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Summery What about Zika fever? And how to treat them Script Zika fever: our newest dread disease. What is it? Where'd it come from? What do we do about it? Well for most adults, it's a relatively mild disease -- a little fever, a little headache, joint pain, maybe a rash.In fact, most people who get it don't even know they've had it. But the more we find out about the Zika virus the more terrify..

summery Ten years ago, researchers thought that getting a computer to tellthe difference between a cat and a dog would be almost impossible.Today, computer vision systems do it with greater than 99 percent accuracy.How? Joseph Redmon works on the YOLO (You Only Look Once) system,an open-source method of object detection that can identify objects in images and videofrom zebras to stop signs -- wi..

summery In 2002, the Colombian guerilla movement known as the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)kidnapped Ingrid Betancourt in the middle of her presidential campaign.For the next six years, Betancourt was held hostage in jungle prison camps where she was ravaged bymalaria, fleas, hunger and human cruelty until her rescue by the Colombian government.In this deeply personal talk, the p..

summery That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think.Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, is developing advanced robots that can gallop like a cheetah,negotiate 10 inches of snow, walk upright on two legs and even open doors and deliver packages.Join Raibert for a live demo of SpotMini, a nimble robot that maps the space around it, ..

summeryDo your kidneys have a sense of smell?Turns out, the same tiny scent detectors found in your nose are also found in some pretty unexpected places-- like your muscles, kidneys and even your lungs.In this quick talk (filled with weird facts), physiologist Jennifer Pluznick explains why they're there and what they do. scriptHere's a question for you:how many different scents do you think you..