TED: Jamil Abu-Wardeh - The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

Jamil Abu-Wardeh jump-started the comedy scene in the Arab world by founding the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which brings standup comedians to laughing audiences all over the Middle East. He's found that, by avoiding the "three B's" (blue material, beliefs and "bolitics"), the Axis of Evil comics find plenty of cross-border laughs.

TED: Laurie Santos - How Monkeys Mirror Human Irrationality

Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

TED: Dimitar Sasselov - Finding Hundreds of Earth-like Planets

Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere (and on Earth). How many such planets have they found already? Several hundreds.

TED - Michael Shermer: The Pattern Behind Self-deception

TED - James Randi's Fiery Takedown of Psychic Fraud

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TED - Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: Inside A School For Suicide Bombers

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TED: Michael Specter - The Danger of Science Denial

"And listen, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But you know what you're not entitled to, you're not entitled to your own facts. Sorry, you're not."