How a dead duck changed my life: Kees Moeliker at TED2013
In 1995, the Natural History Museum Rotterdam got a new wing made of glass. It was beautiful for humans — but not so much for birds. M...
Go home and talk s***: Rose George at TED2013
A trip to a public bathroom stall several years ago inspired journalist Rose George to think. “I asked myself the question: Where does...
Indelicate Conversation: Speakers in Session 9 at TED2013
This session, delicately titled “Indelicate conversation,” took a look at some topics not meant for the dinner table with talks ...
Quoted: Denise Herzing on communicating with extraterrestrials
Denise Herzing has spent more than 25 years studying dolphins in the wild, living each summer on a boat in the Bahamas for better access to ...
Hunting monster primes: Adam Spencer at TED2013
Adam Spencer is a radio host in in Sydney during the morning commute. But he says he’s here not as a radio host or as a comedian, R...
Breaking the silence of deafness: Mohamed Jemni at TED2013
“80% of deaf people in the world,” says Mohamed Jemni, “do not have access to education.” Jemni, professor of ICT an...
Mona Lisa 2.0: Raghava KK at TED2013
No stranger to the TED stage, Raghava KK returns with exciting updates on his work. Raghava is experimenting with EEG headsets that use brai...
The language of dolphins: Denise Herzing at TED2013
A dolphin’s brain-to-body-weight ratio is second only to a human’s. They live complex social lives, can understand abstract conc...
The linguistic miracle of texting: John McWhorter at TED2013
More than 22 million text messages are sent across the world every day … many in truly terrible English. It’s the end of the wor...