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Why you should love gross science

Anna Rothschild · TED

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What can we learn from the slimy, smelly side of life? In this playful talk, science journalist Anna Rothschild shows us the hidden wisdom of "gross stuff" and explains why avoiding the creepy underbelly of nature, medicine and technology closes us off to important sources of knowledge about our health and the world. "When we explore the gross side of life, we find insights that we never would have thought we'd find, and we even often reveal beauty that we didn't think was there," Rothschild says.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxMidAtlantic
Speaker
Anna Rothschild
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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