(Music) On a typical day at school, endless hours are spent learning the answers to questions, but right now, we'll do the opposite. We're going to focus on questions where you...
I'm so sorry guys. I have to -- find another -- I was supposed to give this talk on how to give the perfect TED Talk. And then they put me last. So everyone's already gone. And I´ve...
So what makes a piece of music beautiful? Well, most musicologists would argue that repetition is a key aspect of beauty. The idea that we take a melody, a motif, a musical idea, we repeat it, we set...
Let me start by saying that my first challenge was cricket. I was nine years old when I decided to become a test cricketer. I watched my older cousin Javed Burki scoring a century at what should not...
Thanks for calling me a young man! It's really cool to be here. Being hanging out with TED -- It really is quite cool. The good life. Those three words probably mean a whole lot of different...
Mi trovo a 150 metri di profondità in una miniera illegale del Ghana. L'aria è pesante per via del calore e della polvere, ed è difficile respirare. Riesco a sentire il fruscio di corpi...
When I was in University of Saskatchewan, as an undergraduate student, I was involved in a group project like many of you have been involved, and our study was gender. We wanted to look at how gender...
As instruments go, you might say, the viola drew an unlucky number in the musical lottery. It's the middle child of the string family. Often overlooked in favor of it's flashier sister...
Today, we live in the most troubled times. All the nations of the world seem to be undergoing some degree of change. And in order to avoid the problems that we've had for years --...