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Lectures in the Science and Technology category
Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?
Release Date: Jun 03, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. A discussion that'll m... |
Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers
Release Date: Jun 03, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation... |
Seth Berkley : HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy
Release Date: May 12, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics.... |
Craig Venter unveils synthetic life
Release Date: May 02, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the begin... |
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial
Release Date: Apr 21, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend s... |
Globalizing the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Release Date: Mar 04, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures What's new in the search for alien life? SETI Director and 2009 Ted Prize winner Jill Tarter describes her vision of a globalized search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.... |
David Agus : A new strategy in the war on cancer
Release Date: Feb 15, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling an... |
How We Decide?
Release Date: Jan 25, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Over the last few decades, neuroscience research has changed our understanding of how we make decisions. Acclaimed science writer Jonah Lehrer explains what studying the brain can tell us about how we decide...... |
The Brain That Changes Itself
Release Date: Jan 20, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures In this Melbourne Conversations event, Dr Norman Doidge, author of bestselling book The Brain That Changes Itself discusses his research and relays strange and fascinating stories of the workings of the brain.... |
Anthony Atala on growing new organs
Release Date: Jan 09, 2010 Category: Science and Technology Lectures Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including... |