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Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, weeks-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.
Explorar contenidoHubble studies the hazy atmosphere of a hot giant exoplanet, revealing how high-altitude particles can obscure the planet's deeper atmospheric layers. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Explorar contenidoYou've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."
Explorar contenidoThe giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 is presented as a cosmic fossil, likely formed through the merger of an entire group of galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Klaus Dolag (MPA, Garching), CXC/Penn State University/G. Garmire, et al.
Explorar contenidoIn a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.
Explorar contenidoHubble detects methane in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet, the first organic molecule identified on a planet orbiting another star. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Explorar contenidoLeaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.
Explorar contenidoHubble observations provide evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole hidden inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), R. Gendler
Explorar contenidoTim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
Explorar contenidoHubble captures interacting and merging galaxies, showing how gravitational encounters distort their shapes and trigger intense star formation. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Explorar contenidoWhy do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
Explorar contenidoThe first Eyes on the Skies special reviews how telescopes transformed humanity's view of the heavens and opened new windows on the Universe. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
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