What if we could convince pathogens to evolve to the point of harmlessness? Professor Paul Ewald thinks we can, and he’s got some interesting research… Read More »How to evolve towards harmlessness

Dr. Dave Gallo of the Woods Hose Oceanographic offers a quick and astounding tour of coloration of sea animals. He points out that we’ve explored… Read More »Painting pictures with science

Game designer Will Wright appears on TED stage wearing a Dean Kamen-like robot arm, either a reaction to the fact that he broke his arm… Read More »Will Wright’s Imagination Amplifier

Filmmaker Deborah Scranton wanted to make a film about the Iraq war. She got an offer to embed with a US unit, to “tell a… Read More »The War Tapes

Ebay cofounder Jeff Skoll opens his TED talk with a very funny series of slides, showing him waiting by the phone for TED’s phonecall for… Read More »From billionaire to movie mogul

Chris Anderson introduces JJ Abrams by reading some quotes about him from the web, characterising him as anything from a genius to an idiot. He’s… Read More »The mystery box