The mysterious connection between your emotions and heart.

This week on TED.com September 14, 2019

Talk of the week How your emotions change the shape of your heart 16:02 minutes · Filmed Jul 2019 · Posted Sep 2019 · TEDSummit 2019 "A record of our emotional life is written on our hearts," says cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar. In a stunning talk, he explores the mysterious ways our emotions impact the health of our hearts -- causing them to change shape in response to grief or fear, to literally break in response to emotional heartbreak -- and calls for a shift in how we care for our most vital organ. Watch now »

Playlist of the week All about the heart Get to know your heart a bit better with insightful talks on this powerful, life-sustaining organ. Watch » Total run time 1:02:59

This week's new TED Talks The dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward Rising inequality and growing political instability are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory, says entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. In a visionary talk, he dismantles the mantra that "greed is good" -- an idea he describes as not only morally corrosive, but also scientifically wrong -- and lays out a new theory of economics powered by reciprocity and cooperation. How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing When we define racism as behaviors instead of feelings, we can measure it -- and transform it from an impossible problem into a solvable one, says justice scientist Phillip Atiba Goff. In an actionable talk, he shares his work at the Center for Policing Equity, an organization that helps police departments diagnose and track racial gaps in policing in order to eliminate them. A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer Carl June is the pioneer behind CAR T-cell therapy: a groundbreaking cancer treatment that supercharges part of a patient's own immune system to attack and kill tumors. In a talk about a breakthrough, he shares how three decades of research culminated in a therapy that's eradicated cases of leukemia once thought to be incurable -- and explains how it could be used to fight other types of cancer. Community-powered criminal justice reform Community organizer Raj Jayadev wants to transform the US court system through "participatory defense" -- a growing movement that empowers families and community members to impact their loved ones' court cases. He shares the remarkable results of their work -- including more than 4,000 years of "time saved" from incarceration -- and shows how this new model could shift the landscape of power in the courts. What reading slowly taught me about writing Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we'd go and introduce us to people we never thought we'd meet. "Isn't that what this is all about -- finding a way, at the end of the day, to not feel alone in this world, and a way to feel like we've changed it before we leave?" she asks. How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes -- whether it's to stoke violence or defame politicians and journalists -- is becoming a real threat. As these tools become more accessible and their products more realistic, how will they shape what we believe about the world? In a portentous talk, law professor Danielle Citron reveals how deepfakes magnify our distrust -- and suggests approaches to safeguarding the truth.

READ THE LATEST ON IDEAS.TED.COM Helpful advice for aspiring writers of all ages. Author Jacqueline Woodson shares wisdom on how to express your unique perspective with feeling and originality. Ever wondered: "What if I’m buried when I’m just in a coma?" A mortician shares insider knowledge, eyebrow-raising trivia and, yes, an answer to that question. Four very human mistakes that we all make when meeting people. Writer Malcolm Gladwell shows how our inborn tendencies and biases prevent us from spotting the evil among us. Tap into the power to persuade by using these six techniques of clear and compelling speech. Check out the rhetorical devices politicians and other public figures deploy to communicate and convince.

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Humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years, but astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier is on a special mission: creating the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe ever made. Journey across the cosmos as she shares her team's work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, imaging millions of stars, black holes and galaxies in unprecedented detail. If we maintain our pace, she says, we can map every large galaxy in the observable universe by 2060. "We've gone from arranging clamshells to general relativity in a few thousand years," she says. "If we hang on 40 more, we can map all the galaxies."

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What!? Mapping the entire universe! Are you kidding me? This is an absolutely delightful talk by a real-life explorer/Jedi that is guaranteed to put your jaw on the ground. A great reminder of just how small, but mighty we are. Briar Goldberg, Director - Speaker Coaching, TED

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Parting thought “The kindness of strangers and the support of the international community are truly the rays of hope we North Korean people need.” Hyeonseo Lee, Activist, from Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea

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Why you should become a climate activist

Climate activism is a job for all humanity.

This week on TED.com September 7, 2019

Talk of the week Why I became a climate activist -- and why you should too 17:43 minutes · Filmed Jul 2019 · Posted Sep 2019 · TEDxYouth@München "I dream of a world where geography classes teach about the climate crisis as this one great challenge that was won by people like you and me," says climate activist Luisa Neubauer. With Greta Thunberg, Neubauer helped initiate "Fridays For Future," the momentous international school strike movement that protests the lack of action on the climate crisis. She shares four first steps that anyone, regardless of age, can take to become a climate activist. "This is not a job for a single generation. This is a job for humanity," she says. Watch now »

Playlist of the week The forecast calls for... Your weather report: sunny skies, mild temperatures and a 100 percent chance of atmospheric TED Talks. Watch » Total run time 2:16:47

This week's new TED Talks Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists Journalist Andrew Marantz spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls and social media propagandists, seeking out the people who are propelling fringe talking points into the heart of conversation online and trying to understand how they're making their ideas spread. Go down the rabbit hole of online propaganda and misinformation -- and learn we can start to make the internet less toxic. A climate change solution that's right under our feet There's two times more carbon in the earth's soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere -- combined. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping power to offset climate change. "[Soil] represents the difference between life and lifelessness in the earth system, and it can also help us combat climate change -- if we can only stop treating it like dirt," she says. How porn changes the way teens think about sex "The free, online, mainstream pornography that teenagers are most likely to see is a completely terrible form of sex education," says public health researcher Emily F. Rothman. She shares how her mission to end dating and sexual violence led her to create a pornography literacy program that helps teens learn about consent and respect -- and invites them to think critically about sexually explicit media. What happened when we paired up thousands of strangers to talk politics In spring 2019, more than 17,000 Europeans from 33 countries signed up to have a political argument with a complete stranger. They were part of "Europe Talks," a project that organizes one-on-one conversations between people who disagree -- sort of like a Tinder for politics. Editor Jochen Wegner shares the unexpected things that happened when people met up to talk -- and shows how face-to-face discussions could get a divided world to rethink itself.

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Hi Chia-Ching, Here's an idea we think you'll appreciate. What hallucination reveals about our minds by Oliver Sacks was recommended by Emily McManus:

This talk is vintage Oliver Sacks: He tells you something jaw-dropping about the way your mind works, wrapped in relevant, personal and unforgettable stories. It's 18 minutes well spent, both for the information about your marvelous brain and for the gift of time with this wonderful scientist and storyteller. Emily McManus, Managing Editor, TED

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Parting thought “Nature doesn't draw the line for us between male and female … we actually draw that line on nature.” Alice Dreger, Historian, from Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny?

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