How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection

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This week on TED.com September 28, 2019

Talk of the week How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime 09:57 minutes · Filmed May 2019 · Posted Sep 2019 · TEDxFergusonLibrary As a sex educator, Emily Nagoski is often asked: How do couples sustain a strong sexual connection over the long term? In this funny, insightful talk, she shares her answer -- drawing on (somewhat surprising) research to reveal why some couples stop having sex while others keep up a connection for a lifetime. Watch now »

Playlist of the week What we don't talk about (when we talk about sex) Seriously, let's talk about sex: eight insightful talks to spark the conversations we need to have in (and out of) the bedroom. Watch » Total run time 1:54:55

This week's new TED Talks A wall won't solve America's border problems "Building a 30-foot-high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security," says Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas whose district encompasses two times zones and shares an 820-mile border with Mexico. He discusses the US government's border policy and its controversial detention and child separation practices -- and lays out steps toward a better future at the border. (Recorded at the TED World Theater in New York on September 10, 2019) Creativity builds nations In a hopeful talk followed by an empowering performance, musician and TED Fellow Muthoni Drummer Queen shares how industries like music, film and fashion provide a platform for Africans to broadcast their rich and diverse talents -- and explains how the shared experience of creativity can replace attitudes of exclusionism and othering with acceptance and self-love. A bold plan to empower 1.6 million out-of-school girls in India "Girls' education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet to help solve some of the world's most difficult problems," says social entrepreneur Safeena Husain. In a visionary talk, she shares her plan to enroll a staggering 1.6 million girls in school over the next five years -- combining advanced analytics with door-to-door community engagement to create new educational pathways for girls in India. Can seaweed help curb global warming? It's time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change -- and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help. In a bold talk, he shares the epic carbon-capturing potential of seaweed, explaining how oceangoing seaweed farms created on a massive scale could trap all the carbon we emit into the atmosphere. Learn more about this potentially planet-saving solution -- and the work that's still needed to get there. How we're building the world's largest family tree Computational geneticist Yaniv Erlich helped build the world's largest family tree -- comprising 13 million people and going back more than 500 years. He shares fascinating patterns that emerged from the work -- about our love lives, our health, even decades-old criminal cases -- and shows how crowdsourced genealogy databases can shed light not only on the past but also on the future. How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit Artist Sam Van Aken shares the breathtaking work behind the "Tree of 40 Fruit," an ongoing series of hybridized fruit trees that grow 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines and cherries -- all on the same tree. What began as an art project to showcase beautiful, multi-hued blossoms has become a living archive of rare heirloom specimens and their histories, a hands-on (and delicious!) way to teach people about cultivation and a vivid symbol of the need for biodiversity to ensure food security.

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Hi Chia-Ching, Here's an idea we think you'll appreciate. Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business by Christine Porath was recommended by Alf de Hombre:

"Communication" or rather the unconscious misuse of it has major consequences. This is such an important topic as it relates to us all at virtually every moment of the day. This should be included as education in every workplace or school for all ages. Thank you Christine Porath for distilling this – it is revolutionary and totally relevant for a sane future for humanity. Alf de Hombre, Principal and Creative Director, AccessCreativeAdvertisingServices

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Parting thought “Fear is … a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.” Karen Thompson Walker, Novelist, from Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

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A powerful case for why we need satire. Read online.

This week on TED.com September 21, 2019

Talk of the week A free world needs satire 14:29 minutes · Filmed Jul 2019 · Posted Sep 2019 · TEDSummit 2019 We need humor like we need the air we breathe, says editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte. In a talk illustrated with highlights from a career spent skewering everything from dictators and ideologues to selfies and social media mobs, Chappatte makes a powerful case for the necessity of satire. "Political cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is," he says. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks for when you want to laugh and think These hilarious talks won’t just make you laugh out loud -- they’ll make you think twice. Watch » Total run time 1:59:59

This week's new TED Talks How climate change could make our food less nutritious Rising carbon levels in the atmosphere can make plants grow faster, but there's another hidden consequence: they rob plants of the nutrients and vitamins we need to survive. Watch as epidemiologist Kristie Ebi explores the potentially massive health consequences of this growing nutrition crisis -- and explores the steps we can take to ensure all people have access to safe, healthy food. This could be why you're depressed and anxious In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're not crazy -- you're a human being with unmet needs," Hari says. How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems To study a system as complex as the entire universe, astrophysicists need to be experts at extracting simple solutions from large data sets. What else could they do with this expertise? TED Fellow and astrophysicist Federica Bianco explains how she uses astrophysical data analysis to solve urban and social problems -- as well as stellar mysteries. We need to track the world's water like we track the weather We need a global weather service for water, says entrepreneur and TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra. In a talk about environmental accountability, Luthra shows how we could forecast water shortages and risks with a global data collection effort -- just like we monitor the movement of storms -- and better listen to what the earth is telling us. What streaming means for the future of entertainment In a talk and demo, Twitch cofounder Emmett Shear shares his vision for the future of interactive entertainment -- and explains how video game streaming is helping people build communities online. 4 questions you should always ask your doctor "Doctor, is this really necessary?" Backed by startling statistics about overtreatment, neurosurgeon Christer Mjåset explains the power of this and other simple questions in the context of medical treatment and surgery -- and shares how patients can better work with doctors to get the care they need.

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By his late 20s, Casey Gerald seemed to be on top of the world: he'd earned degrees from Yale and Harvard, worked on Wall Street and in Washington, started a nonprofit. But he'd also hidden important parts of his life to fit in. Watch this moving talk to explore the bargains we often make to succeed -- and to see the amazing things that happen when we freely accept our full, whole lives. Oliver Friedman, Assistant Editorial Producer, TED

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Parting thought “I would like to think that I have proven to be a capable father. But if I were to go to the state of Michigan today and try to adopt a young person who is in an orphanage, I would be disqualified for only one reason — because I'm gay.” LZ Granderson, Journalist, from LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda

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