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Decoding Watson | Official Preview | American Masters | PBS
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Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters: Decoding Watson" explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions.
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Nobel Laureate James Watson Loses Honorary Titles Over 'Reprehensible' Race Comments | TIME
Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, was stripped of several honorary titles last week after his recent comments linking race and intelligence to genetics.
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published: 14 Jan 2019
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"DNA and the Brain" - Dr. James Watson speaks at Google
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, describes the years leading up to his 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize with Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins (1962). Dr. Watson explains that the key to uncovering the causes of brain disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, fragile X syndrome, Alzheimers, etc. is in our genes. He depicts the strides being made by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research institution in the biological sciences, as they search to find the genetic basis of
neurological disorders. CSHL scientists' seach to root out disease genes related to mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia...
published: 16 Jul 2007
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How I discovered DNA - James Watson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
Talk by James Watson.
published: 26 Jul 2013
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Interview with James Watson: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1962
James Watson talks about his relative actor Orson Welles (04:26); arriving at the Cavendish Laboratory as a young American in the 1950s (06:10); his friendship with fellow Chemistry Laureate Francis Crick (06:21); the discovery of the DNA structure (12:20); Rosalind Franklin (26:23); that it never occurred to him he'd become world famous (29:02); how hard it is to achieve excellence in science (34:43) and indeed football 35:20); his background and journey in life (37:54) and finally, James Watson remembers picking up his Nobel Prize cheque (38:55).
Interview with 1962 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine James Watson, 10 December 2012. The interviewer is Nobelprize.org's Adam Smith.
published: 21 Dec 2019
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Dr. James Watson To Be Reunited With Nobel Prize Medal He Gave Away
A Nobel Prize medal sold at auction is headed home to Long Island next week.
published: 12 Jun 2015
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James Watson Explains DNA Basepairing
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. This beautiful molecule sparked a new era of research into the code of life.
Originally created for DNA Interactive ( http://www.dnai.org )
TRANSCRIPT: The Cavendish shop was to build us some tin models and that took too long. Finally, in desperation, I made some out of cardboard. I began moving them around and I wanted an arrangement, you know, where I had a big and a small molecule and, so, how did you do it? Somehow, you had to form link bonds. So, here is "A" and here's "T" and I wanted this hydrogen to point directly to this nitrogen. So I had something like this...oh! So then I went to other pair and wanted this nitrogen to point to this one, and they went like this, and whoa! They looked the same! You can put one...
published: 22 Mar 2010
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James Watson - Differences between men and women (71/99)
To listen to more of James Watson’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzPKkZc0DuOF1Cuj721qJsV
Born in 1928, American molecular biologist James Watson is best known for jointly discovering the structure of DNA, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His long career has also seen him launch the Human Genome Project. [Listeners: Martin Raff and Walter Gratzer]
TRANSCRIPT: We know they are and I forget which, you know, when you get some emotional experience in a man the right amygdala lights up, and in a women the left. Why? And, you know, there’s more connections between two sides of the brain in women than men. Women for this reason use both sides of the brain more than right-handed men, so they will recover from st...
published: 05 Oct 2017
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Why discovery of DNA's double helix was based on 'rip-off' of female scientist's data
It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in scientific history. But as William Brangham explains, a new book titled "The Secret of Life" paints a more troubling picture of how this famous discovery came about, and why scientist Rosalind Franklin also deserved credit.
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James Watson: How we discovered DNA
http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
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published: 16 May 2007
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Decoding Watson | Official Preview | American Masters | PBS
Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/2EBupl7
Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. W...
Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/2EBupl7
Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters: Decoding Watson" explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions.
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Thrust into the limelight for discovering the secret of life at age 25 with Francis Crick, influential Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has thrived on making headlines ever since. His discovery of DNA’s structure, the double helix, revolutionized human understanding of how life works. He was a relentless and sometimes ruthless visionary who led the Human Genome project and turned Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory into powerhouses of molecular biology. With unprecedented access to Watson, his wife Elizabeth and sons Rufus and Duncan over the course of a year, @americanmasters explores Watson’s evolution from socially awkward postdoc to notorious scientific genius to discredited nonagenarian, also interviewing his friends, his colleagues, scientists and historians. Controversial and unapologetic, Watson still thrives on competition and disruption. The film uncovers his signature achievements, complexities and contradictions, including his penchant for expressing unfiltered and objectionable points of view. Directed and produced by Mark Mannucci.
