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26 Mar Carl Cederstrom & Andre Spicer: Optimalizovanie, od šťastia až po produktivitu

Posted at 21:07h in by modrekiwi

In their witty talk, academics describe their one year long experiment of becoming superoptimized. Carl and André decided to leave their desks and undergo the journey of exploring our obsession with increasing productivity, hapiness and physical appereance. As they explain, they became fitter, healthier, happier...

26 Mar Pekka Tahkola: How cycling boosts our economy?

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In his eye-opening talk Pekka explains why cycling and walking are good for cities, well-being and local economy. As he argues, the time of car supremacy and pollution is over. Therefore, he provides the audience with solutions on how to return the city back to...

26 Mar Moshe Szyf: Epigenetics – our bodies’ way to change the destiny written in our DNA

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What we thought of as something fixed, DNA is actually very cleverly modified according to current environmental needs. Even before a baby is born, it already knows what world to prepare itself for. Moshe in this talk sheds light on his groundbreaking findings. About this speaker Moshe...

26 Mar Eva Kušíková: Let’s rebuild the trust to the Slovak health care

Posted at 21:03h in by modrekiwi

Eva Kušíková vo svojom talku približuje pohľad na zdravotníctvo nielen na Slovensku, ale aj v Afganistane. Akými strasťami prechádza vzťah medzi lekárom a pacientom? Dokážeme slovenskému zdravotníctvu prinavrátiť dôveru? About this speaker Eva Kušíková is an anesthesiologist in F.D.Roosevelt Faculty Hospital in Banská Bystrica. She studied and...

26 Mar Paul Bogard: Prečo potrebujeme tmu

Posted at 21:00h in by modrekiwi

In his captivating talk Paul describes what we call “light pollution,” the overuse and misuse of artificial light at night. In cities and towns, in suburbs and villages all over the world, we are using more light than we need, and we are using it...

26 Mar Michaela Musilová: No need to live on Mars to be an extremophile

Posted at 20:58h in by modrekiwi

In her fascinating talk, Michaela will show us the path that began as a childhood dream to simulated expedition to Mars. Her obsession with space and determination brought her for an example, to an examination of extremophiles and terraforming Mars. Michaela will convince you that...

26 Mar Michal Novák: Untangling a skein of Alzheimer disease’ s mystery

Posted at 20:53h in by modrekiwi

Profesor Michal Novák išiel niekoľko desaťročí urputne proti prúdu, proti názoru väčšiny vedeckej obce, pri hľadaní príčin a možného spôsobu liečby Alzheimerovej choroby. Vo svojom pútavom rozprávaní nás prevedie svojim dlhoročným výskumom, od ťažkých začiatkov v čase socializmu, cez spoluprácou s držiteľmi Nobelevej ceny, až...

26 Mar Bjorn Ihler: How Breivik Taught me to Overcome the Fear of the Unknown

Posted at 20:45h in by modrekiwi

In his breath-taking talk Bjørn Ihler will take you back on Utøya Island on 22 July 2011, where he faced Anders Breivik shootings, survived and saved lives of two little boys. How it's like to survive? Does he fear Breivik? Follow Ihler's path to forgiveness...

14 Feb Nikos Georgantzis: Bubbles as a pervasive phenomenon whose origin lies in our ethics

Posted at 21:02h in by TEDxBratislava

In his intriguing talk Nikos points out that the markets as a mechanism determining the value of things are a source of mistakes. He wonders if we can propose a non-subjective and reasonably operational alternative to value determination through market price. About this speaker Nikos Georgantzis is...

14 Feb Theatre elledanse presents YouMake ReMake, creation of Renana Raz

Posted at 21:01h in by TEDxBratislava

It's a captivating, entertaining and thought provoking show. Basically it is a form of dialogue, where stage and web merge together and continue one another. It's multi-disciplinary performance, consisting of artistic responses to Youtube videos, live on stage. During the show, the audience gets to...

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