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Wade Davis: Dreams ...
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00:11:00 01/09/07

With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disa...

Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures

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Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures

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With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

Wade Davis on endan...
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22:11:24 01/08/07

With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disa...

Wade Davis on endangered cultures

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Wade Davis on endangered cultures

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With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

Edward Burtynsky on...
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00:11:18 10/31/06

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- he...

Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

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Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

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Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Edward Burtynsky on...
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00:11:18 10/31/06

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- he...

Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

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Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

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Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Edward Burtynsky: M...
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00:11:00 10/31/06

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- he...

Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured landscapes

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Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured landscapes

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Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Edward Burtynsky on...
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22:11:18 10/30/06

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- he...

Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

Added 10/30/06
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Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

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Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Eva Vertes looks to...
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00:11:14 10/02/06

Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Eva Vertes looks to...
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00:11:00 10/02/06

Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Eva Vertes looks to...
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22:11:14 10/01/06

Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer

Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine

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Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer

David Deutsch on ou...
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00:11:11 09/12/06

Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward s...

David Deutsch on our place in the cosmos

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David Deutsch on our place in the cosmos

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Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.

David Deutsch: Chem...
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00:11:00 09/12/06

Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward s...

David Deutsch: Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars

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David Deutsch: Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars

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Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.

David Deutsch on ou...
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22:11:11 09/11/06

Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward s...

David Deutsch on our place in the cosmos

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David Deutsch on our place in the cosmos

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Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.

Ross Lovegrove shar...
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00:11:07 08/15/06

Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bot...

Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.

Ross Lovegrove shar...
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00:11:00 08/15/06

Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bot...

Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.

Ross Lovegrove shar...
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22:11:07 08/14/06

Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of

Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs

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Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of

Majora Carter: Gree...
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00:11:01 06/27/06

In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority n...

Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

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Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

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In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.

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Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color

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Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color
07/17/09

Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA.