TEDxNewy 2011 - John Aitken - What is our reproductive fate?
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Laureate Professor Aitken's research career began with a PhD in reproductive biology from the University of Cambridge. Following post-doctoral positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Bordeaux, he joined the World Health Organisation in Geneva, where he began a lifelong commitment to the study of human fertility. In 1977, he was appointed... Read more
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- -: TEDxNewy 2011 - John Aitken - What is our reproductive fate?
December 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Laureate Professor Aitken's research career began with a PhD in reproductive biology from the University of Cambridge. Following post-doctoral positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Bordeaux, he joined the World Health Organisation in Geneva, where he began a lifelong commitment to the st...
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- -: TEDxEast - Baba Brinkman - Sexual Selection as a Political Force
May 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)May 9, 2011- Baba Brinkman shares one of his own raps which uses the theory of natural selection to examine the choices we make for our personal lives.
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- -: The Toxification of Planet Earth - Paul Ehrlich
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- -: How to Clone a Mammoth - Beth Shapiro
February 12, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/19/Beth_Shapiro_How_to_Make_a_Dodo Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro examines the difficulties involved in cloning a mammoth from frozen DNA samples. ----- Rhodes Scholar and acclaimed researcher of ancient DNA Beth Shapiro discusses her research fin...
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- -: Genetic Engineering Not a New Science - Pamela Ronald
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- -: Can Your Behavior Affect Your Genes? - David Shenk
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- -: Sexually Promiscuous? Blame It On Anatomy
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- -: The Virus as a Planetary Force
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- -: Savulescu: Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
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