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Isabel Behncke: Evolution’s gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

March 23, 2011
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TED Fellow Isabel Behncke Izquierdo studies the social behavior (and play behavior in particular) of wild bonobos in DR Congo. About this talk With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo (a TED Fellow) shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing — solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play...
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Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

March 23, 2011
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Why you should listen to her:   Brene Brown studies vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing...
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‘Sometimes we sit for hours staring at a sea shell’: Couple meticulously recreates Mills and Boon covers

March 22, 2011
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Overly-romantic pictures of couples gazing at a sunset or leaning into a kiss have often provoked ridicule and laughter. But Alex Holder and her boyfriend Ross Neil’s photos will have you giggling for all the right reasons. The London-based couple have hilariously recreated slushy covers from Mill and Boon books – complete with sea...
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US student shows how to listen through steel walls… and send 50W while you’re at it

March 12, 2011
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Tristan Lawry says his technology can reduce the need for drilling holes in submarines. It’s also good for spying on bad guys. WHOOPS! Looks like it might be back to the drawing board for the world’s spy agencies.   A US student has posted a video on YouTube that proves electronic signals can be...
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Aubrey de Grey, British researcher on aging, provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.

February 17, 2011
Aubrey de Grey, British researcher on aging, provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.

Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease — and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted. Why you should listen to him: A true maverick, Aubrey de Grey challenges the most basic assumption underlying the human condition...
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Viktor Frankl: Why to believe in others

February 17, 2011
Viktor Frankl: Why to believe in others

Neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl pioneered an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on the human search for meaning. In this rare clip from 1972, legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message about the human search for meaning — and the most important gift we can give others. Why you should listen...
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Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion

February 17, 2011
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About this talk We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she’s met in her work in “patient capital” — people who have immersed themselves in a cause, a community, a passion for justice. These human stories carry...
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Tracy McMillan: Why You’re Not Married

February 16, 2011
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Tracy McMillan You want to get married. It’s taken a while to admit it. Saying it out loud — even in your mind — feels kind of desperate, kind of unfeminist, kind of definitely not you, or at least not any you that you recognize. Because you’re hardly like those girls on TLC saying...
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Brryan Jackson was injected with HIV by his father when he was 11 months old – now he has found his first love.

February 14, 2011
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A brave American teenager is fighting a death sentence delivered by a cruel father when he was just 11 months old to build a life and enjoy a new love. Brryan Jackson’s father Brian Stewart, a blood transfusion specialist, purposefully infected him with Aids in a bid to beat child maintenance payments after a...
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Thai airline recruits transgender flight attendants

February 11, 2011
Thai airline recruits transgender flight attendants

Jutarat Skulpichetrat, Reuters BANGKOK (Reuters) – A new Thai airline is hiring transsexual ladyboys as flight attendants, aiming at a unique identity to set itself apart from competitors as it sets out for the skies. Known as “katoeys” or “ladyboys,” transgenders and transsexuals have greater visibility in Thailand than in many other nations, holding...
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