Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today’s print dictionary is poised for transformation. McKean is also the editor of the language quarterly Verbatim (“language and linguistics for the layperson since 1974″) as well as the author of multiple books, including That’s [...]

Großartiger TED-Talk von Michael Pollan:

Amerikanische Psychologen haben bei zwei jungen Frauen eine neue Form von Synästhesie entdeckt: Das Befühlen von Oberflächen löst in ihnen starke Gefühle aus. So verursacht Jeansstoff bei einer der Frauen depressive Stimmungen. Auch Sand, Seide und Tennisbälle beeinflussen ihre Emotionen. Synästhesie: Wenn Seidenstoff glücklich macht – Wissenschaft – STERN​.DE. Der Originalartikel im New Scientist: First cases of [...]

XDRTB​.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs taken by James Nachtwey. XDR-TB, or extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, is a new and deadly mutation of tuberculosis. Similar in creation to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) but more extreme in its manifestation, it arises when common tuberculosis goes untreated or standard [...]

Terry Talks geht mit dem Konzept einer studentischen Konferenz online, die sehr nach TED ausschaut, aber eben studentisch ist: „Imagine [your university’s] most fascinating and engaging students coming together for a day, giving „the talk of their lives,“ sharing their ideas and discussing their visions for [your university] and the world. Now imagine being there, [...]

Hinreißender TED-Auftritt:  

In a preview of his next book, Steven Pinker takes on violence. We live in violent times, an era of heightened warfare, genocide and senseless crime. Or so we’ve come to believe. Pinker charts a history of violence from Biblical times through the present, and says modern society has a little less to feel guilty [...]