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Ellen Dunham-Jones:...
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Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years' big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead "...

Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

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Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

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Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years' big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead "big box" stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands. (Filmed at TEDxAtlanta .)

Craig Venter unveil...
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14:16:35 05/21/10

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they...

Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

Craig Venter unveil...
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09:16:35 05/21/10

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they...

Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

Craig Venter unveil...
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09:13:00 05/21/10

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they...

Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

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Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

Jeremy Jackson: How...
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13:30:27 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 th...

Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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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.

Jeremy Jackson: How...
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08:30:27 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 th...

Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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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.

Jeremy Jackson: How...
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08:28:00 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 th...

Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

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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.

George Whitesides: ...
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21:37:35 04/28/10

Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

George Whitesides: ...
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16:37:35 04/28/10

Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

George Whitesides: ...
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16:34:00 04/28/10

Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

Stephen Wolfram: Co...
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13:36:40 04/27/10

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new searc...

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the physics underlying the universe.

Stephen Wolfram: Co...
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08:36:40 04/27/10

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new searc...

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the physics underlying the universe.

Stephen Wolfram: Co...
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08:30:00 04/27/10

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new searc...

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

Added 04/27/10
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Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the physics underlying the universe.

Jonathan Drori: Eve...
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14:01:01 04/08/10

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. J...

Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship.

Jonathan Drori: Eve...
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09:01:01 04/08/10

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. J...

Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship.

Jonathan Drori: Eve...
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08:57:00 04/08/10

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. J...

Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story

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Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship.

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Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

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06/29/10

Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years' big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead "big box" stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands. (Filmed at TEDxAtlanta .)