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Clearing tropical forests is also a threat to human health and well-being #TEDTalks

Clearing tropical forests isn’t just dangerous to the natural world — it’s also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three ways deforestation unleashes disease and calls on each of us to help preserve the delicate ecological balance we…

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Clearing tropical forests isn’t just dangerous to the natural world — it’s also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three ways deforestation unleashes disease and calls on each of us to help preserve the delicate ecological balance we depend upon.

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  1. @NoName-vb2ez

    June 16, 2026 at 6:24 pm

    Sting thanks you but you are really late to the game…..

  2. @kamleshkarki2231

    June 17, 2026 at 12:37 am

    Always a skit you haven’t watched.

  3. @astronomyxable

    June 17, 2026 at 1:10 am

    From animals? Covid was definitely from wuhan institute of virology. Names of were released.

    • @reesofraft4166

      June 17, 2026 at 3:02 am

      due to animal research…

    • @Grancigul

      June 17, 2026 at 10:19 am

      @astronomyxable oh for sure but they were studying viruses transmitted by animals to improve their transmition

    • @astronomyxable

      June 18, 2026 at 12:39 pm

      ​@Grancigulnope, coronaviruses. The covid-19 inducing strain

  4. @fliskography9378

    June 17, 2026 at 3:03 am

    Indigenous people told you, no one listens.

  5. @Outdoorsales-f6j

    June 17, 2026 at 9:11 am

    He is stuiped

  6. @CassYves

    June 17, 2026 at 9:25 am

    Are u telling people? Ugh, People are the most wild animal ever born in this world…

  7. @dylanmccorquodale5669

    June 17, 2026 at 10:38 am

    Isn’t the earth greener than it’s ever been?

  8. @kestrelguyon1626

    June 17, 2026 at 11:58 am

    Our ecological role as a species is environmental stewardship. We are deciding to fail and make the world suffer

  9. @folderolofdestiny4236

    June 17, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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Our brains are hardwired to crave community and belonging — a tribal instinct that drives politics in the United States, says political strategist Sarah Longwell. She shares what she learned trying to convince people to vote against their political party in a recent election and shows why telling a better story about democracy is key to bridging the ideological divide.

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You don’t need political power to make real change, says activist Katie Fahey. She tells the story of how she led a successful movement in Michigan to end gerrymandering — the practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party — and how it all started with a simple social media post.

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The Problem with Streaming — and the Case for Physical Media | Tom Rizzuto | TED

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Streaming media gives us access to everything instantly — but at what cost? Music professor Tom Rizzuto traces the history of physical media — from CDs and vinyl to bone music (Soviet-era records pressed onto discarded X-rays) and the near-loss of “Nosferatu” — making the case that art shouldn’t just live in the cloud. (Recorded at TEDxMolloy University on ebruary 28, 2026)

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