Louise Leakey: Digging for humanity's origins
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http://www.ted.com Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.
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- -: Louise Leakey: Digging for humanity's origins
July 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.
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- -: How the Moon was Formed - Jennifer Heldmann
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/Jennifer_Heldmann_The_Moon NASA scientist Jennifer Heldmann describes the most popular theory of how the Earth's moon was formed. ----- Let's talk about the moon. In my opinion it's the best celestial body to observe - it's big enough to see in cap...
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- -: How Darwin Stumbled Onto the Famous Beagle Voyage - David Bisno
March 9, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/03/Dr_David_Bisno_Toying_with_Trouble Science historian David Bisno tells the story of how ship captain Robert Fitzroy invited Charles Darwin to join him on a round-the-world voyage. On this voyage, the "undistinguished" 21-year-old Darwin began to devis...
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- -: What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory?
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/23/Marcus_Chown_in_Conversation_with_Fred_Watson Marcus Chown argues that as more and more ideas are "tacked on" to the original big bang theory, it's becoming apparent that there is "a really, really big idea missing." He predicts "someone in the next.....
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- -: Why Was Darwin's 'Origin of Species' So Popular?
March 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/world_tech_summit_awards The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik discusses how Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was able to find such a wide audience of mainstream readers. Gopnik argues that much of the book's effectiveness comes from Darwin'...
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- -: Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
October 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including homo sapiens -- ...
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Jennifer 8. Lee: Jennifer 8. Lee Hunts for General Tso
July 1, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Jennifer 8. Lee recounts the common misconceptions about Chineses food in the American culture.
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Murray Gell-Mann: The Ancestor of Language
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Murray Gell-Mann shares his insights on the beginnings of modern language.
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Stephen Hawking: Asking Big Questions About the Universe
February 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)In this talk, Stephen Hawking answers some of the biggest questions about the universe: How did the universe come into being? Is there Alien life? What is the future of the human race?
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