Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby?
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http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a di... Read more
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- -: Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby?
February 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphib...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Terrie Williams - The Biology of Big
January 14, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Terrie Williams, PhD is a Co-Founder of the Center of Ocean Health and Director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has spent her life studying how big animals survive on our changing planet, from Alaskan killer whales to African cheetahs. H...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Dyan deNapoli - The Great Penguin Rescue
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"Penguins are very vocal birds and really really noisy . . . when we stepped through the doors and into the building it was eerily silent." Dyan deNapoli tells a riveting personal tale of the world's largest volunteer animal rescue that saved over 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast...
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- -: TEDxDubbo - Paul Maguire - The Animal Voice On Sustainability
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Manager of Discovery and Experience at Taronga Zoo. Paul has been working with animals at Taronga for 17 years. His is passionate about not only the animals themselves but also about youth education and conservation. Paul feels working with youth age groups to educate on conservation through the...
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- -: Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk
December 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can in...
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- -: Hilary Swank Has Some New Pets
December 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)While she was here, Hilary showed off some of her adorable new pets! She brought her rescue dogs into Ellen's dressing room for a little visit, and photos of her adorable new baby chick!
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- -: Sheila Patek: Measuring the fastest animal on earth
May 17, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances fro...
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- -: David Gallo: Underwater astonishments
January 14, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma
February 7, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com 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 rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks a...
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- -: Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows
May 19, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
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