Decoding Watson contains the first interview in which James Watson’s wife, Elizabeth, has spoken candidly and at length about their relationship and their son Rufus’ schizophrenia. The film is also the first time Rufus Watson has been interviewed for a film.
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Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, "American Masters: Decoding Watson" explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions.
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Thrust into the limelight for discovering the secret of life at age 25 with Francis Crick, influential Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has thrived on making headlines ever since. His discovery of DNA’s structure, the double helix, revolutionized human understanding of how life works. He was a relentless and sometimes ruthless visionary who led the Human Genome project and turned Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory into powerhouses of molecular biology. With unprecedented access to Watson, his wife Elizabeth and sons Rufus and Duncan over the course of a year, @americanmasters explores Watson’s evolution from socially awkward postdoc to notorious scientific genius to discredited nonagenarian, also interviewing his friends, his colleagues, scientists and historians. Controversial and unapologetic, Watson still thrives on competition and disruption. The film uncovers his signature achievements, complexities and contradictions, including his penchant for expressing unfiltered and objectionable points of view. Directed and produced by Mark Mannucci.
Decoding Watson contains the first interview in which James Watson’s wife, Elizabeth, has spoken candidly and at length about their relationship and their son Rufus’ schizophrenia. The film is also the first time Rufus Watson has been interviewed for a film.
- published: 17 Dec 2018
- views: 63767
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Nobel Laureate James Watson Loses Honorary Titles Over 'Reprehensible' Race Comments | TIME
Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, was stripped of several honorary titles last week after his recent comment...
Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, was stripped of several honorary titles last week after his recent comments linking race and intelligence to genetics.
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"DNA and the Brain" - Dr. James Watson speaks at Google
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, describes the years leading up to his 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, f...
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, describes the years leading up to his 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize with Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins (1962). Dr. Watson explains that the key to uncovering the causes of brain disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, fragile X syndrome, Alzheimers, etc. is in our genes. He depicts the strides being made by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research institution in the biological sciences, as they search to find the genetic basis of
neurological disorders. CSHL scientists' seach to root out disease genes related to mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia...
https://wn.com/Dna_And_The_Brain_Dr._James_Watson_Speaks_At_Google
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, describes the years leading up to his 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize with Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins (1962). Dr. Watson explains that the key to uncovering the causes of brain disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, fragile X syndrome, Alzheimers, etc. is in our genes. He depicts the strides being made by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research institution in the biological sciences, as they search to find the genetic basis of
neurological disorders. CSHL scientists' seach to root out disease genes related to mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia...
- published: 16 Jul 2007
- views: 94357
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How I discovered DNA - James Watson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of h...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
Talk by James Watson.
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
Talk by James Watson.
- published: 26 Jul 2013
- views: 310996
41:33
Interview with James Watson: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1962
James Watson talks about his relative actor Orson Welles (04:26); arriving at the Cavendish Laboratory as a young American in the 1950s (06:10); his friendship ...
James Watson talks about his relative actor Orson Welles (04:26); arriving at the Cavendish Laboratory as a young American in the 1950s (06:10); his friendship with fellow Chemistry Laureate Francis Crick (06:21); the discovery of the DNA structure (12:20); Rosalind Franklin (26:23); that it never occurred to him he'd become world famous (29:02); how hard it is to achieve excellence in science (34:43) and indeed football 35:20); his background and journey in life (37:54) and finally, James Watson remembers picking up his Nobel Prize cheque (38:55).
Interview with 1962 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine James Watson, 10 December 2012. The interviewer is Nobelprize.org's Adam Smith.
https://wn.com/Interview_With_James_Watson_Nobel_Prize_In_Physiology_Or_Medicine,_1962
James Watson talks about his relative actor Orson Welles (04:26); arriving at the Cavendish Laboratory as a young American in the 1950s (06:10); his friendship with fellow Chemistry Laureate Francis Crick (06:21); the discovery of the DNA structure (12:20); Rosalind Franklin (26:23); that it never occurred to him he'd become world famous (29:02); how hard it is to achieve excellence in science (34:43) and indeed football 35:20); his background and journey in life (37:54) and finally, James Watson remembers picking up his Nobel Prize cheque (38:55).
