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How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?

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How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?

The internet is forever ... or is it? The average webpage is deleted or changed in just 100 days. To preserve all human knowledge — digital and analog — Brewster Kahle created the Internet Archive.

How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?

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What would we learn and what could we save, if we had a 3D-scan of the entire earth?

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What would we learn and what could we save, if we had a 3D-scan of the entire earth?

LIDAR technology is an innovation in archeology and ecology that has uncovered lost civilizations. But archeologist Chris Fisher realized it could help track and study the effects of climate change.

What would we learn and what could we save, if we had a 3D-scan of the entire earth?

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Want to spend more time with family? Expand your definition of ... family

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Want to spend more time with family? Expand your definition of ... family

We often resolve to spend time with family. A.J. Jacobs may have found one solution: treat everyone like family. He says genealogy platforms have linked him to family trees with millions of cousins.

Want to spend more time with family? Expand your definition of ... family

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Hey adults, fun is one antidote to stress. Try it more

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Hey adults, fun is one antidote to stress. Try it more

How often have you resolved to stress less? But what does that mean? For journalist Catherine Price, she found the first step to making us happier, healthier, and more present is to ... have more fun.

Hey adults, fun is one antidote to stress. Try it more

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Choosing mindfulness over dieting

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Choosing mindfulness over dieting

Dieting doesn't work. Despite that, many people feel immense pressure to starve themselves. Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt argues for a better, healthier way to live with mindful eating.

Choosing mindfulness over dieting

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Do your brain a favor — move your body

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Do your brain a favor — move your body

Did you know working out is the single best thing you can do for your brain? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki found regular exercise helps grow your brain, improve memory and help protect against dementia.

Do your brain a favor — move your body

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Friday

How businesses are deploying facial recognition
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How businesses are deploying facial recognition

As facial recognition software becomes easier to acquire, businesses are using it to surveil and analyze customers. Bloomberg's Parmy Olson explains where and how the technology is being deployed.

How businesses are deploying facial recognition

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David Moinina Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs
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David Moinina Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs

Decades ago, a civil war in Sierra Leone left thousands as amputees. Researcher and current Education Minister David Moinina Sengeh set out to help them with a more comfortable socket for prostheses.

David Moinina Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs

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Hrishikesh Hirway: Finding balance through deconstructing music
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Hrishikesh Hirway: Finding balance through deconstructing music

Hrishikesh Hirway always wanted to be a musician. When his dream didn't go as planned, he navigated complex feelings of success and failure — embracing opportunities that became unexpected gifts.

Hrishikesh Hirway: Finding balance through deconstructing music

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Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero
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Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

In Marvel's "America," Gabby Rivera wrote a superhero who's queer, Latina, and punches portals across dimensions. She shares why it's empowering to write characters that mirror her identity.

Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

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Mary L. Gray: The invisible "ghost" workforce powering our day-to-day lives
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Mary L. Gray: The invisible "ghost" workforce powering our day-to-day lives

The technology powering many apps and services seems automatic. But anthropologist Mary L. Gray explains how there are millions of hidden workers behind the screen who are key to making it all work.

Mary L. Gray: The invisible "ghost" workforce powering our day-to-day lives

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Holly Herndon: How AI can transform your voice

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Holly Herndon: How AI can transform your voice

Artist Holly Herndon created an AI clone of her voice that can sing in any languages and in any tone. In her music, Holly shows how AI can enhance the power and artistry of the voice.

Holly Herndon: How AI can transform your voice

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Carin Bondar: Eggs and the genius of bird moms
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Carin Bondar: Eggs and the genius of bird moms

Laying eggs may seem like a simple way to reproduce compared to human birth, but biologist Carin Bondar says bird moms are the micromanagers of the animal kingdom.

Carin Bondar: Eggs and the genius of bird moms

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David Biello: Are we alone in the universe?
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David Biello: Are we alone in the universe?

Are we alone in the universe? This hour, we travel the cosmos with TED science curator David Biello in search of extraterrestrial life, uncovering how it may look and how we'll know we've found it.

David Biello: Are we alone in the universe?

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Vinith Misra: How can our relationships with computers be funnier and friendlier?
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Vinith Misra: How can our relationships with computers be funnier and friendlier?

Artificial intelligence and people often struggle to seamlessly interact. Computer scientist Vinith Misra shares how computational humor could help bridge the gap between humans and their machines.

Vinith Misra: How can our relationships with computers be funnier and friendlier?

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