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Auckland Art Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery
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Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki, is New Zealand’s largest and most inspiring visual arts experience. Four floors of exhibitions, right in the heart of Auckland city. The perfect place... >>>

Understanding emotions

Understanding emotions
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So what are emotions, really? Well, strap on your seat belt, because emotions are guesses. They are guesses that your brain constructs in the moment where billions of brain cells are... >>>

Better conversation

Better conversation
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Buddha said, and I'm paraphrasing, 'If your mouth is open, you're not learning'. And Calvin Coolidge said 'No man ever listened his way out of a job'. I came to realise that conversational... >>>

Wisdom of mud buildings

Wisdom of mud buildings
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There are a lot of resources given by nature for free, all we need is our sensitivity to see them and our creativity to use them. Heringer uses low-tech materials like mud and bamboo to... >>>

Hallucinating all the time

Hallucinating all the time
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'We're all hallucinating all the time, including right now. It's just that when we agree about our hallucinations, we call that reality.' According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, when we... >>>

Don’t believe in beliefs

Don’t believe in beliefs
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When mystery presents itself people want answers. And when there are none, they cling to beliefs. As the function of a belief is to provide simple answers to the deepest of questions,... >>>

Perception deceives us

Perception deceives us
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Our perception deceives us. We awake in the morning feeling still, as we look out the window to see a tiny looking sun rising in the sky. We walk outside and the ground looks flat. And as... >>>

Treasures of Meaning

Treasures of Meaning
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The concept of meaning starts with emptiness. It is like an empty bowl. You may fill an empty bowl with whatever you may wish – whether it be rice, fruit or soup – and yet it is impartial... >>>

Eat Cartoons

Eat Cartoons
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We imagine the taste, the feeling, the effect of the food we are about to put in our mouth. As what we imagine the process is influenceable. Food giants spend lots to advertise their... >>>

Economics for everyone

Economics for everyone
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Illustrated here by Andrew Park, Ha-Joon Chang explains why every single person can and should get their head around basic economics. He pulls back the curtain on the often mystifying... >>>

There is a beginning

There is a beginning
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Zhuang Zhou, often written Chuang Tzu, known for Zhuangzi was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC. He is credited with writing the Zhuangzi book, which... >>>

How to grow fresh air!

How to grow fresh air!
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Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air. >>>

Motivations not cash!

Motivations not cash!
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What motivate us? This inspiring illustrated talk inquiries how motivations drive our everyday actions and work. Adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, this video illustrates some hidden... >>>

Making a change

Making a change
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Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighbourhoods, and involving those who live there — from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North... >>>

Seeds, grow forests & food

Seeds, grow forests & food
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How big is yourself? In these 3 projects the concept of togetherness and self is fully blended. The following 3 examples, on food and the ecosystem topic, show a new social math! >>>

Thinking out of the box

Thinking out of the box
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Pranav Mistry is a real source of inspirations for his 'Thinking out of the box'. Inventor of SixthSense, Pranav Mistry, here at TedIndia demos several tools that help the physical world... >>>

Building smart

Building smart
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Through his firm, Kéré Architecture, Kéré focuses on using local building materials and techniques in a modern way, to redefine and redesign the enviroment. In Burkina Faso, that means... >>>

Who am I? Think again

Who am I? Think again
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How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. >>>

Bali graffiti

Bali graffiti
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There are several issues in Bali but lately people have been concerned about land being sold to foreigners and non-Balinese. The argument is that the gods entrusted the people of Bali with... >>>

Numbeo: Numbers for all

Numbeo: Numbers for all
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Numbeo is the world's largest database providing current and timely information on world living conditions. >>>

what on earth did I just witness?

what on earth did I just witness?
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Chinese animation artist Ray Lei, 26-year-old, has already hit International Animation Festival shows few times with his interesting multimedia works. >>>

Urban green need

Urban green need
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The urban need for improved life quality is a driving energy in every big metropolis. Check how good are Bangkok people in painting their everyday life lively green. >>>

Best of La Linea

Best of La Linea
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La Linea is an Italian animated series created by the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli. What strikes about Osvaldo's style is simplicity, minimalism, body language. Less was more... >>>

The art of Aakash Nihalani

The art of Aakash Nihalani
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My street work consists mostly of isometric rectangles and squares. I selectively place these graphics around New York to highlight the unexpected counters and elegant geometry of the city... >>>

The Red Bag Race

The Red Bag Race
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The red bag race is a competition to collect trash. It takes place during surf contests organised by Volcom Indonesia. It aims at educating kids on acting about environmental pollution. >>>

Plantas Nomadas

Plantas Nomadas
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Gilberto Espanza's nomadic plants are a sort of hybrid plant and microorganism robots who feed on polluted water. The robot plant is self sufficient being powered by a microbial fuel cell... >>>

Google Encrypted Search

Google Encrypted Search
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Your internet service provider can actually look at what you are searching. Do you want to stop this? Now you can... >>>