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In the great 1980s movie "The Blues Brothers,"
there's a scene where John Belushi goes to visit Dan Aykroyd in his apartment
in Chicago for the very first time.
It's a cramped, tiny space
and it's ju
Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast
What I want you all to do right now
is to think of this mammal that I'm going to describe to you.
The first thing I'm going to tell you about this mammal
Father Daniel Berrigan once said that "writing about prisoners
is a little like writing about the dead."
I think what he meant is that we treat prisoners as ghosts.
They're unseen and unheard.
It's ea
This is the Air Jordan 3 Black Cement.
This might be the most important sneaker in history.
First released in 1988,
this is the shoe that started Nike marketing as we know it.
This is the shoe that pr
On January 26, 2013,
a band of al-Qaeda militants entered the ancient city of Timbuktu
on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
There, they set fire to a medieval library of 30,000 manuscripts
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Well, I'm an ocean chemist.
I look at the chemistry of the ocean today.
I look at the chemistry of the ocean in the past.
The way I look back in the past
is by using the fossilized remains of deepwate
Some people think that there's a TED Talk formula:
"Give a talk on a round, red rug."
"Share a childhood story."
"Divulge a personal secret."
"End with an inspiring call to action."
No.
That's not how
War has been a part of my life since I can remember.
I was born in Afghanistan, just six months after the Soviets invaded,
and even though I was too young to understand what was happening,
I had a dee
Whenever I get to travel for work,
I try to find out where my drinking water comes from,
and where my poop and pee go.
(Laughter)
This has earned me the nickname "The Poo Princess" in my family,
and i
Zika fever:
our newest dread disease.
What is it? Where'd it come from?
What do we do about it?
Well for most adults, it's a relatively mild disease --
a little fever, a little headache, joint pain, m