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21:26
Garrett Lisi
An 8-dimensional model of the universe
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Oct 2008
22:42
Steven Pinker
Human nature and the blank slate
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Sep 2008
13:33
Marvin Minsky
Health and the human mind
Posted
Sep 2008
13:20
David Gallo
Life in the deep oceans
Posted
Sep 2008
23:46
Jane Goodall
How humans and animals can live together
Posted
Sep 2008
12:28
Jonathan Drori
What we think we know
Posted
Sep 2008
15:31
Peter Diamandis
Our next giant leap
Posted
Sep 2008
16:24
Paul Rothemund
DNA folding, in detail
Posted
Sep 2008
16:09
Patricia Burchat
Shedding light on dark matter
Posted
Aug 2008
16:22
Kwabena Boahen
A computer that works like the brain
Posted
Jul 2008
15:36
Louise Leakey
A dig for humanity's origins
Posted
Jul 2008
23:42
Martin Seligman
The new era of positive psychology
Posted
Jul 2008
15:56
Helen Fisher
The brain in love
Posted
Jul 2008
19:11
Freeman Dyson
Let's look for life in the outer solar system
Posted
Jul 2008
4:01
Peter Diamandis
Stephen Hawking's zero g flight
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Jun 2008
2:20
Nellie McKay
"Clonie"
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Jun 2008
20:22
Robert Full
Robots inspired by cockroach ingenuity
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Jun 2008
3:12
Dean Ornish
Your genes are not your fate
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Jun 2008
17:18
George Dyson
The birth of the computer
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Jun 2008
18:19
Robert Ballard
The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean
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May 2008
17:51
Paul Ewald
Can we domesticate germs?
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May 2008
17:44
Paul Stamets
6 ways mushrooms can save the world
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May 2008
14:59
Brian Cox
CERN's supercollider
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Apr 2008
19:06
Brian Greene
Making sense of string theory
Posted
Apr 2008
16:43
Ernest Madu
World-class health care
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Apr 2008
27:54
Al Gore
New thinking on the climate crisis
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Apr 2008
10:12
Stephen Hawking
Questioning the universe
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Apr 2008
3:50
David Hoffman
Sputnik mania
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Apr 2008
17:57
Clifford Stoll
The call to learn
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Mar 2008
4:02
Christopher deCharms
A look inside the brain in real time
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Mar 2008
24:50
Neil Turok
My wish: Find the next Einstein in Africa
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Mar 2008
18:19
Jill Bolte Taylor
My stroke of insight
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Mar 2008
15:54
Craig Venter
On the verge of creating synthetic life
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Mar 2008
6:42
Roy Gould + Curtis Wong
A preview of the WorldWide Telescope
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Feb 2008
8:38
George Dyson
The story of Project Orion
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Feb 2008
17:25
Michael Pollan
A plant's-eye view
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Feb 2008
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