This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In addition to this years TEDwish, TEDxParamaribo proudly announces...

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.

Jessi examines what the term "Animal Lover" means and discusses the difference between Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. Includes questions about elephants a...

Alaa Murabit's family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohib...

Scientists argued for 150 years that politicians needed to stop population growth, but it weren't new laws that stopped its acceleration. No, it happened as ...

“They were all telling me to go away.” Anano, 6, is a child actor. But the situation she’s in is very real. Every day, millions of children living in poverty...

How do you help the ones in need, when corrupt people try to stop it? And what cultural shocks do you encounter when we take some things for granted? Hear To...

Der renommierte Klimaforscher James Hansen berichtet, wie er in die Wissenschaft zum und die Debatte über den Klimawandel involviert wurde. Er erklärt dabei ...