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Short talks for parents who are short on time but starved for intellectual stimulation

You aren't sleeping. You barely have time to eat, let alone peruse TED Talks. Here, talks under six minutes that will give you a quick dose of inspiration.

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David Gallo

Underwater astonishments

Terry Moore

Why is 'x' the unknown?

Camille Seaman

Haunting photos of polar ice

Uldus Bakhtiozina

Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down

Kirk Citron

And now, the real news

Christopher deCharms

A look inside the brain in real time

Arthur Benjamin

The magic of Fibonacci numbers

Robert Full

The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

Steven Addis

A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time