TED演讲:请相信你可以进步(1)

The power of yet. 专注过程，而不是结果。 I heard about a high school in Chicago where students had to pass a certain number of courses to graduate, 我听说，在芝加哥有一所高中，那儿的学生毕业前要通过一系列课程，

TED演讲:忧郁简史(1)

Sadness is part of the human experience, 悲伤是人类必经的感受， but for centuries there has been vast disagreement over exactly what it is and what, if anything, to do about it. 但几个世纪以来，人们既没有判断出它到底是什

TED演讲:吸引力的科学(2)

Such a testosterone boost may give a man the nudge to pursue a woman he might not have otherwise noticed. 睾丸素分泌的增加可能会促使这个男人去追求这个平时他可能就会忽略的女性。 A woman's nose is particularly attuned

TED演讲：别对我撒谎(3)

But there are times when we are unwilling participants in deception. 而有时候我们不愿意参与说谎。 And that can have dramatic costs for us. 而这时，我们可能会遭受重大损失。 Last year saw 997 billion dollars in corporate f

TED演讲：别对我撒谎(4)

And we all kind of hate to admit it. 我们都不愿承认。 You know, we kind of wish we were better husbands, better wives, smarter, more powerful, taller, richer -- the list goes on. 我们希望自己能成为更好的丈夫，更好的妻子，变

TED演讲:摩尔有多大(1)

OK, today we're going to talk about the mole. 今天我们来谈一下摩尔。 Now, I know what you're thinking: I know what a mole is, 我知道你现在在想：我知道摩尔是什么， it's a small furry creature that digs holes in the ground

TED演讲:摩尔有多大(2)

Now, back to the mole. Not that mole. 现在，回到摩尔，不是鼹鼠。 This mole. Yep, this number has a second name.The mole. 这个摩尔，没错，这个常数有另一个名字,摩尔. Chemists use the term mole to refer to the quantities

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(5)

So this might be a good moment to take a quick time-out to answer a few FAQs about ocean rowing that might be going through your mind. 现在也许正好可以利用一点时间来进行关于大洋横渡的一些问题的解答，当然，这些问题

TED演讲：演示'第六感'(2)

I'm wearing a camera, just a simple web cam, a portable, battery-powered projection system with a little mirror. 我佩戴着一个相机，就是一个简单的网络摄像头，一个便携的用电池供电的投影仪和一个小镜子。 These c

TED演讲：演示'第六感'(1)

I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense 有一个问题我思考了很久，就是我们能否进化出一种第六感官。 a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-informati

TED演讲：请求的艺术(1)

So, I didn't always make my living from music. 我以前并不靠音乐谋生。 For about the five years after graduating from an upstanding liberal arts university, this was my day job. 自从我五年前从一所正派的文理学院毕业起，这是

TED演讲：一个编舞者的现场创作过程(5)

It's a bit of a cross of my arm. 一些手臂的交叉。 So all I'm doing is exploring this space of T and flashing through it with some action. 我在做的仅仅是探索T的空间，通过一些动作穿梭于这个空间。 I'm not remembering w

TED演讲：重新定义字典(8)

So if you think of the word set, a set can be a badger's burrow, 当你想到一个词setset可以指獾的穴， a set can be one of the pleats in an Elizabethan ruff, and there's one numbered definition in the OED. 也可以指伊利沙白时代衣领

TED演讲：暗喻言说(3)

If you are like 98 percent of other people, 如果你象其余百分之九十八的人一样， you will identify the round, amoeboid shape as Bouba, and the sharp, spiky one as Kiki. 你会把这个圆圆的，变形虫形状的叫做Bouba，把尖尖

TED演讲:一项关于电动车的大胆计划(9)

Now where is the car industry on that? Very interesting. 汽车工业在这个问题上的位置究竟在哪？这非常有意思。 The car industry has been focused just on themselves. 汽车工业一直都只专注在它们自己身上。 They bas

TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(1)

I was recently traveling in the Highlands of New Guinea, and I was talking with a man who had three wives. 最近，我正在新几内亚高地旅行，我访谈了一位有三个老婆的人。 I asked him, How many wives would you like to have? 我问

TED演讲:为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(2)

Thousands of people are posting videos like this, 有成千上万的人们上传这样的视频， mostly teenage girls, reaching out in this way. 他们中大部分都是十几岁的女孩，用这种方式来接触外界。 But what's leading them

TED演讲:什么会导致口臭(2)

For example, they'll break proteins into their component amino acids 比如，它们会把蛋白质分解成氨基酸成分， and then break those down even further into various compounds. 然后再把这些更进一步分解成各种化合物。 So

TED演讲:我们为什么要排气(3)

At the same time, methanogens can use hydrogen and carbon dioxide produced by other bacteria to generate methane, 同时，产甲烷菌可以使用其他细菌产出的氢和二氧化碳以生成甲烷， which can reduce the total volume of gas by u

TED演讲:我们为什么要排气(2)

But methane is actually odorless, too. 但是甲烷也是无味的。 Well then, what stinks? 那么，什么东西这么臭？ The foul smell is usually due to volatile sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol, or methyl mercaptan