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Biology

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Biology.

Video playlists about Biology

The most popular TED Talks of 2022

What ideas intrigued and inspired the world this year? These TED Talks spread the quickest in 2022.

The most popular TED Talks of 2021

What ideas captured people's attention and took off the quickest? Here are the talks that intrigued and inspired in 2021.

The fight against viruses

What we do (and don't) know about viruses, pandemics and the vaccines that combat them.

Theories of evolution

The enduring ideas, discoveries and observations that define and expand life as we know it.

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Talks about Biology

Stephanie A. Poindexter

Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence

Silvana Konermann

The human cell is wildly complex. Can AI decode it?

Why does catnip make cats go crazy?

Niko Zlotnik

How do snakes swallow animals so much bigger than they are?

Joy Milne

The nurse who can smell Parkinson’s

Maksim Plikus

How long can hair grow?

Gurpreet Baht

What happens when you break a bone?

Alison Edelman

How does the morning-after pill prevent pregnancy?

Bruce Hardy

The biggest myths about Neanderthals

Chen X. Chen

3 things that can cause painful periods

Elizabeth Micks

What is vaginal discharge, and what does it say about your health?

Can you picture things in your mind? I can't

Patricia Aymà Maldonado

The brilliance of bacteria (and how they combat waste)

Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

Why is lead so dangerous to humans?

Juulia Jylhava

The 3 best predictors of how well you’ll age

Jason Hoellwarth

How does leg lengthening surgery work?

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