TED Tuesday: String theory
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minuscule strands of energy vibrating in...
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TED Tuesday: Habits of happiness
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu...
TED Tuesday: Aquatic ape theory
Elaine Morgan is a tenacious proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis: the idea that humans...
TED Tuesday: The illusion of consciousness?
Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own...
TED Tuesday: Engineering and evolution
Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills — but, as Robert Full notes, many...
TED Tuesday: Future of SETI
The SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for...
TED Tuesday: Seas of plastic
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage...
TED Tuesday: Biomimicry in action
Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature...
TED Tuesday: Fly me to Saturn
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its...
TED Tuesday: Uncharted oceans
Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mind-bending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where...