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• The exploitation of US college athletes | Tim Nevius

  
  5 avril, par contact@ted.com (TED) — Higher Education, TED
  Colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, compromising the health and education of athletes -- who are disproportionately Black -- in the name of money, power and pride. Sports lawyer and former NCAA investigator Tim Nevius exposes how the system (...)

• An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word | Kate Lister

  
  1er avril, par contact@ted.com (TED) — Higher Education, TED
  With candor and cunning, sex historian Kate Lister chronicles the curious journey of an ancient, honest word with innocent origins and a now-scandalous connotation in this uproarious love letter to etymology, queens, cows and all things "cunt." (This talk contains mature (...)

• The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | Michael Levin

  
  31 mars, par contact@ted.com (TED) — Higher Education, TED
  DNA isn't the only builder in the biological world -- there's also a mysterious bioelectric layer directing cells to work together to grow organs, systems and bodies, says biologist Michael Levin. Sharing unforgettable and groundbreaking footage of two-headed worms, he introduces us to xenobots (...)

• Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has) | Archie Crowley

  
  31 mars, par contact@ted.com (TED) — Higher Education, TED
  Dictionaries and grammar "rules" don't have the final word on language -- and believing they do can harm more than help, especially for the trans community. Sociolinguist Archie Crowley deconstructs three common myths around language, demonstrating how it's a fluid system that naturally evolves (...)

• The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty | Andrew Youn

  
  30 mars, par contact@ted.com (TED) — Higher Education, TED
  Farmers stand at the center of the world, says Andrew Youn, cofounder of One Acre Fund, an agricultural organization that's empowering sub-Saharan farm families with the loans, seeds, fertilizer and training needed to increase crop yields and end hunger. Meet Therese Niyonsaba, a Rwandan farmer (...)

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