Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil
Speaking one month after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Lisa Margonelli shows how drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract us from the issue at heart: our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off oil -- by confronting consumers with its real cost.
Taneka Jones: How to 3D print human tissue
There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on transplant lists, waiting for critical organs like kidneys, hearts and livers that could save their lives. Unfortunately, there aren't enough donor organs available to fill that demand. What if, instead of waiting, we could create new, customized organs from scratch? Taneka Jones explores bi...
WorkLife with Adam Grant: Navigating career turbulence
Everyone's career will hit some turbulence at some point. Instead of pushing harder against the headwinds, we're sometimes better off tilting our rudder and charting a new course. In this episode, host Adam Grant speaks with people who have taken unusual steps to battle uncertainty, rethought their approach to finding and landing a job and reach...
Yuval Noah Harari: Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide
How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media -- even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thought...
Lisa Morgan: Unintentionally Harmed by Well-meaning People
Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan: Why NASA is returning to the Moon with a plan to stay
NASA Human Landing System Program Manager Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan discusses NASA’s next-generation lunar exploration program, Artemis and HLS Programs, the challenges of space exploration, how the space industry has changed over the years, and how the benefits of more than 50 years of NASA’s work in space have helped humankind. Topics also includ...