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Why didn’t girls play videogames? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 02, 2009 A TED archive gem. At TED in 1998, Brenda Laurel asks: Why are all the top-selling videogames aimed at little boys? She spent two years researchin...

Exploring the reef’s Twilight Zone Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: February 25, 2009 In this illuminating talk, Richard Pyle shows us thriving life on the cliffs of coral reefs and groundbreaking diving technologies he has pioneere...

Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: February 24, 2009 Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating was...

Here’s how to protect the blue heart of the planet (TED Prize winner!) Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: February 19, 2009 Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean — and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she mak...

Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: February 17, 2009 Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don’t look for it on your ballot — or in the stock exch...

ViroScan, a high-tech tool for solving medical mysteries Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 29, 2009 Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) using DNA. His work may help us underst...

Peter Ward on Earth’s mass extinctions Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 27, 2009 Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but "Medea Hypothesis" author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth’s mass extinctions were caused by lowly ...

An introduction to genomics Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 22, 2009 What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at le...

New eyes on the wonders of the ocean Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 20, 2009 David Gallo and Bill Lange present amazing film of ocean life, captured with new high-def cameras and techniques. Look for corals, jellies and exqu...

Take a ride in the Skycar Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 08, 2009 Paul Moller talks about the future of personal air travel — the marriage of autos and flight that will give us true freedom to travel off...

What can fossils teach us? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 07, 2009 Strange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution’s genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno...

Kary Mullis celebrates the experiment Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 05, 2009 Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocke...

Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 24, 2008 Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins of familiar Chinese-American dishes — exploring the hidden spots where thes...

Steven Strogatz on sync Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 22, 2008 Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit — w...

Leveraging big ideas to make change Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 10, 2008 Michael Milken talks about using your own particular set of skills to make real change in the world. In his case, the energetic mind that once cre...

Reinventing the car Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 04, 2008 General Motors veep Larry Burns previews cool next-gen car design: sleek, customizable (and computer-enhanced) vehicles that run clean on hydrogen...

Climbing the world’s biggest trees Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 02, 2008 Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Gro...

The coming neurological epidemic Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 01, 2008 Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we’ll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheime...

Bill Joy: What I’m worried about, what I'm excited about Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 24, 2008 Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity — and several big hopes in the fields of health, educati...

The design of the universe Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 20, 2008 At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos &#8...

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