Interstellar Travel: Will We Ever Get Out of the Solar System?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Astronomer Royal Martin Rees examines the various options for colonizing worlds beyond our own solar system, and expresses skepticism that humanity will ever achieve faster-than-light travel. "There are hypothetical time machines, but the only one that's been wo... Read more
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- -: Interstellar Travel: Will We Ever Get Out of the Solar System?
January 12, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Astronomer Royal Martin Rees examines the various options for colonizing worlds beyond our own solar system, and expresses skepticism that humanity will ever achieve faster-than-light travel. "There are hypotheti...
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- -: TEDxOxford - Aubrey de Grey - The Fountain of Youth
January 6, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Aubrey de Grey, Chief Scientific Officer at the SENS foundation presents his talk "Regenerative medicine against ageing: is the real fountain of youth forseeable at last?" at TEDxOxford on the 26th of September 2011. To find out more about TEDxOxford see http://www.tedxoxford.com/ About TEDx: ...
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- -: How the Internet Can Educate Our Computer 'Overlords'
December 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the next step for the Internet Archive, which involves making its information accessible to a new type of consumer: computers. He explains that in addition to helping im...
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- -: The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program
December 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program honors the legacy and character of our nation's 40th President by rewarding college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with financial assistance to pursue higher education. Through the generous suppor...
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- -: The Wayback Machine: Preserving the History of Web Pages
December 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the inner workings of the Internet Archive's most famous service, the Wayback Machine. He explains that in addition to providing users a dose of nostalgia, it can also b...
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- -: Tim Ferriss Scoffs at Gladwell's 10,000 Hours
December 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/09/14/Tim_Ferriss_Accelerated_Learning_in_Accelerated_Times Bestselling author Tim Ferriss scoffs at Malcolm Gladwell's theory that most people can master a skill in 10,000 hours, quipping, "For most people, they do things the wrong way." However, Ferriss a...
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- -: Archive.org: Every Book in the World at Your Fingertips
December 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, discusses their mission to digitize all the world's books. He explains that in addition to making the books available online, they've also built bookmobi...
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- -: TEDxBRISTOL 2011 - TONY BURY - THE MOWGLI FOUNDATION
December 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)TEDxBristol 2011 took place on Thursday 8th September 2011, at the MSHED Museum, in Bristol, South West England. Find more of our talks, the videos, the audio and the TEDxBristol experience, online at: http://www.tedxbristol.com About the speaker: Philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Tony ...
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- -: TEDxNewy 2011 - Liz Mullinar - Treating the core problem of childhood trauma.
December 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Liz Mullinar is the Founder of Heal For Life Foundation. In 2000 she was awarded the inaugural Australian Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 2009 she was honoured with an Achievement Award on Australia Day, as well as being named as NSW Volunteer of the Year. She was a finalist for Australian of ...
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- -: TEDxSanJoseCA - Margo McAuliffe - Educating Women and Girls in Kenya
April 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Founder of Girls School in Kenya. Margo McAuliffe is a retired high school math teacher who at the age of 69 followed a life-time dream to go to Africa. Margo ended up teaching math to girls in Kenya. Landing in Naivasha, she established Kenya Help (www.kenyahelp.us) a non-profit dedicated to h...
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