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• May 18, 2012
• 12:10

  Optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award

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  A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year’s annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) -- the world's largest science competition for high school students. The awards were presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Friends of NIDA, a coalition that supports NIDA’s mission. The Intel ISEF Addiction Science Awards were presented at a ceremony Thursday night at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

• 11:05

  TED: JR: One year of turning the world inside out - JR (2012)

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  Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. Now, a year after his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out. You can join in at insideoutproject.netimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/VaahHMQVn_E" height="1" width="1"/
• May 17, 2012
• 11:01

  TED: Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain - Carl Schoonover (2012)

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  There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/u7c3XDSUlE8" height="1" width="1"/

• 11:00

  NIH-led study finds genetic test results do not trigger increased use of health services

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  People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients’ demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues at other institutions.
• 8:20

  NIH study finds that coffee drinkers have lower risk of death

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  Older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee, according a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and AARP.
• May 16, 2012
• 13:46

  Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp

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  In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own -- for the first time in nearly 15 years -- by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The trial, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, is evaluating the safety and feasibility of an investigational device called the BrainGate neural interface system.
• 13:41

  NIH-funded research provides new clues on how ApoE4 affects Alzheimer's risk

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  Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, but the gene's role in the disease has been unclear. Now, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that in mice, having the most risky variant of ApoE damages the blood vessels that feed the brain.

• 11:30

  TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012)

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  Is your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/wBfJgwIrxhg" height="1" width="1"/
• May 15, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012)

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  What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/n58GuZZevBQ" height="1" width="1"/

• 8:40

  NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research

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  The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) announces five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), the institute's principal advisory board. Members of the council are drawn from the scientific and lay communities, embodying a diverse perspective from the fields of nursing, public and health policy, law, and economics. NINR, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the primary federal agency for the support of nursing research.

• May 14, 2012
• 11:10

  TED: Tali Sharot: The optimism bias - Tali Sharot (2012)

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  Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/VBe_8hHmR7M" height="1" width="1"/

• 9:22

  NIH statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18, 2012

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  There is a growing consensus that we can significantly curtail the HIV/AIDS pandemic by implementing scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies, such as voluntary medically supervised adult male circumcision, prevention of mother-to-child transmission and treatment as prevention.

• May 11, 2012
• 11:08

  TED: Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found - Renny Gleeson (2012)

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  Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/aO9p7dANBBs" height="1" width="1"/
• May 10, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - Joshua Foer (2012)

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  There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/_d1LHajdt84" height="1" width="1"/

• May 08, 2012
• 12:27

  NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Announces First Class

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  The National Institutes of Health has selected a talented pool of 45 medical, dental, and veterinary students representing 34 different U.S.-accredited universities for its inaugural class of the Medical Research Scholars Program (MSRP).

• 12:16

  TED: JP Rangaswami: Information is food - JP Rangaswami (2012)

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  How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/UMZlwaLQ62E" height="1" width="1"/
• May 07, 2012
• 10:59

  TED: Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time - Michael Tilson Thomas (2012)

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  In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/p9a63jXrAyM" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:46

  Awake mental replay of past experiences critical for learning

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  Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study in rats. Without it, the animals' memory-based decision-making faltered, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers blocked learning from, and acting on, past experience by selectively suppressing replay -- encoded as split-second bursts of neuronal activity in the memory hubs of rats performing a maze task.
• 9:40

  NIH scientists find that chromosomal abnormalities are associated with aging and cancer

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  Two new studies have found that large structural abnormalities in chromosomes, some of which have been associated with increased risk of cancer, can be detected in a small fraction of people without a prior history of cancer. The studies found that these alterations in chromosomes appear to increase with age, particularly after the age of 50, and may be associated with an increased risk for cancer. These studies were conducted by two consortia, one led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and one by Gene Environment Association Studies (GENEVA) which is sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). NCI and NHGRI are both parts of the National Institutes of Health.

