BBC News: Historic music find 'redefines' swing era jazz

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When it comes to great jazz music you can hardly beat the live recordings from the height of the 1930s swing era.

There has always been chatter about a mysterious treasure trove of unreleased material known as the Savory collection. Recorded by the audio engineer Bill Savory - these live performances filled nearly 1,000 discs.

Now the entire collection has been acquired by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The museum's curator, Loren Schoenberg, takes us on a spin through this unique part of jazz histor

TED: Sebastian Seung - I am my connectome

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Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

TEDx Del Mar June 2 2010 V.S. Ramachandran (20 mins)

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TEDx Del Mar June 2 2010 Talk 5 - V.S. Ramachandran talking about The Big Picture - Our Place in the Cosmos and What Makes Us Unique

TEDx Del Mar June 2 2010 V.S. Ramachandran

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TEDx Del Mar June 2 2010 Talk 5 - V.S. Ramachandran talking about The Big Picture - Our Place in the Cosmos and What Makes Us Unique

Githead - Landing

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New video , filmed and directed by Renate Zeigermann for the title track from Githead's new album "Landing"

Edge Master Class 2010: CANCERING: Listening In On The Body's Proteomic Conversation- W. DANIEL HILLIS

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http://bit.ly/bDGyI1 W. Daniel Hillis: We make a mistake when we think of cancer as a noun. It is not something you have, it is something you do. Your body is probably cancering all the time. What keeps it under control is a conversation that is happening between your cells, and the language of that conversation is proteins. Proteomics will allow us to listen in on that conversation, and that will lead to much better way to treat cancer.

Point of Inquiry: Jennifer Ouellette - Calculus, Las Vegas, and the Zombie Apocalypse

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http://bit.ly/9pnzme Ever wonder about the mathematical basis for battling a zombie infestation? Jennifer Ouellette has. In her new book The Calculus Diaries, the English major turned science journalist goes on an odyssey to relearn the branch of math that so intimidated her in high school.

Along the way, she finds calculus in activities ranging from surfing, to catching fly balls, to playing craps in Vegas.

Naturally, calculus can also tell us how to stop the marauding zombies before they take over the h

Next Generation Sequencing

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What does the future hold for genome sequencing?

The Human Genome Project was more or less completed in 2003. Current projects are underway to use that initial exploration to create more useful post-genomic tools for discovery. What tools will be used, and how do they compare to the previous generations of technology?

The maternal 'Death Clock'

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To mark the end of the UN Millennium Development Goals Conference in New York City (20-22 September 2010), Salil Shetty and Larry Cox speak here about what needs to be done to meet the MDGs in 2015.

They also explain the 'Death Clock' which was erected in Time Square during the summit and counted how many women died in child birth during the UN summit.

TED: Julian Treasure - Shh! Sound health in 8 steps

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Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.

Journeys to Humanism - Part 1

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NRDC: This is what Global Warming looks like

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We have to believe what we are witnessing with our own eyes -- floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan, to soaring temperatures in the US and a deteriorating landscape in the High Arctic, our planet seems to be having a breakdown. It’s not just a portent of things to come but real signs of very troubling climate change already under way.

Please join with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and take action to protect our planet – it’s the only

The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers: Mollie Woodsworth

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Neuroscientist Mollie Woodworth studies ways to treat brain injuries and shakes her pom-poms with MIT cheerleaders. Go to our website and see more of Mollie's videos and ask her a question. And she'll do his best to answer them for you. http://www.pbs.org/nova/secretlife

TED: Fabian Hemmert - The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone

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At TEDxBerlin, Fabian Hemmert demos one future of the mobile phone -- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually, offering a delightfully intuitive way to communicate.

TED: Annie Lennox - Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist

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For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation.

Finding Your Science: What video games can teach our schools

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Linguist James Gee talks about the deep learning principles found in video games.

Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making breakthrough discoveries.

Susan Greenfield: The Future of the Brain

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http://bit.ly/cDOH8y More and more scientists are talking about the plasticity of the brain and its ability to be moulded and shaped by experiences. Neuroscientist Professor Susan Greenfield believes today's developing brain is being worryingly reshaped by excessive visual stimulation into an organ that lacks the ability to make sound judgements and measure risk.

