Healthbolt » TED talk http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt Health News and Commentary - Weird Health News and Information Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Talking Bacteria http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/talking-bacteria/ http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/talking-bacteria/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 10:51:07 +0000 Liz Lewis http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/?p=3852 Post from: Healthbolt

]]> Did you know that you have ten times more bacteria cells than human cells on you at any one time? Makes it sound like everyone is a human time bomb, just waiting to get sick. But in actual fact, these bacteria are our protectors, covering us like a suit of armour.

That’s just one of the interesting pieces of information you can pick up by listening to this fascinating TED Talk by bacteriologist Bonnie Bassler.

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/talking-bacteria/feed/ 0 Aimee Mullins’ legs have ‘Super-powers’. http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/aimee-mullins-legs-have-super-powers/ http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/aimee-mullins-legs-have-super-powers/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:50:47 +0000 Liz Lewis http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/?p=3355 Post from: Healthbolt

]]> Ever wonder what it’s like to have prosthetic legs?

Aimee Mullins – athlete, model, and actress – lets us into her world with this interesting talk at TED.

Image: Newscom

Image: Newscom

Born without fibular bones, Aimee had both legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant and learned to walk and then run on prosthetics. The running led to competing as a sprinter and resulted in her becoming a world record breaking runner at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta.

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