Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. How do companies like SpaceX make sudden breakthroughs on decades-old challenges? Emerging tech expert Antoine Gourévitch explains how deep […]
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Documentary photographer Olivia Arthur has been exploring a new frontier: the evolution of the blurring line between humanity and […]
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Before the coronavirus pandemic, bioengineer Jim Collins and his team combined the power of AI with synthetic biology in […]
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. The cells in your body are like computer software: they're "programmed" to carry out specific functions at specific times. […]
The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access […]
Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In […]
Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch, what should we build? Should we redesign […]
Every cell that's ever lived has been the result of the four-letter genetic alphabet: A, T, C and G — the basic units of DNA. But now that's changed. In a visionary talk, synthetic biologist […]
Exactly what if you could take an odor selfie, a smelfie? Exactly what if you had a lipstick that caused plants to grow where you kiss? Ani Liu explores the crossway of technology and sensory […]
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