Biotechnology, nanotechnology, even the internet, she says, are all impacting on our brains and could be heralding future generations with diffe

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (with lyrics)

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Lead - US Zeitgeist 2010

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There have always been individuals who are able to lead effectively in a demanding and evolving world. What does it take to be one of those remarkable people?

James Fallows National Editor, Atlantic Monthly
Martin Seligman Zellerbach Professor, University of Pennsylvania, & author of "Flourish" (2011)
Sanjay Jha Co-CEO, Motorola Inc. & CEO, Motorola Mobility
Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Chairman & CEO, Warner Music Group
Michael Fitzgerald Writer & Nieman Journalism Fellow, Harvard
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Unite - US Zeitgeist 2010

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Solving large-scale social and economic problems requires the efforts of global communities. What lessons can be learned as we address these issues?

John Battelle Founder, Chair & CEO, Federated Media Publishing
Alberto Vollmer Chairman & CEO, Santa Teresa Rum Company
Jared Cohen Google
Maajid Nawaz Co-founder & Co-director, The Quilliam Foundation
Paul Carrillo Director, Southern California Crossroads
Geoffrey Canada President & CEO, Harlem Children's Zone

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Innovate - US Zeitgeist 2010

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Human beings are driven to create. How can we sponsor innovation in ourselves, and encourage it in others?

Tim O'Reilly Founder & CEO, O'Reilly Media
Jerry Yang Co-founder & Chief Yahoo, Yahoo!
Steve Cousins President & CEO, Willow Garage
Andrew Serwer Managing Editor, Fortune Magazine
Thomas Tull Chairman & CEO, Legendary Pictures
Ariel Emanuel Co-CEO, WME Entertainment
Patrick Whitesell Co-CEO, WME Entertainment

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Catalyst - US Zeitgeist 2010

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Some leaders are able to set off a chain reaction. How are these people able to bring attention to great challenges and spark new initiatives, ideas and businesses?

Michael Fitzgerald, Writer & Nieman Journalism Fellow, Harvard
Sebastian Junger Author & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Andrew Lankford Atlas Collaboration, CERN & Professor, University of California, Irvine
Murray Gell-Mann Nobel Prize-winning Physicist & Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Michael Wesch Professor, Kansas State University
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Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 8 (English Revolutions, Dutch Revolution)

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European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present

Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 7 (Witchcraft and Religious War)

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European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present

Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 6 (Cultural Diversity in Early Modern Europe)

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The Mathematical Art Of M.C. Escher

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The Great African Scandal

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Robert Beckford visits Ghana to investigate the hidden costs of rice, chocolate and gold and why, 50 years after independence, a country so rich in ‘natural resources’ is one of the poorest in the world. He discovers child labourers farming cocoa instead of attending school and asks if the activities of multinationals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have actually made the country’s problems worse …

The Yes Men

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The Yes Men are a culture jamming activist-duo consisting of Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno. Through actions of tactical media, impersonating entities that they dislike, The Yes Men primarily aim to raise awareness about problematic social issues. They create and maintain fake websites similar to ones they intend to spoof, which have led to numerous interview, conference, and TV talk show invitations, espousing the belief that corporations and governmental organisations often act in dehumanising ways towar

Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?

With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Answering in his infectious, culturally omnivorous style, using his

TED: Steven Johnson - Where good ideas come from

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People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.

TED: Christien Meindertsma - How pig parts make the world turn

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Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 187 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts.

Richard Dawkins' Speech at Protest the Pope March

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This is the full speech by Richard Dawkins at the "Protest The Pope" rally, 18th September 2010. (unedited)

Fund a Feature Documentary on Scientology

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Make a donation at IndieGoGo.com to help me produce a full length motion picture exposing Scientology fraud and abuse.

Science VideoLab: Clever Crows

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http://video.sciencemag.org/VideoLab/609859393001/1 New Caledonian crows are renowned for their ability to craft, modify, and use tools [see previous video]. Now, Rutz et al. provide an explanation for this remarkable ability -- by comparing the stable-isotope profiles of crows’ tissues with those of their food sources, they found that tool use materially enhances the crows' diet and, therefore, may improve their evolutionary fitness. In this narrated video, author Christian Rutz explains how the crows extr

Peter McAllister - The Science of Man's Inadequacies

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http://bit.ly/9gMHL7 Could your husband, brother or father be the worst man in history? University of Queensland-trained anthropologist Peter McAllister claims today's man isn't a patch on what he once was: that despite his huge brain, the modern bloke fails to measure up physically, creatively and emotionally with men of the distant past.

