TED Talks
TED: The billion-dollar pollution solution humanity needs right now | Stacy Kauk
Could the same mechanism used to accelerate vaccine development work for spurring solutions to the climate crisis? Sustainability innovator Stacy Kauk introduces the billion-dollar fund to supercharge the carbon removal market, which...
TED Talks
TED: Why earth may someday look like Mars | Anjali Tripathi
every minute, 400 pounds of hydrogen and almost 7 pounds of helium escape from earth's atmosphere into outer space. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi studies the phenomenon of atmospheric escape, and in this fascinating and accessible talk,...
MinuteEarth
Do Other Diseases Have "Long" Versions?
COVID isn’t the only virus to cause long-lasting symptoms. Other viruses - including the flu - can have similar enduring effects on our tissues and immune systems.
TED Talks
TED: How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels | Tessa Khan
As oil and gas companies continue to make record profits off of the same forces driving climate chaos, war and soaring energy bills, it's become clear that boom times for the fossil fuel industry are bad times for the rest of us, says...
TED Talks
TED: The future we're building -- and boring | elon Musk
elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TeD's Head Curator, Chris Anderson.
Crash Course
Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement learning is particularly useful in situations where we want to train AIs to have certain skills we don’t fully understand ourselves. Unlike some of the techniques we’ve discussed so far, reinforcement learning generally...
TED Talks
TED: The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski
This chair is my legs -- this chair is my life, says accessibility champion Jane Velkovski, who uses a wheelchair after being diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). With clarity and poise, he shares how his first motorized...
TED Talks
Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness
Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world -- by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around...
MinuteEarth
El Organismo más Grande de la Tierra
Este video es una traducción de "The Biggest Organism on Earth" -------------------- MinutoDeLaTierra proporciona una visión energética y entretenida de las tendencias en el medio ambiente terrestre -- ¡en sólo unos pocos minutos!...
TED Talks
Stewart Brand + Mark Z. Jacobson: Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?
Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. A discussion that'll make you think -- and might...
SciShow
10 Strange-Looking Prehistoric Animals
Take a close look at some of the strangest-looking animals evolution has created.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 4 things all great listeners know | TED-Ed
It's easy to tell when someone's not paying attention, but it can be surprisingly tricky to know what good listening looks like. Good listening is one of the most important things we can do to improve our relationships, develop our...
MinuteEarth
Will Gas Stations Survive?
Although it’s not likely to happen soon, someday gas stations may be replaced by (or turn into) another type of fueling station, because no fuel or mode of transportation is forever
Crash Course
Life Begins: Crash Course Big History
In which Hank and John Green teach you about life on Earth. They won't be giving advice on how life should be lived, because this is a history series. Instead, they'll teach you about the earliest forms of life on Earth, and some of the...
MinuteEarth
¿Por qué la Tierra tiene desiertos?
¿Por qué la Tierra tiene desiertos? Por la misma razón que tiene bosques lluviosos: ¡¡Las células de Hadley!! Este video es una traducción de "Why Does Earth Have Deserts?" MinutoDeLaTierra proporciona una visión energética y entretenida...
MinuteEarth
La Gran Plaga de Langostas Norteamericanas
Este video es una traducción de "The Great North American Locust Plague" -------------------- MinutoDeLaTierra proporciona una visión energética y entretenida de las tendencias en el medio ambiente terrestre -- ¡en sólo unos pocos...
MinuteEarth
Cómo Sobreviven los Árboles en Invierno
Los humanos podemos quedarnos en casa o ponernos ropa, pero los árboles tienen que aguantar el invierno desnudos en la intemperie. ¿Por qué no se mueren? Siempre tratamos de usar lenguaje fácil de comprender, por lo que evitamos el...
MinuteEarth
400 partes en un millón: El experimento más grande del mundo
Este video es una traducción de "400 Parts in a Million: The World's Biggest Experiment" MinutoDeLaTierra proporciona una visión energética y entretenida de las tendencias en el medio ambiente terrestre -- ¡en sólo unos pocos minutos!...
MinuteEarth
How To Hear Halfway Around The World
Sounds in the ocean can travel more than 10,000 miles - that's halfway around the world! Here's how.
TED Talks
TED: How to fix the "bugs" in the net-zero code | Lucas Joppa
Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, thinks about climate change through the lens of coding, and he says the world's current net-zero approach simply won't compute. So how do we create a system that actually...
TED Talks
Sean Davis: Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer
The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How plants tell time - Dasha Savage
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
TED Talks
Arunabha Ghosh: 5 steps for clean air in India
India's big cities have some of the worst air quality in the world. How can we fix this public health crisis? In an actionable talk, social entrepreneur Arunabha Ghosh lays out a five-step plan to put India on the path to cleaner, safer...
MinuteEarth
¿Por Qué Hace Calor Bajo Tierra?
Energía geotérmica: Es energía que se puede extraer gracias al propio calor interno de la Tierra. Corteza terrestre: La parte sólida exterior de la Tierra: ¡estás literalmente sobre ella! Tiene un espesor variable, entre 5 y 70...