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Your immune system keeps a record of everything it’s ever fought, from the common cold to chronic disease. Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Beck Brachman explains how,...
Physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease that didn’t have a cure — until he discovered a lifesaving drug that wasn’t originally intended for...
Isomorphic Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is trying to use artificial intelligence to understand biology and transform the way new medicines are discovered and developed....
Google DeepMind Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis is positioning Google to win the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, race. He is also on a...
Would you eat a bug? How about fine-crafted chocolate — shaped like poo? Your answer depends on both your disgust at the prospect and whether you...
TED Fellow and equity bioengineer Erika Moore investigates how cells controlling inflammation behave differently depending on a patient’s background. By focusing on the “who” behind the...
What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That’s the incredible promise behind the Stentrode — an implantable brain-computer interface that...
As cities adopt greener, more sustainable designs, there’s risk of a dangerous and unwelcome tenant moving in: mosquitoes. Researcher Cameron Webb explains what urban planners and...
“Breathing clean air is every child’s human right,” says grassroots campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, sharing the heartbreaking story of her seven-year-old daughter, Ella Roberta, whose asthma was...
As you get older, your eyes worsen and become susceptible to a disease called age-related macular degeneration — the leading cause of blindness, with no cure...
