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  • The biology of our best and worst selves | Robert Sapolsky

    32,570 views 23 hours ago
    How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky looks at extreme context, examining actions on timescales from seconds to millions of years before they occurred. In this fascinating talk, he shares his cutting edge research into the biology that drives our worst and best behaviors.

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    • The biology of our best and worst selves | Robert Sapolsky - Duration: 15 minutes.

      • 23 hours ago
      • 32,570 views
      How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky looks at extreme context, examining actions o...

    • A tribute to nurses | Carolyn Jones - Duration: 10 minutes.

      • 1 day ago
      • 21,088 views
      Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation's biggest public health issues. She shares personal...

    • A summer school kids actually want to attend | Karim Abouelnaga - Duration: 7 minutes, 6 seconds.

      • 2 days ago
      • 40,757 views
      In the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year. This "summer slump" affects kids from low-income neighborhoods...

    • There's no shame in taking care of your mental health | Sangu Delle - Duration: 9 minutes, 7 seconds.

      • 5 days ago
      • 80,441 views
      When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he le...

    • How to exploit democracy | Laura Galante - Duration: 9 minutes, 34 seconds.

      • 6 days ago
      • 54,190 views
      Hacking, fake news, information bubbles ... all these and more have become part of the vernacular in recent years. But as cyberspace analyst Laura Galante describes in this alarming talk, the real ...

    • This is what democracy looks like | Anthony D. Romero - Duration: 12 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 52,027 views
      In a quest to make sense of the political environment in the United States in 2017, lawyer and ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero turned to a surprising place — a 14th-century fresco by Ital...

    • Behind the lies of Holocaust denial | Deborah Lipstadt - Duration: 15 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 49,088 views
      "There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies," says historian Deborah Lipstadt, telling the remarkable story of her research into Holocaust deniers -- and their deliberate distortion of...

    • Science in service to the public good | Siddhartha Roy - Duration: 14 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 28,341 views
      We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building character. Take, for example, the environmental crisis that recently...

    • On tennis, love and motherhood | Serena Williams and Gayle King - Duration: 18 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 34,747 views
      Twenty-three Grand Slam titles later, tennis superstar Serena Williams sits down with journalist Gayle King to share a warm, mischievous conversation about her life, love, wins and losses -- starti...

    • What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - Duration: 13 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 162,940 views
      Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease -- and some promising rese...

    • How fake news does real harm | Stephanie Busari - Duration: 6 minutes, 27 seconds.

      • 1 week ago
      • 51,806 views
      On April 14, 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Around the world, the crime became epitomized by the slogan #BringBack...

    • How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison | Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll - Duration: 11 minutes.

      • 1 week ago
      • 283,163 views
      Financial literacy isn't a skill -- it's a lifestyle. Take it from Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll. As an incarcerated individual, Caroll knows the power of a dollar. While in prison, he taught himsel...

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