What are the best TED talks? : AskReddit. Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies. Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola. Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours. 5 TED Talks on Science That Will Blow Your Mind. Andrew Maynard is a scientist and emerging technology adviser. He blogs at 2020 Science and tweets as @2020science. Some of the most entertaining, informative and mind-blowing science videos on the web come from TED – the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference. Challenged to give the “talk of their lives,” the world’s top scientists and science communicators have been dazzling audiences – many of whom are thought leaders, trend-setters and entertainers - for years now. Most of the best talks are now freely available on the internet, but sifting through hundreds of video clips to find the real gems can be hard going. To make things easier, here are five of my favorite TED Talks on science. The selection rules were simple: - Was I engaged within the first few seconds?
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