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TED Talks

cool viral video for Alien prequel Prometheus… (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, Mar 06, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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watch it: “Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks”

Mon, Dec 06, 2010
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From TED Talks, July 2010, but the cables recently released are mentioned here… though Assange says Wikileaks had not received them. So he’s either lying, for whatever reason, or Wikileaks hadn’t received them at this point. He aso talks about “legitmate secrets” and what should be released.

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watch it: “Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean”

Wed, Jun 16, 2010
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From TED Talks. Horrifyingly, this predates the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:

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watch it: Neill Blomkamp talks about alien life

Wed, Feb 03, 2010
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The District 9 corwriter and director discusses the possibility of ET: (via Movie City Indie)

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watch it: TED Talks: “Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2”

Mon, Jul 06, 2009
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Four months to make a pizza? Makes ya think…

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watch it: “Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm”

Mon, May 25, 2009
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Who said science isn’t sexy? I love how TED Talks, too, makes science clever and funny and entertaining. (via Suburban Guerrilla)

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