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Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

What can we learn from the slimy, smelly side of life?

TED Talks Daily · TED

June 22, 201813m 14s

Show Notes

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.

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