A tantalizing blend of global sounds
Gypsy Sound Revolution, led by drummer Cédric Leonardi and fellow Gipsy Kings alumni, mixes rumba with Indian raga. They play a unique fusion of Indo-Gypsy music that is …
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Why an enlightened design integrates illumination
Mariana Figueiro, Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, reveals surprising facts about the effects of light – …
Classical keys to overcoming depression
Critically acclaimed concert pianist Zsolt Bognár, frequently featured on NPR, performs two pieces by Schubert and shares a story about how a special connection to Schubert brought him …
Have you heard the one about the comic with anorexia?
At TEDMED 2014, Comedian Cathy Ladman makes us laugh through the pain of our afflictions.
Smart vehicles for safer medications
Daniel Kohane, Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, reveals some of the amazing work he’s …
Beating passcodes: Getting to the heart of your identity
Biometric and personal security engineer Foteini Agrafioti raises concerns about today’s passwords and IDs, and shares how your body may provide easier, and more accurate, forms of identification.
No shortcuts to victory
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.
How unhealthy paradigms become contagious
Sonia Shah, an investigative science journalist and historian, challenges conventional understandings about the real causes of pandemics.
A science award that makes you laugh, then think
Author and newspaper columnist Marc Abrahams is the editor of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. At TEDMED 2014 he shared laughter- and thought-provoking stories behind …
Giving medicine a jolt
In his TEDMED 2014 talk, Mark Levatich urges us to imagine the possibilities of a world vivified by electricity.