I’ve been asked to say a few words about the global shift in power in politics. That's a hotly debated topic these days. There’s a great deal of speculation about whether or when China will...
(Music) On a typical day at school, endless hours are spent learning the answers to questions, but right now, we'll do the opposite. We're going to focus on questions where you...
So, where do you start when you have a program that's about integrating lives with passions? Well, you start with "why." Why? And that kicks us off for the first speaker...
I'm so sorry guys. I have to -- find another -- I was supposed to give this talk on how to give the perfect TED Talk. And then they put me last. So everyone's already gone. And I´ve...
Thank you guys so much. Also, I'd like to thank Shawn Roggenkamp for the slides and this photography, but you should know the good slides that she did, the bad photography is all me. So, a lot...
So what makes a piece of music beautiful? Well, most musicologists would argue that repetition is a key aspect of beauty. The idea that we take a melody, a motif, a musical idea, we repeat it, we set...
Thanks for calling me a young man! It's really cool to be here. Being hanging out with TED -- It really is quite cool. The good life. Those three words probably mean a whole lot of different...
Earlier this year, I won an International Science Fair. Ever since then, a bunch of people have been asking me, "How on earth could a 15 year old have developed a new way to detect pancreatic...
In my lab, we're developing a brain-computer interface technique that's designed to tweak the brain in a way that may improve self-control. So I thought I'd begin with one...
Michael Okun: Your brain controls everything. Kelly Foote: And we can control your brain. (Laughter) MO: Now, you might be wondering why a neurologist and a neurosurgeon are talking together. Most...