We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic | Bill Gates

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What if you could read the DNA of your future child? | Noor Siddiqui

For all of human history, a baby's DNA was determined by chance at conception: the so-called genetic lottery. "That era is over," says Noor Siddiqui, whose company builds screening tools to read the whole genome of embryos in an effort to give parents more genetic information tha ...  Show more

Sunday Pick: How to reclaim your narrative (w/ Monica Lewinsky) | from How to Be a Better Human

Monica Lewinsky is an anti-bullying activist and host of Reclaiming with Monica, a podcast that shines her guests’ unguarded conversations about how they make sense of the world. In this episode filmed in front of a live audience at TED 2026, Chris interviews Monica on how she fi ...  Show more

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