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How biotech will drive our evolution Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 14, 2009 In this prophetic 2003 talk — just days before Dolly the sheep was stuffed -- biotech ethicist Gregory Stock looked forward to new, ...

A bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 13, 2009 Forget about the hybrid auto — Shai Agassi says it’s electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, ha...

Busted! The sneaky moves of antisocial smartphone users Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 10, 2009 In this funny (and actually poignant) 3-minute talk, social strategist Renny Gleeson breaks down our always-on social world — where the ...

A trickster’s theory of everything Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 09, 2009 Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She’s a brilliant trickster, p...

Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2009 Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The f...

Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back it up Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 07, 2009 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intif...

My father, my architect Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 06, 2009 Nathaniel Kahn shares clips from his documentary "My Architect," about his quest to understand his father, the legendary architect Louis Kahn. It’...

Restyling the classic Airstream trailer Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 02, 2009 In this low-key, image-packed talk from 2002, designer Christopher C. Deam talks about his makeover of an American classic: the Airstream travel t...

Fulfilling the dream of flight in a high-tech wingsuit Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 01, 2009 Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports — an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar throug...

Can design save the newspaper? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 31, 2009 Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulatio...

Poetry for all seasons of life Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 30, 2009 Poet C.K. Williams reads his work at TED2001. As he colors scenes of childhood resentments, college loves, odd neighbors and the literal death of ...

A jungle search for the next pandemic virus Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 26, 2009 Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge &#...

Coaching for people, not points Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 26, 2009 With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares t...

Cool new things you can do with your mobile phone Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 25, 2009 In this engaging talk from the EG’08 conference, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue rounds up some handy cell phone tools and services that...

From a Nairobi slum, a tale of hope Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 24, 2009 Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of ...

From a Nairobi slum, a tale of hope Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 24, 2009 Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of on an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute. whose dreams of escaping poverty, o...

Inventing a super-kite to tap the energy of high-altitude wind Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2009 In this brief talk, Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprisi...

How to grow your own fresh air Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 20, 2009 Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in ...

Nostalgia for a future that never happened Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 19, 2009 Bruce McCall paints a future that never happened — full of flying cars, polo-playing tanks and the RMS Tyrannic, "The Biggest Thing in A...

My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2009 At EG’08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's a...

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