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Biology
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Biology.
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Video playlists about Biology
10 talks
The most popular TED Talks of 2022
What ideas intrigued and inspired the world this year? These TED Talks spread the quickest in 2022.
10 talks
The most popular TED Talks of 2021
What ideas captured people's attention and took off the quickest? Here are the talks that intrigued and inspired in 2021.
18 talks
The fight against viruses
What we do (and don't) know about viruses, pandemics and the vaccines that combat them.
8 talks
Theories of evolution
The enduring ideas, discoveries and observations that define and expand life as we know it.
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Talks about Biology
12:44
Michael Middlebrooks
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs
12 minutes 44 seconds
09:26
Saad Bhamla
The fascinating physics of insect pee
9 minutes 26 seconds
05:13
Shannon N. Tessier
Can you freeze your body and come back to life?
5 minutes 13 seconds
05:06
Shannon Odell
When are you actually an adult?
5 minutes 6 seconds
05:32
Miles Zhang
The bizarre world of parasitic wasps
5 minutes 32 seconds
12:07
Colin Averill
How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi
12 minutes 7 seconds
04:25
Glynnis Hood
Why do beavers build dams?
4 minutes 25 seconds
10:45
Christine Blume
How daylight could help you sleep
10 minutes 45 seconds
09:16
Sofia Crespo
AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination
9 minutes 16 seconds
11:06
Jason W. Chin
A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future
11 minutes 6 seconds
04:41
Kenny Coogan
This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms
4 minutes 41 seconds
04:42
Liesbeth Demuyser
What causes yeast infections, and how do you get rid of them?
4 minutes 42 seconds
04:46
Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge
The world's slimiest animal
4 minutes 46 seconds
52:52
Lucy Cooke
What can animals teach us about sex and gender?
52 minutes 52 seconds
05:36
Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet
Meet the microbes that could eat your trash
5 minutes 36 seconds
04:34
Judy Grisel
How does alcohol cause hangovers?
4 minutes 34 seconds
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