Joshua Klein studies syntropic species – species that have adapted to coexist with humans. Ever since a cocktail party ten year ago, where a friend… Read More »TED2008: Very smart crows.

If Robert Ballard is intense, Paul Stamets is on fire with his passion for fungi. He strides onto stage and announces, “I love a challenge… Read More »TED2008: Paul Stamets: If all you have is a mushroom everything looks like a mycelium

Robert Ballard has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. He’d realy like to know why we look up and not down. “Our country… Read More »TED2008: Robert Ballard wants you to look down

Dr. Brian Cox has been described as a “rock star physicist”. He’s a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the school of physics and astronomy… Read More »TED2008: Bringing the forces together

Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab has been pushing the boundaries of music for years. Now he’s pushing the boundaries of who can perform music… Read More »TED2008: Tod Machover, and finding yourself through music

Amy Tan wrote an essay when she was eleven titled, “From Nothing Comes Something”. She got a B-. Her talk, on her creative process, is… Read More »TED2008: Amy Tan and her muse