Randy Wadkins
Imagine shrinking down robots to a size so small that they can be injected into humans. Imagine them swimming around in our bodies until they reach the sites of disease, where they apply treatment. That future is called nanomedicine, and it is almost here.
Mitchell Robinson
Diversity is a necessary component for a healthy and functioning community, while biodiversity is the metric for productive ecosystems. These two terms are not mutually exclusive, but rather codependent and essential for addressing matters of culture and conservation on a planet whose landscapes and societies are evolving at an unprecedented pace.
Gregory Heyworth
What if there were a technology to recover these lost and unknown texts? Imagine worldwide how a trove of hundreds of thousands of previously unreadable and unknown works could change our knowledge of the past! What new classics would we discover that could rewrite the canons of literature, history, music, mathematics, philosophy, political science? Or more provocatively, how could they rewrite our cultural identities, building new bridges between cultures and people?
Dr. Hayworth’s talk was picked up by TED and is now featured on TED.com. Congrats, Dr. Hayworth!
Matthew R. Wilson
Are some things always funny? While most jokes rely on cultural context, comic performers throughout history have found common sources of amusement that transcend linguistic or national boundaries. Actor and historian Matthew R. Wilson finds the funny in character types from Greco-Roman comedy, Commedia dell’Arte, Kyōgen, and contemporary film and television.
Chris McCurdy
Peripheral nerve injury, as a consequence of trauma, surgery, inflammation, or other causes, is a major medical problem. Diagnosis and treatment are still considered as unmet medical needs. This TED talk discusses exciting new paths to treating nerve damage.
David Rock
Education can change the world! What should be our focus if we truly want to make a difference using education? This talk shares a list of focal points that can lead to change through education.
Marc Slattery
The evolution of multidrug-resistant infectious diseases has required the continued search for sources of new drugs and coral reefs are the focus of recent attempts to identify drugs from the sea. However, coral reefs worldwide are declining due to increasingly common threats from climate change, pollution, disease, and overfishing. Conservation and sustainable use of these important coral reef habitats are crucial for many reasons, not the least of which is their role in mankind’s current and future attempts to stem the tide of drug resistance.
Catherine Janasie
We treat water like it is both free and limitless. This first part is mostly true. The second part isn’t true.
Michèle Alexandre
The political is personal. The personal is political. And, it all starts and ends with language. In this talk, Michèle asks the audience to think carefully about how coded and gendered words negatively impact not only women, but society at large. With one word, we have the power to affirm or destroy, to liberate or create sub-hierarchies that continue to dehumanize others.
Laura Johnson
In a global, multicultural world, Dr. Laura R. Johnson claims that everyday interactions are cross-cultural and that positive engagement is the answer to a peaceful society. Laura shares tips for the viewer’s own cross-cultural journey by offering intriguing images and stories from her life and work in international psychology. From being mistaken for a dead person, to collaborating with traditional healers, and working with refugees, Laura illuminates the stunning bias in psychology and encourages us to connect, care and collaborate with others.