• May 04, 2012
• 11:07

  TED: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland (2011)

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  The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/jCX7vp-Onuc" height="1" width="1"/
• May 03, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers - Gary Kovacs (2012)

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  As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/gHw-s51KfjM" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:01

  NIH launches collaborative program with industry and researchers to spur therapeutic development

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  The National Institutes of Health today unveiled a collaborative program that will match researchers with a selection of pharmaceutical industry compounds to help scientists explore new treatments for patients. NIH's new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) has partnered initially with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Eli Lilly and Company which have agreed to make dozens of their compounds available for this initiative's pilot phase.
• 8:55

  Bladder tests before urinary incontinence surgery in women may be unnecessary

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The National Institutes of Health today unveiled a collaborative program that will match researchers with a selection of pharmaceutical industry compounds to help scientists explore new treatments for patients. NIH’s new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) has partnered initially with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Eli Lilly and Company which have agreed to make dozens of their compounds available for this initiative’s pilot phase.

• May 02, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time - Reuben Margolin (2012)

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  Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/pyQrL6YuFiI" height="1" width="1"/

• May 01, 2012
• 16:10

  Anti-HIV drug use during pregnancy does not affect infant size, birth weight

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  Infants born to women who used the anti-HIV drug tenofovir as part of an anti-HIV drug regimen during pregnancy do not weigh less at birth and are not of shorter length than infants born to women who used anti-HIV drug regimens that do not include tenofovir during pregnancy, according to findings from a National Institutes of Health network study.
• 14:15

  NIH, industry announce new translational science initiative

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  National Institutes of Health press conference with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and pharmaceutical companies to announce a new translational science initiative by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

• 11:30

  TED: Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy - Amory Lovins (2012)

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  In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/fQOpPgvBmWY" height="1" width="1"/

• April 30, 2012
• 13:13

  Avastin and Lucentis are equivalent in treating age-related macular degeneration

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  At two years, Avastin (bevacizumab) and Lucentis (ranibizumab injection), two widely used drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), improve vision when administered monthly or on an as needed basis, although greater improvements in vision were seen with monthly administration for this common, debilitating eye disease, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health.

• 11:32

  TED: Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate - Liz Diller (2012)

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  How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted (even, dare we say it, sexy) addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/XOVJTQyTWro" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:03

  NIH statement on World Asthma Day 2012 - May 1, 2012

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  On World Asthma Day 2012, we at the National Institutes of Health stand with the Global Initiative for Asthma to renew our dedication to improving the quality of life for the millions of people living with asthma.
• 8:10

  NIH research featured in HBO documentary series on obesity

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  The Weight of the Nation documentary series and public awareness campaign by the cable network HBO, launching this week, features National Institutes of Health research showing how obesity affects the country's health and how interventions can turn the tide against obesity and its complications.
• 8:10

  NIH encourages Americans to make healthy vision last a lifetime

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  Vision changes as people get older, but vision loss is not a normal part of aging.
• 8:10

  Two drugs better than one to treat youth with type 2 diabetes

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  A combination of two diabetes drugs, metformin and rosiglitazone, was more effective in treating youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than metformin alone, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found. Adding an intensive lifestyle intervention to metformin provided no more benefit than metformin therapy alone.
• April 27, 2012
• 14:56

  NIH makes a scene at USA Science and Engineering Festival

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  The National Institutes of Health is making waves with exciting exhibits, interactive fun for all ages and special science performances at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival this weekend, April 28-29, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

• 11:12

  TED: Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin (2012)

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  When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/lpu9INo6Cpo" height="1" width="1"/
• April 26, 2012
• 11:11

  TED: Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities - Eduardo Paes (2012)

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  Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city "smarter."img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/7xRHtwZzhy8" height="1" width="1"/

• April 25, 2012
• 16:36

  Agent reduces autism-like behaviors in mice

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social interactions and lessened repetitive self-grooming behavior in a strain of mice that normally display such autism-like behaviors, the researchers say.
• 11:37