Join the author of "Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male" for some lively debate and discover why ancient men were smarter and stronger, and what the

Jon Hopkins - Vessel (Four Tet Remix)

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The 2010 Beethoven Festival

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Polish city stages chilling holocaust re-enactment

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The Polish city of Bedzin staged a re-enactment of the 1943 liquidation of its Jewish ghetto by the Nazis. Around 30,000 Jews lived in the Bedzin ghetto and almost all of them died during the Nazi occupation, the majority at the Auschwitz concentration camp 50 kilometres away.

Dan Dennett: A Darwinian Perspective on Religions: Past, Present and Future

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19 March 2009. World famous philosopher and humanist Daniel Dennett speaks at Conway Hall, providing "A Darwinian Perspective on Religions: Past, Present and Future"

Cold Sparks & Black Holes: Energy Scales of the Universe

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This video explores the power scales of the universe. Climbing an energy ladder, it moves from the coldest and bleakest reaches of our galaxy on out to the hottest and most violent places known. The idea is to see, from another point of view, how and where Earth and humanity fits within the vast, timeless, and immensely powerful scales that define our universe.

Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 5 (Revolutions in Religion: 1517-1555)

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European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present

TED: Carne Ross - An independent diplomat

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After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.

Inside Wikileaks 1 of 3 Julian Assange report by Mark Davis on SBS's Dateline 01:08:10.mov

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Asteroid 2010 RF12

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Two asteroids Asteroid 2010 RF12 and Asteroid 2010 RX30 will passby us moving between Earth's and Moon's Orbit. These two asteroids which are in several meters in diameter moving in unrelated orbits, will pass within the Moon's distance of Earth today Wednesday, September 8th. These two Asteroids (Space Rocks) Asteroid 2010 RF12 and Asteroid 2010 RX30 were discovered 3 days ago on September 5th, 2010 by Andrea Boattini using the 1.5 metre reflector telescope at Mount Lemmon in Arizona as part of the Mount L

Papa Diouf - Yow Dome

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Abdou Seck - Evolution

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Fallon Dieng - Xarnubi

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Secrets of seductive dancing for men revealed

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The key for men to look good on the dancefloor is to vary both their moves and the scale of them, according to research by psychologists at Northumbria University.

Contrary to what enthusiastic male dancers might think, waving their arms around is not considered sexy. Rather, women look closely at the neck, torso and right knee when eyeing up a man's moves.

The research, published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters, could be studied by men struggling to woo women by giving them tips on brushing

Google Instant Launch Event

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On September 8, 2010, Marissa Mayer and Ben Gomes hosted a search event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to announce Google Instant. Check out this video from our event.

Google Instant is a new search interface and infrastructure enhancement that is fast and predictive, making search easier by showing you relevant search results instantly on the results page as you type. When people use Instant, we estimate they save between two and five seconds when they search. Globally, this adds up to more tha

TED: Alwar Balasubramaniam - Art of substance and absence

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Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal -- or conceal -- what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.

Pitfalls of Thinking: Anecdotal Evidence

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Underworld - Juanita/Kiteless/Cups

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Underworld - Rez / Cowgirl

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Agnes Obel - Riverside

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The Bees - Who Cares What The Question Is?

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The Jam - Town Called Malice

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What is Inverted Totalitarianism?

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Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 4

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Ernesto Djédjé - Golozo

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Ernesto Djédjé - Pieli

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TED: Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching

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Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

The Most Evil Men in History: Caligula

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The End Of The Line

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Advances in technology, global demand and the very essence of the commercial fishing industry itself means that whole species of wild fish are under threat. The species of fish that we eat today are predicted to be in a state of collapse by 2050 — some are already extinct. Overfishing, or even more simply, the commercial fishing industry in general is to blame for this, along with celebrity chefs and ‘exotic’ restaurants; and mass consumer demand in today’s world of globalisation. The End Of The Line docume

The Strangest Dream (2008)

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...tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the only nuclear scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government’s secret program to build the first atomic bomb, on moral grounds.

