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- -: Sen. McConnell on Repealing Birthright Citizenship

August 5, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete Premium Video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell weighs in on repealing the 14th Amendment provision for birthright citizenship, which some Republicans claim has been abused by foreign citizens who enter the US with the sole intent of givi...

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- -: Savulescu: Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?

July 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/31/Unnatural_Selection_Artificial_Life_and_Designer_Babies Bioethicist Julian Savulescu makes an argument for procreative beneficence, his conviction that parents are morally obligated to breed the healthiest children possible. "Nature has no mind to equ...

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- -: Alison Gopnik: What do babies think?

October 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

http://www.ted.com "Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the...

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Elliot Krane: The Mystery of Chronic Pain

March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Doctor Elliot Krane introduces pain as a disease on its own rather than always as a symptom. He elaborates the process by which chronic pain develops and hopes for a future when this type of pain is treated with specific drugs and not just symptom alleviators.

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Michael Merzenich: Re-Wiring the Brain

February 1, 2004 (over 20 years ago)

Michael Merzenich explains how easy re-wiring a brain is and this information gives us all the control over our lives and emotions.

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Source: TED

Jane Chen: A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives

November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Jane Chen launches a new and ultra-low cost incubator-like warmer for pre-mature babies made especially for developing countries.

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Source: TED

Diane Benscoter: How Cults Rewire the Brain

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter tells the story of her youth and how she got rid of the "virus" that consumed her during the years of being in a cult.

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Source: TED

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