  NHGRI to develop revolutionary technologies for exploring genome function

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded 10 grants, totaling $10.5 million, to develop revolutionary technologies that will help researchers identify millions of genomic elements that play a role in determining what genes are expressed and at what levels in different cells. These multi-year grants are part of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project, whose aim is to provide the scientific community with a comprehensive catalog of functional genomic elements that will ultimately help explain the role that the genome plays in health and disease.
• April 24, 2012
• 16:27

  NIH statement on World Malaria Day -- April 25, 2012

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  On World Malaria Day, we stand at a critical juncture in our efforts to control a global scourge. This years theme Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria stresses the crucial role of continued investment of resources to maintain hard-won gains. Lives have indeed been saved.

• 11:17

  TED: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - Michael Norton (2011)

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  At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/0mNKk1WDRmc" height="1" width="1"/
• April 23, 2012
• 11:19

  TED: Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life? - Brian Greene (2012)

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  Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/DipFB9bFINM" height="1" width="1"/
• April 20, 2012
• 11:13

  TED: Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque - Christina Warinner (2012)

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  Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool -- the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/bAcwfIBZGlU" height="1" width="1"/
• April 19, 2012
• 11:25

  TED: Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier - Laura Carstensen (2011)

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  In the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our lifespans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! At TEDxWomen psychologist Laura Carstensen shows research that demonstrates that as people get older they become happier, more content, and have a more positive outlook on the world.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/AGbULAJONQA" height="1" width="1"/

• April 18, 2012
• 15:22

  Brain-activated muscle stimulation restores monkeys hand movement after paralysis

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  An artificial connection between the brain and muscles can restore complex hand movements in monkeys following paralysis, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• 11:04

  TED: Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines - Taryn Simon (2011)

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  Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way our lives are shaped by the interplay of many different forces.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/VqotJOSkecw" height="1" width="1"/
• April 17, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll - Drew Curtis (2012)

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  Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/LW6WNvTrDGs" height="1" width="1"/
• April 16, 2012
• 11:28

  TED: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? - Atul Gawande (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/RTVVzrghq78" height="1" width="1"/
• April 13, 2012
• 11:02

  TED: Abigail Washburn: Building US-China relations ... by banjo - Abigail Washburn (2012)

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  TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving US-China relations -- until she picked up a banjo. She tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the United States and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/UwrGlAL7C2M" height="1" width="1"/

• April 12, 2012
• 12:22

  Test links strains of common parasite to severe illness in U.S. newborns

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Scientists have identified which strains of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, the cause of toxoplasmosis, are most strongly associated with premature births and severe birth defects in the United States. The researchers used a new blood test developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, to pinpoint T. gondii strains that children acquire from their acutely infected mothers while in the womb.

• 11:00

  TED: Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart - Tal Golesworthy (2011)

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  Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/5J8miP9b76Y" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:22

  NIDCR establishes National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has awarded a $66.8 million, seven-year grant that consolidates its dental practice-based research network initiative into a unified nationally coordinated effort.
• April 11, 2012
• 15:34

  New classification criteria released for research on Sjogrens Syndrome

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  An international team of researchers released new classification criteria for the common autoimmune condition Sjogrens syndrome. Classification criteria are the consensus opinion of a group of experts that researchers use in clinical studies to confirm a previous diagnosis and/or subclassify patients who have the same type of a given condition.

• 11:02

  TED: Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda - Melinda Gates (2012)

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  Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue she intends to lend her voice to for the next decade.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/N5iAZBhfO2Y" height="1" width="1"/
• April 10, 2012
• 11:10

  TED: Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals - Frans de Waal (2011)

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  Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/pxUlRQJJ7os" height="1" width="1"/
• April 09, 2012
• 11:08

  TED: Frank Warren: Half a million secrets - Frank Warren (2012)

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  "Secrets can take many forms -- they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful." Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/ZWNDz2ANCVM" height="1" width="1"/

• 8:24

  Actress Kathryn Erbe to raise the curtain in NIDA’s Addiction Performance Project

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Kathryn Erbe leads an impressive cast in the Addiction Performance Project, an innovative continuing medical education (CME) program for doctors and other health providers, on April 16 in the Chicago, Ill. area. The performance is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is designed to help doctors and other health professionals better identify and help drug-abusing patients in primary care settings, and to break down the stigma associated with drug addiction.

