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Alan Russell on reg...
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10:47:38 07/04/07

Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies

Added 07/04/07
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Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies

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Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Alan Russell: The p...
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10:45:00 07/04/07

Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine

Added 07/04/07
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Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine

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Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Alan Russell on reg...
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08:47:38 07/04/07

Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies

Added 07/04/07
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Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies

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Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.

Jeff Hawkins on how...
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15:11:04 05/21/07

Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experien...

Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing

Added 05/21/07
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Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing

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Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.

Jeff Hawkins: How b...
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15:08:00 05/21/07

Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experien...

Jeff Hawkins: How brain science will change computing

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Jeff Hawkins: How brain science will change computing

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Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.

Jeff Hawkins on how...
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13:11:04 05/21/07

Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experien...

Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing

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Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing

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Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.

Craig Venter on DNA...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its ques...

Craig Venter on DNA and the sea

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Craig Venter on DNA and the sea

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Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s biodiversity.

Jane Goodall on wha...
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00:11:30 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 chimp...

Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes

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Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes

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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.

Janine Benyus share...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the produ...

Janine Benyus shares nature's designs

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Janine Benyus shares nature's designs

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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.

James Watson on how...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.

James Watson on how he discovered DNA

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James Watson on how he discovered DNA

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Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.

Frans Lanting's lyr...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our p...

Frans Lanting's lyrical nature photos

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Frans Lanting's lyrical nature photos

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In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack by Philip Glass.

Paul Bennett finds ...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand gest...

Paul Bennett finds design in the details

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Paul Bennett finds design in the details

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Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.

Amory Lovins on win...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.

Amory Lovins on winning the oil endgame

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Amory Lovins on winning the oil endgame

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In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.

Alex Steffen sees a...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to d...

Alex Steffen sees a sustainable future

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Alex Steffen sees a sustainable future

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Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.

Susan Savage-Rumbau...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a specie...

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes

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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes

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Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.

Sheila Patek clocks...
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00:11:30 04/05/07

Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video camera...

Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals

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Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals

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Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.

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Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk

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Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk
12/07/11

Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can inspire.