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- My story of love and loss as a transracial adoptee | Sara Jones
A mysterious tattoo on her forearm was all that linked Sara Jones, who was adopted as a child by white parents, to her South Korean origins. Searching for her birth family taught h…
- Let's make the world wild again | Kristine Tompkins
Earth, humanity and nature are inextricably interconnected. To restore us all back to health, we need to "rewild" the world, says environmental activist Kristine Tompkins. Tracing…
- Autofocusing reading glasses of the future | Nitish Padmanaban
As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK s…
- The secret weapon against pandemics | Georges C. Benjamin
The coronavirus pandemic won't be the last crisis to test public health systems worldwide, says physician and health policy leader Georges C. Benjamin. He details what's needed to…
- A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy | Uri Alon
How can we return to work without spurring a second surge of coronavirus infection? Biologist Uri Alon shares a thought-provoking strategy: four days at work followed by 10 days of…
- 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as…
Actionable solutions to support the mental health of US veterans | Charles P. SmithVeterans in the United States take their own lives at an alarming rate. Suggesting new ways to prioritize mental health in the military, veterans advocate Charles P. Smith offers a…
- The Real Reason You Procrastinate
You procrastinate because you're lazy, right? Wrong. The truth is more complex—and far more interesting. Learn how to stop putting off important tasks ... with a little help from m…
- Can we edit memories? | Amy Milton
Trauma and PTSD rewire your brain -- especially your memory -- and can unearth destructive emotional responses when stirred. Could we eliminate these triggers without erasing the m…
- To overcome challenges, stop comparing yourself to others | Dean Furness
When you stop comparing yourself to others, you can accomplish great things, says wheelchair athlete Dean Furness. He shares how, after losing the use of his legs in an accident, h…
The case for student mental health days | Hailey HardcastleSchool can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout — but there's often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize their well-being. Hailey Hardcastle…
Restoring human dignity at the US southern border | Norma PimentelAfter seeing the conditions in which children were held at a detention center on the US-Mexico border, Sister Norma Pimentel established a humanitarian respite center in Texas wher…
- How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
How do doctors in the emergency room stay calm and focused amidst the chaos? Drawing on years of experience, ER doctor Darria Long shares a straightforward framework to help you ta…
- How The Bail Project is reforming criminal justice in the US | Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi
Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can’t come up with the money to pay cash bail. To try and fix t…
- A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic | Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi
How can we stop the next pandemic before it starts? Disease researchers Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi introduce Sentinel, an early warning system that detects and tracks viral…
- The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how…
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response | Huang HungTo combat COVID-19, countries have enforced city-wide shutdowns, stay-at-home orders and mask mandates -- but the reaction (and adherence) to these rules has differed markedly in t…
How face surveillance threatens your privacy and freedom | Kade CrockfordPrivacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this…
- The cost of workplace stress -- and how to reduce it | Rob Cooke
By some estimates, work-related stress drains the US economy of nearly 300 billion dollars a year -- and it can hurt your productivity and personal health too, says wellness advoca…
How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim CollinsBefore the coronavirus pandemic, bioengineer Jim Collins and his team combined the power of AI with synthetic biology in an effort to combat a different looming crisis: antibiotic-…
