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...
After his HIV diagnosis, former pro rugby player Gareth Thomas set out on a mission to tackle the stigma and shame that prevent people from getting...
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...
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iLoF is enabling a new era of personalized medicine by using AI and photonics to build a cloud-based library of diseases biomarkers. The TC Top Picks...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Developing a vaccine usually takes five to 10 years, costs...
In the premiere episode of Hacking the Apocalypse, Claire Reilly looks at the past, present and future of pandemics and how technology could be the final...