The Sound of Science: Archive

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Your Mind - VS Ramachandran “Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.” A bit lengthy, but a fascinating look at how the mind functions.

May 20th

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A Light Switch For Neurons - Ed Boyden “Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he’s managed to cure mice of analogs of PTSD and certain forms of blindness. On the horizon: neural prosthetics. Session host Juan...

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The World Peace Game - John Hunter “John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4’x5’ plywood board — and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches — spontaneous, and always surprising — go further than classroom lectures can.” Amazing talk. I...

May 13th

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The Hidden Beauty of Pollenation - Louie Schwartzberg “Pollination: it’s vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film “Wings of Life,” inspired by the vanishing of one of nature’s primary pollinators, the honeybee.”

May 13th

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Using Nature To Grow Batteries - Angela Belcher “Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she’s produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. At TEDxCaltech, she shows us how...

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Distant Time and a Hint of the Universe - Sean Carroll “At TEDxCaltech, cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks — in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe — a deceptively simple question: Why does time exist at all? The potential answers point to a surprising view of the nature of the universe, and our place in it.”

May 6th

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“You could be a random fluctuation out of the nothingness. Why aren’t you?”

– Sean Carroll

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Woody Norris Invents Amazing Things “Woody Norris shows off two of his inventions that treat sound in new ways, and talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and education. As he puts it: ‘Almost nothing has been invented yet.’ So — what’s next?”

May 1st

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A Radical Experiement In Empathy - Sam Richards “By leading the Americans in his audience at TEDxPSU step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand — not approve of, but understand — the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another?” Step...

Apr 30th

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