the morning of the stroke, and some more scientific videos

A video, a little bit long(20 min), but really worth watching it!



Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

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Raspyni Brothers: Welcome to Vaudeville 2.0.
Illustrious jugglers the Raspyni Brothers show off their uncanny balance, agility, coordination and willingness to sacrifice (others). Now, if you'll just stand completely still...

and, Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe.

Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe.
In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them.

and, Bill Strickland: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time.

Bill Strickland: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time.
With subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock, and a slide show that has opened the minds (and pocketbooks) of CEOs across the country, Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music and unlikely partnerships.

and also, David Macaulay: All roads lead to Rome Antics.

David Macaulay: All roads lead to Rome Antics.
Despite a love and fascination for Rome dating to his days as an architecture student, David Macaulay found the path to his book Rome Antics took some unusual (and frustrating) turns. Through failed pop-up designs, scribbled out title possibilities, surreal sketchbook pages (think

and also, Ben Dunlap: The story of a passionate

Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian man he met at Wofford College. In telling Teszler's dramatic life story, which arcs from the Holocaust to the American Deep South of the 1950s, Dunlap shares some deep and, ultimately, moving lessons about justice -- and the power of lifelong learning. Sit back and listen

and also,

Siegfried Woldhek shows how he found the

and also, Clifford Stoll on ... everything