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Tourist snapshots from North Korea
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Date: June 24, 2008
While on vacation in Asia in 2007, Paul Koontz got the rare chance to spend a few days in North Korea as a tourist. He brought along his kids and ...
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Swim with giant sunfish in the open ocean
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfis...
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Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepre...
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The joy of rockets
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Moneyman Steve Jurvetson takes TEDsters inside his awesome hobby — launching model rockets –- by sharing some gorgeous photos, his infec...
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A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so...
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Life at 30,000 feet
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Richard Branson talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-de...
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WorldWide Telescope
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope, which compiles images from telescopes and s...
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A vision for TED
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Chris Anderson gave this talk in 2002, prior to taking over leadership of TED. Founder Richard Wurman was leaving and TED’s future was hanging in ...
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Asking big questions about the universe
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe — How did the universe begin?...
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Can we domesticate germs?
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Date: June 24, 2008
Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful on...
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TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that ...
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2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the c...
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