TED Talks Science and Medicine podcast

TED Talks Science and Medicine

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Some of the world's greatest scientists, doctors and medical researchers share their discoveries and visions onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

Some of the world's greatest scientists, doctors and medical researchers share their discoveries and visions onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

 

#37

A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing | Romain Lacombe

How often do you think about the air you're breathing? Probably not enough, says entrepren... more

22 Apr 2019

05 MINS

05:25

22 Apr 2019


#36

Can we regenerate heart muscle with stem cells? | Chuck Murry

The heart is one of the least regenerative organs in the human body -- a big factor in mak... more

29 Mar 2019

14 MINS

14:26

29 Mar 2019


#35

To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language | Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi

Bacteria "talk" to each other, sending chemical information to coordinate attacks. What if... more

27 Mar 2019

11 MINS

11:31

27 Mar 2019


#34

Why bees hold the key to our future | Noah Wilson-Rich

Bees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in some... more

20 Mar 2019

12 MINS

12:44

20 Mar 2019


#33

The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait

Phil Plait was on a Hubble Space Telescope team of astronomers who thought they may have c... more

18 Mar 2019

10 MINS

10:59

18 Mar 2019


#32

Where did the Moon come from? A new theory | Sarah T. Stewart

The Earth and Moon are like identical twins, made up of the exact same materials -- which ... more

13 Mar 2019

11 MINS

11:00

13 Mar 2019


#31

How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution | Juliet Brophy

In 2013, a treasure trove of unusual fossils were uncovered in a cave in South Africa, and... more

01 Mar 2019

11 MINS

11:13

01 Mar 2019


#30

The age of genetic wonder | Juan Enriquez

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. Bu... more

15 Feb 2019

17 MINS

17:56

15 Feb 2019


#29

Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer | Sean Davis

The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate... more

29 Jan 2019

09 MINS

09:40

29 Jan 2019


#28

What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue | Jonathan Wilker

What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and ba... more

24 Jan 2019

13 MINS

13:49

24 Jan 2019


#27

The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it | Katharine Hayhoe

How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the sam... more

14 Dec 2018

17 MINS

17:02

14 Dec 2018


#26

3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview | J. Marshall Shepherd

What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, me... more

11 Dec 2018

12 MINS

12:11

11 Dec 2018


#25

The radical possibilities of man-made DNA | Floyd E. Romesberg

Every cell that's ever lived has been the result of the four-letter genetic alphabet: A, T... more

26 Nov 2018

13 MINS

13:46

26 Nov 2018


#24

The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home | Daniel Kraft

We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medicati... more

18 Oct 2018

12 MINS

12:02

18 Oct 2018


#23

5 transformational policies for a prosperous and sustainable world | Johan Rockström

In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainabili... more

17 Oct 2018

12 MINS

12:12

17 Oct 2018


#22

The key to a better malaria vaccine | Faith Osier

The malaria vaccine was invented more than a century ago -- yet each year, hundreds of tho... more

16 Oct 2018

07 MINS

07:02

16 Oct 2018


#21

How I became part sea urchin | Catherine Mohr

As a young scientist, Catherine Mohr was on her dream scuba trip -- when she put her hand ... more

21 Sep 2018

06 MINS

06:06

21 Sep 2018