Interview with 1962 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine James Watson, 10 December 2012. The interviewer is Nobelprize.org's Adam Smith.
- published: 21 Dec 2019
- views: 21055
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James Watson Explains DNA Basepairing
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. This beautiful molecule sparked a new era of research into the code of life.
Originally cr...
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. This beautiful molecule sparked a new era of research into the code of life.
Originally created for DNA Interactive ( http://www.dnai.org )
TRANSCRIPT: The Cavendish shop was to build us some tin models and that took too long. Finally, in desperation, I made some out of cardboard. I began moving them around and I wanted an arrangement, you know, where I had a big and a small molecule and, so, how did you do it? Somehow, you had to form link bonds. So, here is "A" and here's "T" and I wanted this hydrogen to point directly to this nitrogen. So I had something like this...oh! So then I went to other pair and wanted this nitrogen to point to this one, and they went like this, and whoa! They looked the same! You can put one right on top of the other...Even if we go up to the ceiling we're building just a tiny fraction of a molecule. Hundreds of millions of these basepairs in one molecule. All fitting into this wonderful symmetry, which we saw the morning of February 28, 1953.
https://wn.com/James_Watson_Explains_Dna_Basepairing
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. This beautiful molecule sparked a new era of research into the code of life.
Originally created for DNA Interactive ( http://www.dnai.org )
TRANSCRIPT: The Cavendish shop was to build us some tin models and that took too long. Finally, in desperation, I made some out of cardboard. I began moving them around and I wanted an arrangement, you know, where I had a big and a small molecule and, so, how did you do it? Somehow, you had to form link bonds. So, here is "A" and here's "T" and I wanted this hydrogen to point directly to this nitrogen. So I had something like this...oh! So then I went to other pair and wanted this nitrogen to point to this one, and they went like this, and whoa! They looked the same! You can put one right on top of the other...Even if we go up to the ceiling we're building just a tiny fraction of a molecule. Hundreds of millions of these basepairs in one molecule. All fitting into this wonderful symmetry, which we saw the morning of February 28, 1953.
- published: 22 Mar 2010
- views: 106124
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James Watson - Differences between men and women (71/99)
To listen to more of James Watson’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzPKkZc0DuOF1Cuj721qJsV
Born in 1928, America...
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Born in 1928, American molecular biologist James Watson is best known for jointly discovering the structure of DNA, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His long career has also seen him launch the Human Genome Project. [Listeners: Martin Raff and Walter Gratzer]
TRANSCRIPT: We know they are and I forget which, you know, when you get some emotional experience in a man the right amygdala lights up, and in a women the left. Why? And, you know, there’s more connections between two sides of the brain in women than men. Women for this reason use both sides of the brain more than right-handed men, so they will recover from strokes better than right-handed men. And we know in testing things that men do a little better at mathematics, that women do better in verbal things. The IQs of boys and girls are both 100, because they’ve adjusted the test so that the strengths of women are countered by strengths in boys, so that it comes to the same. What they didn’t do is equalize for the developmental age. Since boys develop slower than girls, if a boy has the same IQ at 12 as a girl does at 12, at 25 he’ll probably have a higher IQ, but only by a couple of points. But I’m glad I belong to the sex which has the higher IQ, but it doesn’t mean much, it compensates, you know, for the fact that I’m not Chinese. So, you know-
[MR&WG] How important do you think it is in terms of women dropping out of the hierarchy at a fairly early stage in science and academia?
I think most people sort of say men are, sort of more naturally seek dominance over other people and as you go on in life it finally only functions if someone person’s in charge. So, you know, it’s not an absolute rule, shown by Mrs Thatcher. Boy, she, so it’s not as if men are one way and women are the other, but it’s been my observation that women tend to find more accommodation than men do and that probably, you know, it’s not just an arbitrary thing, but it has some biological or genetic basis. But finding it won't make much difference, it’s just, it’s really how people behave and I don’t think we can change that very much.
