Month: June 2012

https://download.ted.com/talks/EOWilson_2012P-480p.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0008“The world needs you, badly,” says legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his letter to a young scientist. He gives advice collected from a lifetime of experience — and reminds us that wonder and creativity are the center of the scientific life.

https://download.ted.com/talks/JonNguyen_2011X-480p.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0008Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL’s “Eyes on the Solar System” — free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time.

https://download.ted.com/talks/RodneyMullen_2012X-480p.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0008Rodney Mullen is the godfather of street skating, and in this exuberant talk he shares his love of the open skateboarding community. He shows how the unique environments skaters play in drive the creation of new tricks — fostering prolific ingenuity purely for passion’s sake.