Kinky bonobos and the Magnum P.I. hypothesis: A Q&A with Carin Bondar
There’s wild sex. And then there’s sex in the wild — a topic that biologist and animal sex expert Carin Bondar has been talking about for ye...
The ethics of genetically enhanced monkey-slaves
Think parents should be able to select their children’s talents and personalities? Or want to run and hide in the woods at the thought of it...
A ghost heart?
Here’s a treat for Valentine’s Day (in addition to this playlist of TED Talks about love): Below, take a close-up look at a dece...
Forget paint and canvas. These artists use cells, proteins, tissues and DNA as their raw materials
Super Cells is the new TED Book by Nina Tandon and Mitchell Joachim, who take us on an eye-popping tour of the tantalizing array of invent...
9 ways mushrooms could drastically improve the world
In today’s TED Talk, biologist Mohamed Hijri directs our attention to an incredible biotechnology — not one he invented, but one...
Playlist: 9 talks that give a new view of nature
Most people rarely feel compelled to stare at grains of sand. But when those same grains are magnified hundreds of times and rendered in thr...
The quest to understand consciousness: Antonio Damasio on TED.com
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscien...
Flesh-eating mushrooms: Fellows Friday with Jae Rhim Lee
Artist Jae Rhim Lee (watch her TED Talk) is asking us to rethink our relationship with death and the planet — with the help of flesh-e...
A map of the brain: Allan Jones on TED.com
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunni...