Scientific progress depends on trust, but trust is not fixed. This week explores what happens when the systems behind evidence begin to shift, and how that instability plays out in the real world.
In Part 2 of their conversation, Katherine and Jay examine what happens when scientific truth becomes harder to hold. As evidence shifts and institutions come under pressure, the question is no longer just what’s true, but how we act when certainty breaks.
Before uncertainty becomes visible, something changes beneath the surface. Katherine and Jay unpack the systems that shape what counts as evidence, revealing how trust is built, strained, and sometimes quietly eroded.
Science doesn’t stay contained. Across policy, media, and medicine, these Talks explore how evidence is shaped by access, interpretation, and control. The stakes are closer than they seem. Together, they trace what happens when scientific truth enters the public sphere, and why trust becomes harder to hold.
Sometimes the shift isn’t in the system, but in how we see it. These Talks offer new ways of thinking about health, technology, and the choices we make.
Why are the study and practice of medicine still so over-compartmentalized and top-down? The Singularity University FutureMed guru talks about tech-driven trends that can redefine the field.
Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, talks about two new ways of getting disease treatments to market faster: Repurposing existing drugs, and testing on…
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad returned to the TEDMED stage in 2014 to share lessons from her world record-setting solo 110-mile swim from Cuba to Miami at age 64.
As a journalist, improv comedian, and physician, James strives to communicate simply with the public about complex health issues, without being simplistic. In his 2017 TEDMED Talk, James…
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