To solve old problems, study new species | Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
TED Talks Daily12 Jan 2017

To solve old problems, study new species | Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Nature is wonderfully abundant, diverse and mysterious -- but biological research today tends to focus on only seven species, including rats, chickens, fruit flies and us. We're studying an astonishingly narrow sliver of life, says biologist Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, and hoping it'll be enough to solve the oldest, most challenging problems in science, like cancer. In this visually captivating talk, Alvarado calls on us to interrogate the unknown and shows us the remarkable discoveries that surface when we do.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(2810)

The wiggly wonder of music | Jacob Collier

The wiggly wonder of music | Jacob Collier

Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier has a name for the feeling that moves through a great piece of music: the wiggle. Watch him break down the idea into its three parts — melody, rhythm and harmony ...

15 Sep 12min

How AI unleashed (not replaced) my creativity | Kelly A. Boesch

How AI unleashed (not replaced) my creativity | Kelly A. Boesch

After working for years in film, fashion and graphic design, visual artist Kelly A. Boesch found a new collaborator to work with: AI. She walks through how she uses the technology to create dreamlike ...

14 Sep 8min

How to turn setbacks into success | Amy Shoenthal

How to turn setbacks into success | Amy Shoenthal

Success rarely happens in a straight line, with setbacks all but guaranteed along the way. What's the best way to recover? Leadership coach Amy Shoenthal lays out the four phases of the "setback cycle...

13 Sep 20min

Why is it so hard for men to open up? A journalist and an entrepreneur answer | Joshua Johnson and Blake Mycoskie

Why is it so hard for men to open up? A journalist and an entrepreneur answer | Joshua Johnson and Blake Mycoskie

Is conversation a lost art, or is it just evolving? Journalist Joshua Johnson and social entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie answer questions on everything from the male loneliness crisis to what it actually ...

12 Sep 30min

The gravity-defying future of manufacturing | Schendy Kernizan

The gravity-defying future of manufacturing | Schendy Kernizan

3D printing promised to reinvent how we make things, but it's mostly stuck producing prototypes with a high level of waste. Designer and TED Fellow Schendy Kernizan found a different way — by printing...

11 Sep 26min

News tells you what happened. Drawing shows you how it felt | George Butler

News tells you what happened. Drawing shows you how it felt | George Butler

What does a war look like when you sit still long enough to draw it? Reportage artist and TED Fellow George Butler sketches the people that the news passes by: a 99-year-old survivor of the Holodomor ...

10 Sep 11min

How bullying spreads — and how social bravery stops it | Amy Cuddy

How bullying spreads — and how social bravery stops it | Amy Cuddy

How does bullying take root? Social psychologist Amy Cuddy got an inside view of this question after she became the target of a coordinated campaign to discredit her. Drawing on her own experience and...

9 Sep 17min

How the wealth gap is reshaping politics | Xochitl Gonzalez

How the wealth gap is reshaping politics | Xochitl Gonzalez

Wealth inequality gets talked about as an economic problem. Writer Xochitl Gonzalez makes the case that it's a civic one, too — a slow, quiet threat to democracy. Drawing on her research into the psyc...

8 Sep 13min

Populärt inom Samhälle & Kultur

podme-dokumentar
gynning-berg
p3-dokumentar
aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
blenda-2
rss-vill-du-veta-en-hemlis-2
kod-katastrof
en-mork-historia
killradet
hor-har
creepypodden-med-jack-werner
flashback-forever
aftonbladet-daily
rss-schyffert-sundin-ar-det-har-nat
rss-nemo-moter-en-van
p1-dokumentar
rss-mer-an-bara-morsa
vad-blir-det-for-mord
rss-sanning-konsekvens