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In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He’ll tell you.
Esplora il contenutoThis episode explains the scientific advantages of placing telescopes above Earth's atmosphere and surveys the achievements of space observatories. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Esplora il contenutoStrapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.
Esplora il contenutoThe final Eyes on the Skies chapter looks ahead to future ground-based telescopes and space observatories designed to explore new cosmic frontiers. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Esplora il contenutoSharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, West Virginia -- and a shocking image of the sugar we eat -- TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.
Esplora il contenutoA deep Hubble image of the unusual spiral galaxy NGC 4921 reveals fine structure and a rich background of distant galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Esplora il contenutoIn this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
Esplora il contenutoHubble's observations of planets, moons and small bodies show how the telescope has expanded knowledge of the Solar System. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen)
Esplora il contenutoYou're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there's a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations, when your thinking becomes clouded -- the pre-mortem. "We all are going to fail now and then," he says. "The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be."
Esplora il contenutoAstronauts prepare for Hubble's fifth and final servicing mission, involving demanding spacewalks to repair and upgrade the telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, Lars Lindberg Christensen & Colleen Sharkey)
Esplora il contenutoFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions -- and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.
Esplora il contenutoThe episode follows the successful final servicing mission that repaired and upgraded Hubble, extending the observatory's scientific life. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen)
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