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Hunting the next killer virus: Joe DeRisi on TED.com

Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) using DNA. His work may help us ...

Jan 29, 2009
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Running on high-tech legs: Aimee Mullins on TED.com

In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amaz...

Jan 28, 2009
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Akoha's Inspired Minds Deck (or, the TED Pokedex)

Akoha is a card game whose players go on missions based on the cards in each hand — with missions such as “Thank someone” ...

Jan 27, 2009
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TED Prize

Watch the TED Prize wishes live in cinemas

Next Thursday night, Feb. 5, the 2009 TED Prize winners will make their audacious wishes to change the world. We’ve been working hard ...

Jan 27, 2009
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Earth’s mass extinctions: Peter Ward on TED.com

Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but “Medea Hypothesis” author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth’s mass extinctio...

Jan 27, 2009
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Steven Johnson and the case against Candy Land

TEDTalks favorite Steven Johnson has been guestblogging at boingboing.net — and this post will resonate with anyone who is cooped up i...

Jan 26, 2009
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Goal: Watch every video on the TED site

Ms Alex, a blogger from Leeds, UK, has set an ambitious program of 101 goals for the next 21 months. And Number 32 is: Watch every video on ...

Jan 26, 2009
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Invention

Inventing the next amazing thing: Woody Norris on TED.com

Woody Norris shows off an invention that shapes and focuses sound waves, and talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and educati...

Jan 26, 2009
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Muhammad Yunus' 3 ways to save the developing world

Via the Daily Beast : An excerpt from "Creating a World Without Poverty," by Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize ...

Jan 23, 2009
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