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👁What ancestral intelligence can teach us about AI 🧠Nanjira Sambuli 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣There's a common African proverb: "When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers." Policy researcher Nanjira Sambuli says we must apply this thinking to today's AI evolution, asking: When tech giants battle for dominance, who gets trampled in the process? She introduces a new ethical compass for AI, showing how people acros…

👁What losing everything taught me about resilience 🧠Jane Marie Chen 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣Entrepreneur and TED Fellow Jane Marie Chen started a company that created a low-cost, portable incubator for premature babies in underserved communities, with the goal of saving more than one million babies around the world. After a decade of relentless challenges, the company shut down — pushing her into complete burnout and …

👁Sitting all day is killing you — here's what to do about it 🧠Manoush Zomorodi 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣You've heard that too much time online is bad for your mental health, but what is it doing to your body? In this energizing talk, journalist and author Manoush Zomorodi explains how tech habits (including sitting all day) affect your physical health, from making you feel exhausted to raising rates of chronic illness.…

👁How does light therapy help treat seasonal depression? 🧠Kelly Rohan 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish 👣As winter approaches, shorter days spark a cascade of changes within the brains of animals. As a result, groundhogs retreat to their burrows for hibernation, weasels’ coats turn from brown to white, and birds cease their singing. And scientists are finding that seasonal behavioral changes similarly happen for some …

👁How nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more) 🧠David Fajgenbaum 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣Physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease that didn't have a cure — until he discovered a lifesaving drug that wasn't originally intended for his condition. In an astonishing talk, he shares how his near-death experience led him to cofound the nonprofit Every Cure, which is using AI to un…

👁How video games can power up your parenting 🧠Hannah Boquet 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣Parenting an eye-rolling teenager glued to a gaming system is not a simple feat, but what if you could turn screen time into an opportunity for connection? Hannah Boquet shares how she decided to play video games with her kids and discovered the power of esports to foster trust, communication and essential life skills. Dive deeper into…

👁Mood lighting, mating, and murder: The scintillating lives of fireflies 🧠Emily Geest 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish 👣The first firefly is thought to have lived over 100 million years ago, illuminating the night with a glowing green light. And today, there are around 2,000 firefly species, found all over the world, from forests and grasslands to marshes and deserts. So, why do these insects glow? Emily A. Geest di…

👁The grassroots movement transforming public safety 🧠Aqeela Sherrills 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣In 1992, something unprecedented happened in Los Angeles: rival gang members negotiated a historic peace treaty, significantly reducing violence across the city. Aqeela Sherrills, one of the key negotiators of that treaty, continues to bring his vision of community-led peace programs to cities across the US. He shares how the…

👁Can you figure out the savanna mystery? 🧠Cella Wright 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish 👣In the early 2000s, one of the world’s most widespread invasive species landed in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau: big-headed ants. They expanded rapidly into super-colonies, preying on other insects, spiders, and even small birds. Their presence has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and significantly changed the landscape. So, how did th…

👁Floating farms, sponge cities and the climate solutions already working 🧠Harjeet Singh 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English 👣What if every dollar you spend today could save you 10 dollars tomorrow? Development expert Harjeet Singh reveals how climate solutions like floating farms and “sponge cities” that absorb floodwater aren’t just clever adaptations — they’re smart economics. He explains why wealthy nations must fund the adapta…

👁Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible? 🧠Cella Wright 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish 👣It's something we've all experienced: the back of your elbow smacks against a hard surface and the impact sends a sensation so distinctly disquieting shooting down your arm that it takes several moments to regain composure. So, why does hitting this spot on your elbow— commonly known as the funny bone— feel so weird? …

👁Why animals help each other 🧠Ashley Ward 🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish 👣Charles Darwin introduced the notion of “survival of the fittest,” where the fittest animals are those who can survive long enough to produce healthy offspring. The fittest animal can also be the most stealthy, resourceful, or even the most cooperative. So what exactly does cooperation look like in the wild? Ashley Ward digs into the animal …