# Why you should love gross science

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Anna Rothschild
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_rothschild_why_you_should_love_gross_science)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Why you should love gross science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anna_rothschild_why_you_should_love_gross_science/70e27ab21191), 13 min (TED's player)