• April 06, 2012
• 11:40

  TED: Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body? - Lucy McRae (2012)

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  TED Fellow Lucy McRae is a body architect -- she imagines ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies. In this visually stunning talk, she shows her work, from clothes that recreate the body's insides for a music video with pop-star Robyn, to a pill that, when swallowed, lets you sweat perfume.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/4--iEzgjVoU" height="1" width="1"/
• April 05, 2012
• 11:14

  TED: Jack Choi: On the virtual dissection table - Jack Choi (2012)

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  Onstage at TED2012, Jack Choi demonstrates a powerful tool for training medical students: a stretcher-sized multi-touch screen of the human body that lets you explore, dissect and understand the body's parts and systems.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/-yKRxPHXG2c" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:01

  NIH names Dr. Gary H. Gibbons director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., as the new director of the NIHs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Dr. Gibbons is the founder and current director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, chairperson of the Department of Physiology, and professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. He expects to start his new position in the summer of 2012.
• 8:55

  Dr. Edward P. Riley to deliver 4th annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at NIH

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Edward P. Riley, Ph.D. will deliver the 4th annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. Riley is a world-renowned expert on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). His presentation is called "FASD: It's What's Behind the Face that Matters – Effects of Prenatal Alcohol on Brain and Behavior."
• 8:30

  Possible clues found to why HIV vaccine showed modest protection

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults who received the experimental HIV vaccine during the landmark RV144 clinical trial, those who produced relatively high levels of a specific antibody after vaccination were less likely to get infected with the virus than those who did not. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, co-funded the research.
• April 04, 2012
• 17:00

  A new MCAT for tomorrow’s physician

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The Case for the New Medical College Admission Test: Why the MCAT must reflect physicians’ current public health challenges. A Perspective in The New England Journal of Medicine.
• 15:30

  Spontaneous gene glitches linked to autism risk with older dads

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in: fathers were four times more likely than mothers to transmit tiny, spontaneous mutations to their children with the disorders. Moreover, the number of such transmitted genetic glitches increased with paternal age. The discovery may help to explain earlier evidence linking autism risk to older fathers.

• 11:16

  TED: Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. - Chip Kidd (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book -- and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/CCr8CCtt0lk" height="1" width="1"/

• 8:16

  NIH awards $20M over five years to train next generation of global health researchers

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  To help foster the next generation of global health scientists, Fogarty International Center and its partners at the National Institutes of Health are building a network of U.S. academic institutions to provide early-career physicians, veterinarians, dentists and scientists with a significant mentored research experience in a developing country.
• 8:16

  Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous, spurring tumor growth

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide, has been previously shown to be a human carcinogen. A growing body of evidence suggests that cancer is a stem-cell based disease. Normal stem cells are essential to normal tissue regeneration, and to the stability of organisms and processes. But cancer stem cells are thought to be the driving force for the formation, growth, and spread of tumors.

• April 03, 2012
• 11:09

  TED: Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone? - Sherry Turkle (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/nrr_wYLI4Tk" height="1" width="1"/

• 9:26

  NIHs PEERx for teens to be showcased at Rx Drug Abuse Summit

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A unique, new campaign targeting teens will be on exhibit at the first national summit addressing the prescription drug abuse epidemic. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will showcase PEERx, a NIDA initiative that uses interactive videos and other tools to educate teens about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and help them to spread the word. Teen leaders from SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) will assist NIDA in exhibiting PEERx and hosting a train-the-trainer workshop for state and national leaders, law enforcement officials, medical professionals, community advocates, treatment experts, educators, private industry leaders, and others attending the event.
• 9:26

