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Phil Plait: The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes  11:08 minutes · Filmed Jun 2018 · Posted Mar 2019 · TEDxBoulder Phil Plait was on a Hubble Space Telescope team of astronomers who thought they may have captured the first direct photo of an exoplanet ever taken. But did the evidence actually support that? Follow along as Plait shows how science progresses -- through a robust amount of making and correcting errors. "The price of doing science is admitting when you're wrong, but the payoff is the best there is: knowledge and understanding," he says. | |
Storms, clouds, wildfires, ice and sunshine -- these talks explore the science and art of our weather systems. Watch » 12 TED Talks to explore • Total run time 2:16:47 | |
 The sun delivers more energy to earth in one hour than all of humanity uses in an entire year. How can we make this power accessible to everyone, everywhere? In this imaginative talk, solar designer Marjan van Aubel shows how she's turning everyday objects like tabletops and stained glass windows into elegant solar cells -- and shares her vision to make every surface a power station. Watch »  To help young kids thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write -- we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says educator Olympia Della Flora. In this practical, budget-minded talk, she shares creative tactics she has used to help struggling, disruptive students get their feelings in check -- and put the focus back on learning. Watch » |  Visual artist Amanda Williams shares her lifelong fascination with the complexity of color, from her experiences with race and redlining to her discovery of color theory. Journey with Williams to Chicago's South Side and explore "Color(ed) Theory," a two-year art project in which she painted houses in bold colors infused with local meaning -- catalyzing conversations and making the hidden visible. Watch »  Bees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in something else: Where are bees healthy and thriving? To find out, he recruited citizen scientists across the US to set up beehives in their backyards, gardens and rooftops. Learn how these little data factories are changing what we know about the habitats bees need to thrive -- and keep our future food systems stable. Watch » | | |
| How to brainstorm like The Onion does. How do you stay funny for 25 years? Learn the crucial step that leads to better ideas. Read more »
A poet redefines what it means to be strong. Let's celebrate boys for their abilities, values and passions -- not just their height. Read more »
How to read the news like a scientist. Overwhelmed by your news feed? Use tools from science to evaluate what's true and what's fake. Read more »
What would you do with a day off just for yourself? If your answer is: "I have no idea," try this quick quiz -- then go play hooky. Read more »
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| " | For those who are curious, I wrote a behind the scenes article about some of the mistakes I made *in this talk*, if you like getting a bit meta." | | |
Networking for People Who Hate Networking: Hear from professionals who have zig-zagged their way up the corporate ladder using some unconventional ways of making professional connections. Subscribe to WorkLife with Adam Grant for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
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We live our lives by the calendar and the clock, but time is also an abstraction, even an illusion. In this hour, TED speakers explore how our sense of time changes depending on who and where we are. Listen on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. 
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