[MR&WG] You can make a case that males are responsible for a lot of the problems in society and I think most people who study these things come to that conclusion. How do you- ?
Yeah, well sure. I mean, you know, Stalin was a man, Hitler was a man. Yeah, so you could say all the real evils are due to men, but, you know, we did invent the telephone, the reaper, the chip, etc, so if men didn’t exist would the human society have advanced at, would it have taken, you know, 100,000 years to happen what we’ve done in the last 10,000? Could be! So, I like leaders, because, you know, generally what I find wrong with most men is they have zero leadership ability and yet they’re technically the leaders. So I’m all for any woman who’ll be a leader, I’m just for more leaders. Right now we’ve sort of demonized leaders. That you really want to find consensus. But I generally find consensus in science. We just never move forward.
https://wn.com/James_Watson_Differences_Between_Men_And_Women_(71_99)
To listen to more of James Watson’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzPKkZc0DuOF1Cuj721qJsV
Born in 1928, American molecular biologist James Watson is best known for jointly discovering the structure of DNA, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His long career has also seen him launch the Human Genome Project. [Listeners: Martin Raff and Walter Gratzer]
TRANSCRIPT: We know they are and I forget which, you know, when you get some emotional experience in a man the right amygdala lights up, and in a women the left. Why? And, you know, there’s more connections between two sides of the brain in women than men. Women for this reason use both sides of the brain more than right-handed men, so they will recover from strokes better than right-handed men. And we know in testing things that men do a little better at mathematics, that women do better in verbal things. The IQs of boys and girls are both 100, because they’ve adjusted the test so that the strengths of women are countered by strengths in boys, so that it comes to the same. What they didn’t do is equalize for the developmental age. Since boys develop slower than girls, if a boy has the same IQ at 12 as a girl does at 12, at 25 he’ll probably have a higher IQ, but only by a couple of points. But I’m glad I belong to the sex which has the higher IQ, but it doesn’t mean much, it compensates, you know, for the fact that I’m not Chinese. So, you know-
[MR&WG] How important do you think it is in terms of women dropping out of the hierarchy at a fairly early stage in science and academia?
I think most people sort of say men are, sort of more naturally seek dominance over other people and as you go on in life it finally only functions if someone person’s in charge. So, you know, it’s not an absolute rule, shown by Mrs Thatcher. Boy, she, so it’s not as if men are one way and women are the other, but it’s been my observation that women tend to find more accommodation than men do and that probably, you know, it’s not just an arbitrary thing, but it has some biological or genetic basis. But finding it won't make much difference, it’s just, it’s really how people behave and I don’t think we can change that very much.
[MR&WG] You can make a case that males are responsible for a lot of the problems in society and I think most people who study these things come to that conclusion. How do you- ?
Yeah, well sure. I mean, you know, Stalin was a man, Hitler was a man. Yeah, so you could say all the real evils are due to men, but, you know, we did invent the telephone, the reaper, the chip, etc, so if men didn’t exist would the human society have advanced at, would it have taken, you know, 100,000 years to happen what we’ve done in the last 10,000? Could be! So, I like leaders, because, you know, generally what I find wrong with most men is they have zero leadership ability and yet they’re technically the leaders. So I’m all for any woman who’ll be a leader, I’m just for more leaders. Right now we’ve sort of demonized leaders. That you really want to find consensus. But I generally find consensus in science. We just never move forward.
- published: 05 Oct 2017
- views: 32128
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Why discovery of DNA's double helix was based on 'rip-off' of female scientist's data
It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in...
It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in scientific history. But as William Brangham explains, a new book titled "The Secret of Life" paints a more troubling picture of how this famous discovery came about, and why scientist Rosalind Franklin also deserved credit.
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https://wn.com/Why_Discovery_Of_Dna's_Double_Helix_Was_Based_On_'Rip_Off'_Of_Female_Scientist's_Data
It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in scientific history. But as William Brangham explains, a new book titled "The Secret of Life" paints a more troubling picture of how this famous discovery came about, and why scientist Rosalind Franklin also deserved credit.
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- published: 30 Sep 2021
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James Watson: How we discovered DNA
http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the s...
http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
https://wn.com/James_Watson_How_We_Discovered_Dna
http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
- published: 16 May 2007
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