Science Should Be a Story | Tyler DeWitt
Tyler DeWitt is willing to bet that you weren’t exactly crazy about your high school science classes, but he doesn’t blame you. In this video, Tyler talks about how forces within science education...
View ArticleWhy We Need Space | Tom Horn
Having grown up studying the night sky at the Mt. Haleakala observatory in Hawaii, it is little surprise that Tom Horn pursued a career in space. Shortly after graduating from Virginia Tech, he was...
View ArticleElectronic Tattoos | Carmichael Roberts and Son
Carmichael Roberts started his career as a technologist and today he builds and invests in companies that use chemistry, materials science and materials engineering in innovative ways to make the...
View ArticleBringing a Star to Earth for Energy | Dennis Whyte
Our lives revolve entirely around electricity. Dennis Whyte, a Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, has a vision for how we can consume energy in a cleaner, nearly limitless way. It’s...
View ArticleThe Science of a Home Run | Andy Andres
The MLB’s Home Run Derby is a thrilling display of batting prowess, but Andy Andres, an award-winning biologist and baseball analyst, says that in reality, only 1 in 70 swings results in a home run....
View ArticleAttend the Whale Song | Roger Payne
What do whales have to do with pollution? How is pouring DDT down your sink connected to pollution in the ocean and in your body? In this talk from TEDxBeaconStreet Roger Payne, the co-discoverer of...
View ArticleWant to get Ahead? Go to Sleep | David Randall
David Randall is a journalist, speaker and educator who came to the subject of sleep after walking into a wall while sleepwalking. That painful experience spurred him to write the bestselling book...
View ArticleOur Speaker Alex-Wissner Gross on TED.com
Congratulations to Alex Wissner-Gross, our first speaker to land on the homepage of TED.com! 820,054 views and counting… That’s the population of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville combined. In...
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