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The omnivore’s next dilemma Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 What if human consciousness isn’t the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rul...

Why can’t we grow new body parts? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine — a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal th...

Earth in its final century? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Speaking as both an astronomer and "a concerned member of the human race," Sir Martin Rees examines our planet and its future from a cosmic perspec...

Casting spells with DNA Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and more. Sure, it’s a stunt, but it's also a dem...

Inspired ideas for a sustainable future Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifes...

Decoding the future with genomics Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here,...

African fractals, in buildings and braids Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met whil...

12 sustainable design ideas from nature Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already infl...

How do ants know what to do? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in ...

What is our place in the cosmos? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The fir...

Underwater astonishments Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Tim...

Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Savage-Rumbaugh’s work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much...

What separates us from the apes? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Jane Goodall hasn’t found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real differenc...

We must win the oil endgame Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.

6 ways mushrooms can save the world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpo...

Measuring the fastest animal on earth Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, u...

Robots that are "self-aware" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain — to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stor...

A surprising idea for "solving" climate change Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash...

Fly me to the moons of Saturn Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, wh...

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