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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore The goose who wears sandals Italian Cat Becomes Third Richest Animal In The World After Owner Leaves It £10m In WillNY cops scolded for mocking pigeon called Fred at WTC Ground Zero'Gay' penguins to be torn apartHow'd you like your koala - braised or stewed? Mar-soup-ial madness African Animals Getting Drunk From Ripe Marula FruitA two-faced cat is celebrating his 12th birthday, breaking a Guinness record in the processPanda babies have the cute market corneredMeet Gary, the Chocoholic fish addicted to Kit KatsOwl leaves imprint on Kendal woman's window5.5m saltwater croc Brutus photographed on Adelaide River Jumping Croc CruisesNYC airport invaded by turtles, delaying flights (AP)'Adolescent' fruit flies need extra sleep to cope with their active social lives Naked Russian diver Natalia Avseenko tries to tame rare beluga whalesSharks with frickin' laser beams? Oh yes Scientists genetically engineer female goats in male bodies to create 'human' breast milk Meet Betty, the spineless hedgehogGiant tortoise bachelors Al and Tex find romance at long last 
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Like most commencement addresses, the June 2005 speech delivered by Steve Jobs offered the college graduates pearls of wisdom as they finished their studies and prepared to embark on life’s way. But the oft-cited graduation speech to students at Stanford University also offered a fascinating glimpse into the twists and turns of the Apple...
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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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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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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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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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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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How pig parts make the world turn STORY HIGHLIGHTS Dutch artist Christien Meindertsma catalogued all the uses to which one pig was put She found it was used in everything from toothpaste to dough improver The pig’s heart valves can save a life and its collagen can fill a wrinkle She says the project...
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Stefano Mancuso is a founder of the study of plant neurobiology, which explores signaling and communication at all levels of biological organization, from genetics to molecules, cells and ecological communities. Why you should listen to him: Does the Boston fern you’re dutifully misting each morning appreciate your care? Or can the spreading oak in...
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Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. V.S. Ramachandran is a mesmerizing speaker, able to concretely and simply describe the most complicated inner workings of the brain. His investigations into phantom limb pain, synesthesia and other brain...
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Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story. About Jill Bolte Taylor Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened —...
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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore Man buys $2m Andy Warhol sketch for $5Speech-jamming gun silences people mid-sentence Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again Missing wedding ring found on carrot 16 years after it was lost Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman's skill from 7500BC 'World's oldest' yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull - it's not crystal, and it's shaped like a monkey Minhaj Gedi Farah becomes face of hope from the famine Internet 'weighs the same as a strawberry' Real 'Slumdog Millionaire' wins big on quiz14 year old boy lives playboy lifestyle after scamming banks Woman Hasn’t Used Money in 15 YearsCouple married for 72 years died an hour apartTerminally ill cabbie chose to have his body mummified for Channel 4 documentarySpanish duchess, 85, marries 60-year-old toyboyAt 102, therapist is too busy to stop working - latimes.comA two-faced cat is celebrating his 12th birthday, breaking a Guinness record in the process
'World's oldest' graphic art discovered The $1b new town where nobody's homeHundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July Injecting our guts with fecal bacteria from ancient mummies could cure obesity Employers asking interviewees for facebook passwords Homeless people turned into WiFi hotspotsThat is one ugly computer - but it's only $35 Speech-jamming gun silences people mid-sentence Ageing study looks at fasting to live longer Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again Hackers listen in on FBI's anti-hacker call 'Blue Balls Rain' Mystery Solved You've been warned: Time's up on Facebook gaffesCat has total knee replacement Death of the point-and-shoot? Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman's skill from 7500BC Fake doctor's recipe for better buttocks: Cement, tyre-filler and glue Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull - it's not crystal, and it's shaped like a monkey 
SES worker saves crash victim from morgue'Dead' crash victim abandoned by ambulance crew found alive by SES volunteersWheelchair-bound meth addict jailed for 10 years after sexual assault on chihuahua Austrian man saws off own foot to avoid work Pervert who sold semen-soiled yoghurt samples gets his comeuppance Adulterer may be hanged instead of stoned Baby cut from pregnant mum: woman gets life Judge bans woman from having sex, says its in her best interest Human Barbie gets daughter Poppy, 7, liposuction voucher for Christmas Gameshow hosts eat each other's flesh on TVWoman used ring to escape from graveMelbourne hospital aborts wrong twinRussian 'body snatcher' kept 26 female corpses in tiny flat Parents of Adolf Hitler, Aryan Nation clearedWesley Warren Jr needs $US1 million surgery to correct his 45kg scrotum Missing tourist 'feared eaten by cannibals'Three Zimbabwean women charged over sex attacks Boy caught driving armed and towing dead donkey 
