The surprising science of your gut

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This week on TED.com November 5, 2017

Talk of the week Giulia Enders: The surprisingly charming science of your gut 14:03 minutes · Filmed May 2017 · Posted Nov 2017 · TEDxDanubia Learn about how digestion (and a whole lot more) happens inside your body, as doctor and author Giulia Enders takes us inside the complex, fascinating science of the gut -- including its connection to mental health, and a whole lot more you might not know.  Watch now »

Playlist of the week The power of asking Some things are more within your grasp than you may think ... especially if you ask. Watch » 4 TED Talks • Total run time 48:11

This week's new TED Talks Congratulations! By being here, alive, you are one of history's winners, a success story 4 billion years in the making. How did we get so lucky? In this short, funny talk, paleobiologist Lauren Sallan shares insights on how your ancestors' survival through mass extinction made you who you are today. Watch » "My science fiction has different ancestors -- African ones," says writer Nnedi Okorafor. In between readings from her "Binti" series and her novel "Lagoon," Okorafor discusses the inspiration and roots of her work -- and how she opens new doors through her Afrofuturist writing. Watch » Could we cure climate change? Geoengineering researcher Tim Kruger wants to try. He shares one possibility: using natural gas to generate electricity in a way that takes carbon dioxide out of the air. Learn more -- both the potential and the serious risks -- about this controversial field of large-scale intervention to stop the already catastrophic consequences of our warming planet. Watch » "We all feel a compelling need to watch stories, to tell stories ... to discuss the things that tell each one of us that we are not alone in the world," says TV titan Shonda Rhimes. A dominant force in television since "Grey's Anatomy" hit the airwaves, she discusses the future of media, how she's using her narrative-building skills as a force for good -- and an intriguing concept known as "Amish summers." Watch »

Read more on ideas.ted.com Tech: Can we teach a computer to be funny? Inside the quest to build a bot that can tell a joke Gallery: A photographer bears witness to the Rohingya crisis >> Powerful portraits of people caught up in a mass tragedy Catch up: What happened this week at TEDWomen? Fresh TED Talks, live from New Orleans. Here's what happened Try this: Four questions to spark great conversations >> Dig into these questions with friends or a classroom

Quote of the Week “ While many people are thinking about what new superfood smoothie to make, or if gluten is maybe bad for them, hardly anyone seems to care about the organ where this happens, the concrete anatomy and the mechanisms behind it. We're all trying to figure out this magic trick, but nobody's checking out the magician." Giulia Enders The surprisingly charming science of your gut

ted radio hour: Maslow's human needs Humans need food, sleep, safety, love, purpose. Psychologist Abraham Maslow ordered our needs into a hierarchy. This week, TED speakers explore that spectrum of need, from primal to profound. Listen to TED Radio Hour »

 

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