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Nalini Nadkarni explores canopy worlds
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com A unique ecosystem of plants, birds and monkeys thrives in the treetops of the rainforest. Nalini Nadkarni exp…
Jay Walker: A library of human imagination
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlight…
Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one-woman, multimedia show, "Upwake." As the character Zero, she blends dr…
Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed h…
Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Mi…
Boaz Almog "levitates" a superconductor
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com How can a super-thin, three-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting, futuristi…
Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor | Taylor Wilson
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the w…
Parag Khanna maps the future of countries
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past…
Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury by helpi…
Jonathan Drori: Why we're storing billions of seeds
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. R…
Bruce Feiler: Agile programming -- for your family
Ted Talk: Bruce Feiler has a radical idea: To deal with the stress of modern family life, go agile. Inspired by agile software programming,…
Nate Silver: How does race affect votes?
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Nate Silver has answers to controversial questions about race in politics: Did Obama's race hurt his votes in …
Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plagu…
Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inm…
The politics of fiction | Elif Shafak
Ted Talk: Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel w…