  Bilinguals switch tasks faster than monolinguals, NIH funded study shows

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than are children who learn to speak only one language, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. However, the study also found that bilinguals are slower to acquire vocabulary than are monolinguals, because bilinguals must divide their time between two languages while monolinguals focus on only one.
• April 02, 2012
• 15:06

  NIH study finds method to improve transplant cell delivery

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A new technique for improving delivery of stem cells may lead to better and faster tissue repair, a breakthrough with promise for sports medicine and military populations.
• 15:06

  NIH study finds method to improve transplant cell delivery

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A new technique for improving delivery of stem cells may lead to better and faster tissue repair, a breakthrough with promise for sports medicine and military populations.
• 8:30

  Investigational targeted drug induces responses in aggressive lymphomas

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Preliminary results from clinical trials in a subtype of lymphoma show that for a number of patients whose disease was not cured by other treatments, the drug ibrutinib can provide significant anti-cancer responses with modest side effects.These results were presented as part of the opening plenary session at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 on April 1 by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues.
• 8:30

  NIH study finds women spend longer in labor now than 50 years ago

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Women take longer to give birth today than did women 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers could not identify all of the factors that accounted for the increase, but concluded that the change is likely due to changes in delivery room practice.
• 8:30

  Investigational targeted drug induces responses in aggressive lymphomas

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Preliminary results from clinical trials in a subtype of lymphoma show that for a number of patients whose disease was not cured by other treatments, the drug ibrutinib can provide significant anti-cancer responses with modest side effects.These results were presented as part of the opening plenary session at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 on April 1 by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues.
• 8:30

  NIH study finds women spend longer in labor now than 50 years ago

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Women take longer to give birth today than did women 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers could not identify all of the factors that accounted for the increase, but concluded that the change is likely due to changes in delivery room practice.

• March 30, 2012
• 11:00

  TED: Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality) - Marco Tempest (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Marco Tempest spins a beautiful story of what magic is, how it entertains us and how it highlights our humanity -- all while working extraordinary illusions with his hands and an augmented reality machine.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/cB0PFAW_MdQ" height="1" width="1"/

• March 29, 2012
• 16:15

  Brain wiring a no-brainer?

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a new brain imaging study. The most detailed images, to date, reveal a pervasive 3D grid structure with no diagonals, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• 11:00

  TED: Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach - Ayah Bdeir (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/lM7iubV58tc" height="1" width="1"/

• 9:22

  1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation -- produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project -- is now publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the National Institutes of Health and AWS jointly announced today.
• 9:10

  Researchers identify genetic basis of tropical foot and leg lymphedema

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Farmers in the highlands of southern Ethiopia scratch out a subsistence living from the regions volcanic red clay. The soil supports the farms, but fine-grained, volcanic rock particles in the dirt threaten the farmers and their families. Continual exposure of bare feet to the volcanic soil causes 1 in 20 people to develop a painful inflammation of the lower extremities that, over time, leads to foot disfigurement. Doctors call it podoconiosis. The locals call it mossy foot. And those affected suffer social stigma as well as debilitating discomfort.
• March 28, 2012
• 15:21

  NIH scientists resolve how chromosomal mix-ups lead to tumors

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A new study by scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, resolves longstanding questions about the origin of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements -- known as translocations -- that drive lymphomas and leukemias in humans.

• 11:23

  TED: Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls - Leymah Gbowee (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell -- of her own life's transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. Can we transform the world by unlocking the greatness of girls?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/3hxnGi7QwMI" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:21

  Weight loss and increased fitness slow decline of mobility in adults

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The results are published in the March 29, 2012, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
• March 27, 2012
• 14:32

  NIA adds genetic data to Health and Retirement Study

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans, has added genetic information from consenting participants to its massive database. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the HRS is the premier database for studying retirement and the baby boom generation.

