Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature
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http://www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doer... Read more
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- -: Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature
May 17, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Confe...
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- -: Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
March 10, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers...
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- -: David Christian: Big history
April 11, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of th...
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- -: Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he sh...
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- -: Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with NASA's Kepler Mission - Alan Boss
March 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/Alan_Boss_The_Crowded_Universe Astrophysicist Alan Boss discusses Nasa's Kepler Mission and its search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. He is confident that Kepler will find hundreds of Earth-like planets, many of which will probably be "i...
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- -: Genetic Engineering Not a New Science - Pamela Ronald
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/28/Pamela_Ronald_and_Raoul_Adamchak_The_Food_of_the_Future Pamela Ronald, professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, explains that although there is a stigma around the term, genetic engineering has been around for thousands of ...
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- -: Is Genetic Engineering Good for the Environment?
August 20, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/28/Pamela_Ronald_and_Raoul_Adamchak_The_Food_of_the_Future Pamela Ronald explains how genetic engineering can be used in place of more harmful farming practices. She describes how genetically modified cotton is used to reduce pesticide use and improve bi...
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- -: Bill Gates Backs Genetically Modified Food Research
February 6, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/Rethinking_How_to_Feed_The_World Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates explains why his philanthropic foundation helps fund genetically modified food research. "You are right on the verge of starvation all the time, so every tool that's safe and appropriate, ...
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- -: The 13,000-Year-Old Underground Forest of South Africa
December 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/15/Rachel_Sussman_The_Worlds_Oldest_Living_Organisms Photographer Rachel Sussman describes a species of baobab tree found in a particularly dry and fire-prone region of South Africa. The tree protects itself from fire damage by growing primarily upside d...
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- -: The Oldest Living Thing on Earth? 500,000-Year-Old Bacteria
January 4, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/15/Rachel_Sussman_The_Worlds_Oldest_Living_Organisms Photographer Rachel Sussman presents an image of what is most likely the oldest living thing on planet Earth: a specimen of actinobacteria, found in Siberian permafrost. The bacteria are about 500,000 ...
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