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Jane Poynter: Life ...
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06:40:00 06/15/09

At TEDxUSC, Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life ...

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

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Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

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At TEDxUSC, Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments.

Jane Poynter: Life ...
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04:40:00 06/15/09

At TEDxUSC, Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life ...

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

Added 06/15/09
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Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

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At TEDxUSC, Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments.

Jane Poynter: Life ...
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01:00:00 06/15/09

Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harsh...

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

Added 06/15/09
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Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

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Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments. (Filmed at TEDxUSC .)

Robert Full: Learni...
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08:36:48 06/11/09

Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbo...

Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.

Robert Full: Learni...
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06:36:48 06/11/09

Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbo...

Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

Added 06/11/09
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Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.

Robert Full: Learni...
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01:00:00 06/11/09

Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbo...

Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.

Yann Arthus-Bertran...
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06:30:37 06/03/09

In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "T...

Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

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Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

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In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project "6 billion Others," and his soon-to-be-released movie, "Home," which documents human impact on the environment through breathtaking video.

Yann Arthus-Bertran...
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06:30:37 06/03/09

In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "T...

Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

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Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

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In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project "6 billion Others," and his soon-to-be-released movie, "Home," which documents human impact on the environment through breathtaking video.

Yann Arthus-Bertran...
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04:30:37 06/03/09

In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "T...

Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

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Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

[LESS INFO] 67 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:37 06/03/09
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project "6 billion Others," and his soon-to-be-released movie, "Home," which documents human impact on the environment through breathtaking video.

Yann Arthus-Bertran...
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01:00:00 06/03/09

In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "T...

Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

Added 06/03/09
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle

[LESS INFO] 37 VIEWS | ADDED 01:00:00 06/03/09
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project "6 billion Others," and his soon-to-be-released movie, "Home," which documents human impact on the environment through breathtaking video.

Tom Shannon's anti-...
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20:30:16 05/05/09

Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspens...

Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

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Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

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Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire. It's science-inspired art at its most heavenly.

Tom Shannon's anti-...
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20:23:00 05/05/09

Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspens...

Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

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Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

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Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire. It's science-inspired art at its most heavenly.

Tom Shannon's anti-...
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18:30:16 05/05/09

Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspens...

Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

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Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture

[LESS INFO] 113 VIEWS | ADDED 18:30:16 05/05/09
Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire. It's science-inspired art at its most heavenly.

Margaret Wertheim: ...
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01:00:00 04/20/09

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements...

$Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral$

Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral

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Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral

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Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

Margaret Wertheim: ...
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10:46:02 04/19/09

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements...

$Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral$

Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral

Added 04/19/09
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Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral

[LESS INFO] 52 VIEWS | ADDED 10:46:02 04/19/09
Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

Margaret Wertheim o...
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08:46:02 04/19/09

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements...

$Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral$

Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral

Added 04/19/09
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Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral

[LESS INFO] 39 VIEWS | ADDED 08:46:02 04/19/09
Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

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Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes

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Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes
04/05/07

Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.