👁The brain science of obesity
🧠Mads Tang-Christensen
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Your belly and your brain speak to each other, says obesity researcher Mads Tang-Christensen. Offering scientific proof that obesity is a disease influenced by genetics and the environment, he introduces a molecule discovered in both the brain and gut that helps control appetite -- and which could be engineered to promote healthy weight loss for those living with obesity.
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👁Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy
🧠Yaël Eisenstat
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣"Lies are more engaging online than truth," says former CIA analyst, diplomat and Facebook employee Yaël Eisenstat. "As long as [social media] algorithms' goals are to keep us engaged, they will feed us the poison that plays to our worst instincts and human weaknesses." In this bold talk, Eisenstat explores how social media companies like Facebook incentivize inflammatory content, contributing to a culture of political polarization and mistrust -- and calls on governments to hold these platforms accountable in order to protect civil discourse and democracy.
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👁Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy?
🧠Elizabeth Cox
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣It's 1954. Vietnamese nationalists are on the verge of securing an independent Vietnam under communist leader Ho Chi Minh. U.S. President Eisenhower claims that by virtue of the "falling domino principle," communist control of Vietnam would lead to the global spread of authoritarian communist regimes. Can you spot the problem with this argument? Elizabeth Cox explores the slippery slope fallacy. [Directed by TOGETHER, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Massassauga].
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👁3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration
🧠Lucy Cooke
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved to be an essential clue in a mystery that had plagued scientists for centuries: the seasonal disappearance of birds. Lucy Cooke digs into the discovery of bird migration. [Directed by Visorama, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Bamm Bamm Wolfgang & Gavin Dodds].
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👁How to be an upstander instead of a bystander
🧠Angélique Parisot-Potter
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣If you see something wrong in the workplace, what should you do? Business leader Angélique Parisot-Potter says you should speak up, even when it's scary. Sharing her personal experience of voicing concerns at work, she offers three lessons on standing up for what's right.
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👁Why people fall for misinformation
🧠Joseph Isaac
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣In 1901, David Hänig published research that led to what we know today as the taste map: an illustration that divides the tongue into four separate areas. It has since been published in textbooks and newspapers. There is just one problem: the map is wrong. So how do misconceptions like this spread, and what makes a fake fact so easy to believe? Joseph Isaac dives into the world of misinformation. [Directed by CUB Animation, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by József Iszlai].
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👁Leave only footprints that will wash away
🧠Palau'nun Çocukları
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The people of Palau -- a pristine ocean state made up of more than 300 islands in the western Pacific -- warmly welcome travelers to their home every year. But the guests don't always know how to protect the country's beautiful beaches and coral atolls. Enter the Palau Pledge: an environmental pledge that's now part of visitors' visas, where they promise to "tread lightly, act kindly and explore mindfully" -- while respecting the country's culture and heritage. (Thanks to Jennifer Koskelin-Gibbons and Susan Kloulechad)
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👁The link between inequality and anxiety
🧠Richard Wilkinson
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Why are global levels of anxiety and depression so high? Social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson presents compelling data on the impact of inequality on mental health and social relationships in countries around the world. "Inequality," he says, "is the enemy between us."
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👁10 steps to boost your financial health -- that you can do in a day
🧠Wendy De La Rosa
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣You take vacation days, sick days and mental health days; now it's time to add a financial health day to that list! What to do on it? Behavioral psychologist Wendy De La Rosa shares 10 simple steps you can take to spend less, save more -- and stress less.
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👁The secret to being a successful freelancer
🧠Paco de Leon
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Too often, freelancers are told they have to choose between being creative or making money. Financial expert Paco de Leon debunks this thinking -- and gives practical advice on how you can set yourself apart and get paid what you deserve.
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👁How do daily habits lead to political violence?
🧠Christiane Marie Abu Sarah
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣What drives someone to commit politically motivated violence? The unsettling answer lies in daily habits. Behavioral historian Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah shares startling insights into how seemingly mundane choices can breed polarization that lead to extreme, even deadly, actions -- and explains how to identify and bypass these behaviors in order to rediscover common ground.
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👁How to break down barriers and not accept limits
🧠Candace Parker
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What can't Candace Parker do? A two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion, Parker knows what it takes to fight for your dreams. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she's learned during a career spent not accepting limits -- and how her daughter taught her the best lesson of all. "Barrier breaking is about not staying in your lane and not being something that the world expects you to be," she says. "It's about not accepting limitations."
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👁Your self-driving robotaxi is almost here
🧠Aicha Evans
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣We've been hearing about self-driving cars for years, but autonomous vehicle entrepreneur Aicha Evans thinks we need to dream more daringly. In this exciting talk, she introduces us to robotaxis: fully autonomous, eco-friendly shuttles that would take you from place to place and take up less space on the streets than personal cars. Learn how this new technology works -- and what a future where we hail robotaxis would look like.
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👁Which animal has the best eyesight?
🧠Thomas W. Cronin
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight? Which sees best in the darkness? Which sees the most detail? Which animal sees the most color? And finally, which detects motion the fastest? Thomas W. Cronin investigates. [Directed by Josefina Preumayr, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].
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👁"Being Human"
🧠Naima Penniman
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣In this stunning spoken-word performance, poet and "freedom-forging futurist" Naima Penniman celebrates the wonders of the natural world and humanity's connection to it. "I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings," she says.
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👁Can you solve the birthday cake riddle?
🧠Marie Brodsky
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Your friend's birthday is tomorrow, and he's turning... well... you've forgotten. A ginormous cake has been prepared and your job is to sculpt his age as the chocolate centerpiece. The birthday boy is a giant, and you're afraid that if your forgetfulness becomes known, you'll become part of the feast. Can you figure out your friend's age before the party? Marie Brodsky shows how. [Directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁The many reasons to eat a plant-based diet
🧠Derek Sarno
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Vegan chef (and head chef of TED Countdown Summit) Derek Sarno is on a mission to unleash the mighty power of plants, creating nutritious food from mushrooms and vegetables that's full of texture and flavor -- and good for the planet. He dishes out some creative cooking inspiration and shares how his personal journey led him to create amazing food that avoids animal suffering.
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👁How language shapes the way we think
🧠Lera Boroditsky
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is," Boroditsky says. "Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000."
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👁Documentary films that explore trauma -- and make space for healing
🧠Almudena Toral
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Through documentary films following survivors of trauma, TED Fellow Almudena Toral makes invisible psychological scars seen. She shares the heartbreaking story of Adayanci Pérez, a six-year-old girl from Guatemala suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to her encounter with US immigration enforcement. A powerful call to give voice to those who are silenced -- and pressure governments to change their course of action.
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👁The tragic myth of the Sun God's son
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Every morning, Helios unleashed his golden chariot, and set out across the sky. As the Sun God transformed dawn into day, he thought of his son, Phaethon, below. To prove to Phaethon that he was truly his father, Helios decided to grant him anything he wanted. Unfortunately, what Phaethon wanted was to drive Helios' chariot for a day. Iseult Gillespie shares the tragic myth of the charioteer. [Directed by Raghav Arumugam and Jagriti Khirwar, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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