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Corneille Ewango is...
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01:00:00 07/07/08

Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging...

Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

Added 07/07/08
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Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

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Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.

Torsten Reil builds...
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07:20:28 07/06/08

Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and...

Torsten Reil builds better animations

Added 07/06/08
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Torsten Reil builds better animations

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Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

Corneille Ewango is...
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07:02:42 07/06/08

Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging...

Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

Added 07/06/08
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Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

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Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.

Torsten Reil builds...
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05:20:28 07/06/08

Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and...

Torsten Reil builds better animations

Added 07/06/08
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Torsten Reil builds better animations

[LESS INFO] 44 VIEWS | ADDED 05:20:28 07/06/08
Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

Corneille Ewango is...
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05:02:42 07/06/08

Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging...

Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

Added 07/06/08
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Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

[LESS INFO] 44 VIEWS | ADDED 05:02:42 07/06/08
Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.

Robert Full: Engine...
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01:05:00 06/19/08

Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's nece...

Robert Full: Engineering and evolution

Added 06/19/08
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Robert Full: Engineering and evolution

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Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.

Robert Full on engi...
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21:06:16 06/15/08

Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's nece...

Robert Full on engineering and evolution

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Robert Full on engineering and evolution

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Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.

Robert Full on engi...
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19:06:16 06/15/08

Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's nece...

Robert Full on engineering and evolution

Added 06/15/08
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Robert Full on engineering and evolution

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Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.

Robert Ballard on e...
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04:00:00 05/20/08

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, ev...

Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

Added 05/20/08
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Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

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Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?

Robert Ballard on e...
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18:32:30 05/19/08

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, ev...

Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

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Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

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Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?

Robert Ballard on e...
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16:32:30 05/19/08

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, ev...

Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

Added 05/19/08
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Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans

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Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?

Paul Stamets: 6 way...
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04:00:00 05/06/08

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu .....

Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

Added 05/06/08
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Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu ... Read more .

Paul Stamets on 6 w...
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12:50:49 04/28/08

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu .....

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu ... Read more.

Paul Stamets on 6 w...
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10:50:49 04/28/08

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu .....

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu ... Read more.

Michael Pollan: A p...
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01:04:00 02/07/08

What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Micha...

Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view

Added 02/07/08
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Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view

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What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.

Michael Pollan give...
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16:45:46 01/25/08

What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Micha...

Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view

Added 01/25/08
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Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view

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What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.

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Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
05/05/10

In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.