
TEDGlobal 2011
The Stuff of Life
July 11-15, 2011 Edinburgh (GMT +01:00)
The core energy and vitality of the TED Conference hums powerfully through TEDGlobal 2011, as a diverse group of speakers tackles the very question of what it means to be alive.
TEDGlobal 2011 | The Stuff of Life
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Session 5
- "Define a Moment"0:00:01A short film
- Matt Ridley0:03:51Guest host Matt Ridley open Session 5: "Emerging Order"
- Svante Pääbo0:05:13Geneticist Svante Pääbo searches for ancient DNA in modern humans.
- Mark Pagel0:23:15Why did language evolve? Mark Pagel shares his theory.
- "Nature by Numbers"0:44:01A video from Cristóbal Vila
- Elizabeth Murchison0:48:13Elizabeth Murchison studies a killer, contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils. Graphic images.
- Cynthia Kenyon1:02:45Reseracher Cynthia Kenyon studies aging -- and how to slow it down.
- Joe Castillo1:20:31Sand artist Joe Castillo paints pictures with sand and light.
- Karol Boudreaux1:29:03Poverty researcher Karol Boudreaux studies how land ownership relates to stability.