What is the sound of two brothers tapping?
Can two brothers tap as one? No one comes closer than the Manzari brothers, who dazzle with their Vaudevillian charisma and complex sound patterns.
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What is the U.S. health disadvantage?
What happens when communities, not doctors, lead health efforts? Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine, talks with America Bracho, founder of Latino Health Access, about the …
Are we ready for a Declaration of Food Interdependence?
When is a carrot more powerful than steel? Ashley Atkinson, who fights Detroit’s decline with farming, talks at TEDMED 2013 about urban greening as the solution to more …
To get to the future, can we reinvent the past?
Like the words that inspire him, ichi-go ichi-e – each moment is unique – Kishi Bashi’s multilayered violin-techno-pop music is truly one of a kind.
When should science shoot for the moon?
A complete map of our brain activity is the “Everest of science,” says Rafael Yuste, who helped conceive of Obama’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative …
What if we treated violence like a contagious disease?
Does violence spread like a disease? Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin of Cure Violence says the issue has been misdiagnosed, and instead created science-based strategies that aim to stop violence …
Gary Slutkin Q&A – at TEDMED 2013
Gary Slutkin of Cure Violence answers questions at TEDMED 2013 about how the spread of violence can be interrupted, much the same way as we stop a communicable …
When death is the enemy, what is victory?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “The Cost of Hope” Amanda Bennett and her husband spent seven years fighting his cancer by any means possible. Where is the …
Who is the real medical expert?
Patients often become micro-experts on their disease and treatment. Roni Zeiger founded an online community, Smart Patients, to help them share knowledge across diseases and navigate clinical trials.
How does an illness become an identity?
Many affected by illness and disability find profound meaning, inspiration and identity in their differences, says author Andrew Solomon, who holds that it is diversity that truly unites …