. But if the tumor is not removed, cancer has the ability to spread to nearby organs as well as places far away from the origin, like the brain. How does cancer move to these new areas and why are some organs more likely to get infected than others? Ivan Seah Yu Jun explains the three common routes of metastasis.
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