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Biology

Playlist: All kinds of minds

(TED is on its annual two-week vacation. During the break, we’re posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive. We’ll be back with new talks o...

Aug 25, 2011
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Biology

Playlist: Nature, nature, nature…

(TED is on its annual two-week vacation. During the break, we’re posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive. We’ll be back with new talks o...

Aug 15, 2011
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The great penguin rescue: Dyan deNapoli on TED.com

A personal story, a collective triumph: Dyan deNapoli tells the story of the world’s largest volunteer animal rescue, which saved more...

Aug 9, 2011
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Are we filtering the wrong microbes? Jessica Green on TED.com

Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of m...

Aug 4, 2011
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Using nature to grow batteries: Angela Belcher on TED.com

Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-p...

Apr 27, 2011
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Transplanting cells, not organs: Susan Lim on TED.com

Pioneering surgeon Susan Lim performed the first liver transplant in Asia. But a moral concern with transplants (where do donor livers reall...

Apr 15, 2011
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Understanding cancer through proteomics: Danny Hillis on TED.com

At TEDMED, Danny Hills makes a case for the next frontier of cancer research: proteomics, the study of proteins in the body. As Hillis expla...

Feb 24, 2011
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Unveiling "synthetic life": Craig Venter on TED.com

At a press event in Washington, DC, Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they’ve created the first fully functioning, r...

May 21, 2010
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Hooked by an octopus: Mike deGruy on TED.com

Underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission ...

Apr 15, 2010
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