The Walker Library Of the History Of Human Imagination: Beauty in Service of Science
Jay Walker shows, through art, how early scientists employed beauty to increase viewer involvement and understanding.
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The Walker Library Of the History Of Human Imagination: Unseen Micro-Worlds
Jay Walker shares the very first book to illustrate what scientists could see under a microscope.
The Walker Library Of the History Of Human Imagination: Hidden Aspects of Death
Using a Bills of Mortality from London’s great plague of 1665, Jay Walker shows how the first official compilation of public health data revealed unexpected statistical trends.
The Walker Library Of the History Of Human Imagination: Imagination in Depth
Jay Walker shows some of history’s first pop-up books, used to illustrate both scientific and pseudo-mystical subjects.
When should adults be seeing a pediatrician?
Bart Kamen talks about why their is a large disparity between pediatric and adult oncologists when it comes to the survival rate of 15-30 year-olds with various cancers …
What will the unveiling of a full Osbourne genome reveal?
Marc Hodosh & Nathaniel Pearson talk with Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne about Ozzy’s genome at TEDMED. Listen to Ozzy’s interest in having his DNA sequenced and what he …
How can patients make better healthcare decisions?
Wired Magazine’s Thomas Goetz passionately talks about the importance of information presentation in healthcare.
What did we learn in Haiti?
Sanjay Gupta spoke with Marc Hodosh at TEDMED, live via satellite, as Sanjay unexpectedly found himself in Haiti during the cholera outbreak. FEMA’s chief administrator Craig Fugate also …
Can a human lung breathe outside the human body?
Dr. Keshavjee mesmerizes the TEDMED audience as he unveils a breathing lung on stage and describes how this technology is saving lives.
What’s the medical relevance to my aria?
Exactly one year ago to the day of this TEDMED talk, Charity awoke from a coma after having a double lung transplant. She now mesmerizes the audience with …