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curated list 
May 10, 2015

Talks for when you want to look at pretty things

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 11 talks with a total running duration of about 1 hours and 56 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously

Edith Widder: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence

Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Liz Diller: The Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture

Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art

Miwa Matreyek: Glorious visions in animation and performance

Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science

Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web

Elora Hardy: Magical houses, made of bamboo

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Talks in this playlist

Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web

Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web

Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art

Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art

Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

Carter Emmart: A 3D atlas of the universe

Edith Widder: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence

Edith Widder: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence

Elora Hardy: Magical houses, made of bamboo

Elora Hardy: Magical houses, made of bamboo

Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science

Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science

Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously

Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously

Liz Diller: The Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture

Liz Diller: The Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture

Miwa Matreyek: Glorious visions in animation and performance

Miwa Matreyek: Glorious visions in animation and performance

Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

Other talks

  • Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet)

    Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet)

  • Erik Hersman: Reporting crisis via texting

    Erik Hersman: Reporting crisis via texting

  • Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

    Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

  • Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

    Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

  • Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

    Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

  • Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

    Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

  • Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness

    Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness

  • Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

    Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

  • Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time

    Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time

  • Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research

    Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research

  • David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust

    David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust

  • John La Grou: A plug for smart power outlets

    John La Grou: A plug for smart power outlets

  • Francis Collins: We need better drugs — now

    Francis Collins: We need better drugs — now

  • JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors

    JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors

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