TED 2008: Craig Venter’s Modest Hope
Craig Venter has been responsible for some of the most amazing revolutions in genetics. His talk this morning has the basic theme: “You ain’t seen… Read More »TED 2008: Craig Venter’s Modest Hope
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Ted2008: Alisa Miller on Media Attention
Alisa Miller, the head of Public Radio International, picks up the theme of last night’s BBC world debates. She shows a cartogram – a distored… Read More »Ted2008: Alisa Miller on Media Attention
Ted2008: Debating the Role of the Media
In a first for TED, BBC is hosting The World Debate live from Monterey. This is something not uncommon at other global conferences like the… Read More »Ted2008: Debating the Role of the Media
TED2008 – Breathe.
His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual teacher from Tamil Nadu, takes the stage to explain the importance of breathing. “The first thing we… Read More »TED2008 – Breathe.
TED 2008: An argument about aliens
John Hodgman is a very strange and funny man. You may know him as PC, in the Mac and PC ads. Or as the resident… Read More »TED 2008: An argument about aliens
TED2008: Pat Burchart explained the 96% of the universe we can’t see
Dr. Roy Gould of Caltech introduces a new product on the TED stage – the WorldWide Telescope. It’s being released in part to celebrate the… Read More »TED2008: Pat Burchart explained the 96% of the universe we can’t see