The aboriginal culture of Australia, includes a large number of tribes inhabiting the oceanic continent before the arrival of the white man. But all that ric...

Stephen speaks about recent changes in the nonprofit sector, and how we can work to provide better humanitarian aid. Stephen Ladek is an international develo...

The power of human rights education is illustrated through case studies from India, Australia and Turkey in this film jointly produced by SGI, Human Rights E...

Ross Stein is a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey in California, who studies how earthquakes interact by the transfer of stress. He wants everyone t...

Ukrainians took to the streets in in November 2013. As the movement later known as the Euromaidan, or “Euro Square,” pulled western Ukraine closer to its Eur...

In this eye-opening talk, veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how astroturf, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate,...

Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.

Damien Declercq on "Why we are entering a mobility revolution" at TEDxHamburgSalon (http://www.tedxhamburg.de) Damien has a background in mechanical and prod...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Aging is a common risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, ...