• 11:03

  TED: Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone - Regina Dugan (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail. (Followed by a QA with TED's Chris Anderson)img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/lG1RiDqjasQ" height="1" width="1"/

• 10:57

  Four named to NIAMS Advisory Council

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) has appointed four new members to its Advisory Council. The council comprises scientific and lay members who have expertise in the mission areas of the institute. Council members provide advice to the institute on broad policy issues, and make recommendations on research proposals. The NIAMS is part of the National Institutes of Health.
• 9:12

  NIH study shows survival advantage for bypass surgery compared with non-surgical procedure

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A new comparative effectiveness study found older adults with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent bypass surgery had better long-term survival rates than those who underwent a non-surgical procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle, also called revascularization.

• March 26, 2012
• 11:19

  TED: Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy - Donald Sadoway (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap."img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/vkOuVno-eh8" height="1" width="1"/
• March 23, 2012
• 11:42

  TED: Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time - Billy Collins (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk -- and don't miss the hilarious final poem!img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/sC4jc4c5rFU" height="1" width="1"/

• 9:31

  NIH launches online resource on behavioral and social science research methods

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A Web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health, such as the obesity epidemic and the rise of chronic diseases such as heart disease. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health collaborated with New England Research Institutes to create the free resource, called e-Source.
• March 22, 2012
• 15:09

  NIH study finds interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes give good return on investment

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• 11:08

  TED: Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor - Taylor Wilson (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage at short notice to tell (the short version of) his story.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/mFTLv4cb7WA" height="1" width="1"/

• 11:03

  Friendly-to-a-fault, yet tense: personality traits traced in brain

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  A personality profile marked by overly gregarious yet anxious behavior is rooted in abnormal development of a circuit hub buried deep in the front center of the brain, say scientists at the National Institutes of Health. They used three different types of brain imaging to pinpoint the suspect brain area in people with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by these behaviors.
• 10:28

  Possible causes of sudden onset OCD in kids broadened

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Criteria for a broadened syndrome of acute onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed by a National Institutes of Health scientist and her colleagues. The syndrome, Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), includes children and teens that suddenly develop on-again/off-again OCD symptoms or abnormal eating behaviors, along with other psychiatric symptoms -- without any known cause.
• March 21, 2012
• 14:28

  Study provides clues for designing new anti-addiction medications

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  Scientists are now one step closer to developing anti-addiction medications, thanks to new research that provides a better understanding of the properties of the only member of the opioid receptor family whose activation counteracts the rewarding effects of addictive drugs. The study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse(NIDA), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the National Institute of Mental Health, all components of the National Institutes of Health.

• 11:30

  TED: Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face - C. Noel Bairey Merz (2011)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women present during a heart attack (and why they're often missed).img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/Tag7euWRTeo" height="1" width="1"/

• 11:22

  NIAID Statement on World TB Day - March 24, 2012

   » ‎ National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases
  The theme of World TB Day 2012, Eliminate TB in My Lifetime, boldly challenges us to improve and expand tuberculosis (TB) control and related research efforts that recently have led to slowly declining rates of illness and death from this ancient disease. Even with the technological advances available in the early part of the 21st century, the elimination of TB will be an enormous task. TB claimed 1.45 million lives worldwide in 2010, according to the World Health Organization. An estimated one-third of the worlds population is latently infected with the bacterium that causes TB, meaning they experience no symptoms but are at risk for developing active disease. Among people with HIV/AIDS, TB is a major co-infection and the leading cause of death, responsible for killing approximately 350,000 HIV-infected individuals in 2010.

• March 20, 2012
• 11:01

  TED: Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding - Myshkin Ingawale (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a simple, portable, low-cost device that can test for anemia without breaking the skin.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/lcUDkXH2xf8" height="1" width="1"/
• March 19, 2012
• 11:43

  TED: T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas - T. Boone Pickens (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively QA with TED Curator Chris Anderson.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/iA97l9O9KY0" height="1" width="1"/
• March 16, 2012
• 11:16

  TED: Brené Brown: Listening to shame - Brené Brown (2012)

   » ‎ TEDTalks (video)
  Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/tE7UYBbyUnI" height="1" width="1"/