This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. By walking the line between the dream world and the waking world, we can train to access more of our own wisdom and our own consciousness. In this discussion, we learn about his mode of spirituality. Chongtul Rinpoche is a […]
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The 2,400-year search for the atom – Theresa Doud
View full lesson: How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud details the history of atomic theory. Lesson by […]
Where did Earth’s water come from? – Zachary Metz
View full lesson: Water covers over 70% of the Earth, cycling from the oceans and rivers to the clouds and back again. It even makes up about 60% of our bodies. But in the rest of the solar system, liquid water is almost impossible to find. So how did our planet end up with so […]
How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease – Tien Nguyen
View full lesson: This video was created with support from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity: For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is pretty ridiculous, and that diseases are caused by specific bacteria. But how did we get to this new […]
The effects of underwater pressure on the body – Neosha S Kashef
View full lesson: Why would a fish throw up its stomach? What makes a scuba diver develop painful microbubbles in their joints? Neosha S Kashef details the basics of barotrauma, shedding light on how humans and fish alike are influenced by laws of physics under the sea. Lesson by Neosha S Kashef, animation by The […]
This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life | Tara Djokic
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. Exactly when and where did life on Earth begin? Scientists have long thought that it emerged three billion years ago in the ocean — until astrobiologist Tara Djokic and her team made an unexpected discovery in the western Australian […]