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What does finding a cancer drug have in common with saving an endangered species?
More than you’d think.
Tim Cernak has spent his career pushing chemistry beyond its original limits, from drug discovery at Merck to conservation biology as a Research Fellow at the Smithsonian. His TEDxChicago talk challenges where science draws its boundaries, and asks who should get to decide.
Streaming now on TED’s YouTube. Link in bio.
05/14/2026
The future of food can’t be built without farmers at the center.
Alesha Miller brings the kind of perspective you only get when the work is intentional, especially when it comes to AI
Watch her full TEDxChicago Global Idea Search talk on TED’s YouTube. Link in bio.
She grew up farming in Iowa. Now she's helping smallholder farmers around the world use AI to feed communities and build resilience.
Alesha Miller spent eight years at the Gates Foundation and now leads strategy at , scaling an AI-powered farm advisor called Farmer Chat to some of the most food-insecure communities on the planet.
Her roots and her mission are the same story. Watch it on TED's YouTube now. Link in bio.
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