You have no idea where camels really come from

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This week on TED.com March 26, 2016

Talk of the week Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from 12:27 minutes · Filmed Nov 2015 · Posted Mar 2016 · TED Talks Live Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? Join Radiolab's Latif Nasser as he tells the surprising story of how a very tiny, very strange fossil upended the way he sees camels, and the world. This talk comes from the new PBS show TED Talks: Science & Wonder, premiering March 30 at 10pm Eastern. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks for binge-watching Sit down, press play ... and prepare to be riveted by these beautiful, mysterious, moving talks. Watch » 10 TED Talks • Total run time 2:20:19

More TED Talks If you've taken a career break and are now looking to return to the workforce, would you consider taking an internship? Career reentry expert Carol Fishman Cohen thinks you should. In this talk, hear about Cohen's own experience as a 40-year-old intern, her work championing the success of "relaunchers" and how employers are changing how they engage with return-to-work talent. Watch » When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Boston, makes his case for a reformed justice system that replaces wrath with opportunity. Watch » What can a young woman with an idea, an Internet connection and a bit of creativity achieve? That's all Siyanda Mohutsiwa needed to unite young African voices in a new way. Hear how Mohutsiwa and other young people across the continent are using social media to overcome borders and circumstance, accessing something they have long had to violently take: a voice. Watch » Explore the world without screens in this fanciful demo, as Alex Kipman demonstrates his futuristic vision for HoloLens. Wearing the HoloLens headset, Kipman brings 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. A mix of reality and far-future possibility. (Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters) Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos. That's a fantastic way to be, but it does tend to leave you waking up crying at three o'clock in the morning." Alison Gopnik What do babies think?

 

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Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

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This week on TED.com March 19, 2016

Talk of the week Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator 14:03 minutes · Filmed Feb 2016 · Posted Mar 2016 · TED2016 Tim Urban knows procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, he takes us on a journey through his YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and long bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks to form better habits There's never a bad time to start a good habit (really!). These talks set the framework for a healthier, happier, more creative life. Watch » 8 TED Talks • Total run time 1:37:41

More TED Talks Unveiled at TED: Meet the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that lets you see, grab and move holograms just like physical objects. Its goal: connect us more deeply with our surroundings instead of distracting us from the real world. CEO Meron Gribetz takes the TED stage to demonstrate the reality-shifting Meta 2 for the first time. Watch » Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-danger bias? Through good design. Now, 123 million hosted nights later, Gebbia shares his dream for a culture of sharing -- in which design helps foster community and connection instead of isolation and separation. Watch » Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love -- while their opponents are motivated by hate. No wonder we can't hear each other. But how can we solve problems with so much polarization? Social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for what we can each do as individuals to break the gridlock. "We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war of ideology that we're suffering under and turn it into a competition of ideas," he says. Watch » We don't have to live in a world where 99 percent of rapists get away with it, says TED Fellow Jessica Ladd. With Callisto, a new platform for college students to confidentially report sexual assault, Ladd is helping survivors get the support and justice they deserve while respecting their privacy concerns. "We can create a world where there's a real deterrent to violating the rights of another human being," she says. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ You know what we really need? We need a flexible ideology. We need to be less predictable. Don't we? Do you ever feel like your own ideology is starting to get predictable? Kinda conventional? Do you ever feel like you're always listening to people who agree with you?" Arthur Brooks A conservative's plea: Let's work together

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A powerful talk on the value of doubt

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This week on TED.com March 12, 2016

Talk of the week Casey Gerald: The power of doubt 18:19 minutes · Filmed Feb 2016 · Posted Mar 2016 · TED2016 What do you do when your firmly held beliefs turn out not to be true? All his life, Casey Gerald has searched for something to believe in -- in business, in government, in philanthropy -- but found no easy answers. In this moving, personal talk, he urges us all to question our beliefs and embrace our uncertainty -- and, perhaps, find the courage to believe in something better. Watch now »

Playlist of the week The power of the individual voice It only takes one voice to create change. Be inspired to take action through these talks by brave and passionate individuals. Watch » 6 TED Talks • Total run time 1:43:08

This week's TED Talks Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time -- and to measure its success by the happiness of its people. Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country's mission to put happiness before economic growth. Watch » We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani wants us all to support young girls to take risks and learn to write code -- two skills they'll need in a world that demands innovation and constant learning (which means sometimes failing). "I need each of you to tell every young woman you know to be comfortable with imperfection." Watch » Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future. Watch » Mileha Soneji shares two clever, accessible designs that make living with Parkinson's a bit easier -- and that might inspire your own creative thinking around a problem of your own. "Technology is not always it," she says. "What we need are human-centered solutions." Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ A report found that men will apply for a job if they meet only 60 percent of the qualifications, but women, women will apply only if they meet 100 percent of the qualifications. 100 percent. This study is usually invoked as evidence that, well, women need a little more confidence. But I think it's evidence that women have been socialized to aspire to perfection, and they're overly cautious." Reshma Saujani Teach girls bravery, not perfection

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Dive into an ocean photographer's amazing world

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This week on TED.com March 5, 2016

Talk of the week Thomas Peschak: Dive into an ocean photographer's world 10:10 minutes · Filmed Oct 2015 · Posted Feb 2016 · Mission Blue II Somersaulting manta rays, dashing dolphins, swarming schools of fish and munching sharks inhabit a world beneath the ocean's surface. Underwater photographer Thomas Peschak visits rare seascapes around the world to reveal these hidden ecosystems. Step into the blue with him in this gorgeous, immersive TED Talk. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks for the thoughtful traveler Let these talks encourage you to think differently about the places you visit and the people and things that you see. Watch » 8 TED Talks • Total run time 1:49:46

More TED Talks Textile artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes into her own playground by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works. These warm, fuzzy "yarn bombs" started small, with stop sign poles and fire hydrants in Sayeg's hometown, but soon people found a connection to the craft and spread it across the world. Why? "We all live in this fast-paced, digital world, but we still crave and desire something that's relatable." Watch » If you take two different medications for two different reasons, here's a sobering thought: your doctor may not fully understand what happens when they're combined, because drug interactions are incredibly hard to study in real life. In this fascinating and accessible talk, Russ Altman shows how doctors are studying unexpected drug interactions using a surprising resource: search engine queries. Watch » A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for war-torn families between life in refugee camps or a dangerous illegal journey to a new country. In this insightful talk, he offers four ways to change the way we treat refugees, so they can make an immediate contribution to their new homes. "There's nothing inevitable about refugees being a cost," Betts says. "They're human beings with skills, talents, aspirations, with the ability to make contributions -- if we let them." Watch » Uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalanick wondered if there was a way to get people using Uber along the same routes to share rides, reducing costs and carbon footprint along the way. The result: uberPOOL, the company's carpooling service, which in its first eight months took 7.9 million miles off the roads and 1,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide out of the air in Los Angeles. Now, Kalanick says carpooling could work for commuters in the suburbs, too. "With the technology in our pockets today, and a little smart regulation," he says, "we can turn every car into a shared car, and we can reclaim our cities starting today." Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ As I travel around and I do autism meetings, I'm seeing a lot of smart, geeky, nerdy kids, and they just aren't very social, and nobody's working on developing their interest in something like science. We've got to show these kids interesting stuff." Temple Grandin The world needs all kinds of minds

 

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