The film retraces the history of nuclear weapons, from the first nuclear test, in New Mexico, to Hiroshima, where we see survivors of the first atomic attack. Branded a traitor and spy, Rotblat went from designing atomic bombs to researching the medical uses of radiation. Together with Bertrand Russell he helped create the mo

Bertrand Russell Interview BBC 1959 3/3

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Paul Provenza and Dan Dion on Satiristas

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2010/09/07/3003999.htm

Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, Lewis Black, Billy Connolly, Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams, George "F-ing" Carlin. They are all Satiristas! This cadre of independent comic provocateurs target political hypocrisy, media distortion, complacency and the institutionalized ignorance infecting American culture.

Through candid interviews and intimate art portraits, stand-up comedy veteran and filmmaker Paul Provenza and comedy's go-to photographer Dan

Jay Rosen: Journalists as The Great Explainers

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As audiences and consumers of the news become increasingly wary of the journalists and media outlets, academic and blogger Jay Rosen calls for a rethink of the underlying methods of news production.

He claims news has become so incremental and fluid that audiences lack the necessary background knowledge to make sense of the information they are receiving. Rosen also notes that journalists have become captives of deadlines and are forgoing co

Dilbert: A Darwinian Thing and The Power of Science

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Dutch National Ballet: Groosland

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Dutch National Ballet - Groosland (choreography Maguy Marin) Music: Brandenburg Concerto, J.S. Bach

Betty Boop: Minnie The Moocher (1932)

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John Mearsheimer: China's Challenge to US Power

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2010/09/07/3001041.htm

For better or worse, the United States has long played the role of world cop. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls it the "indispensable nation". But, according to Chicago University politics professor John Mearsheimer, the America's pacifying role in the Asia-Pacific region may be about to come to an end.

Mearsheimer vehemently argues that "China cannot rise peacefully" and equates China with other behemoth nation-states of

John Keane: The Life and Death of Democracy

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At the Byron Bay Writers Festival, in conversation with Griffith Review Editor Julianne Schultz, Professor John Keane talks us through the rise and fall of democracies and empires, from a primarily historical perspective.

From the very first Platonic democracy of Ancient Greece, Keane argues, through the ages of the civil rights movement, apartheid, the women's vote, through to the world's first black president, the institution of Democracy

Jonah Lehrer: How We Decide

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2010/08/31/2997480.htm

Over the last 20 years, brain research has fundamentally changed our understanding of decision- making. Jonah Lehrer is a Rhodes scholar, a critically-acclaimed science writer and the man behind the popular blogsite "The Frontal Cortex".

In this compelling Commonwealth Club of California address, Lehrer maps out the latest cutting-edge research into how our minds work and how it shines light on HOW we make decisions...and also how we might m

Music in the Age of Soundbites

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Questions are regularly raised as to the relevance of classical music, or the classical arts in general, in an age where statements of policy, intention, emotion, commitment or criticism are reduced to a punchy line of no more than about a dozen words.

In a time where information is available to us at any hour of the day via 24 hour news channels, Twitter and Facebook, world-class conductor Simone Young asks what value is something which re

Dilbert: The Poltergeist

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FORA.tv - Joseph Stiglitz on Free Markets and the World Economy

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Visiting Nobel Laureate and global economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz believes Australia's good fortune in being sheltered from the worst of the GFC means we may not fully comprehend its impact internationally.

On his tour of Australia, he comments on the state of the Australian economy, particularly in context of the Global Financial Crisis, the role of natural resources within this economy, and Australia's response to global warming.

Professor Stiglitz travelled all over Australia for three weeks as th

FORA.tv - Pavan Sukhdev: What Is the World Worth?

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Environmental damage is already costing us trillions a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, head of the UN Green Economy Initiative. Sukhdev applies numbers to things that nature does for free – like purifying drinking water, supplying food and fuel, protecting coasts from storms, and generally keeping humans alive and healthy.

The cost of the global financial crisis stunned the world, with an estimated $862 billion in direct government bailouts alone. After years of running down our natural capital, are we g

FORA.tv - Martin Rees: Life's Future in the Cosmos

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President of the Royal Society, England's Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees brings a lifetime of cosmological inquiry to a crucial question: What if human success on Earth determines life's success in the universe?

He thinks that civilization's chances of getting out of this century intact are about 50-50. He is hopeful that extraterrestrial life already exists, but there's no sign of it yet. But even if we are now alone, he notes that we may not even be the halfway stage of evolution.

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Montréal Insectarium - Québec, Canada

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The Montréal Insectarium is located in Québec, Canada. This museum features a diverse selection of insects from around the world, and is the largest insectarium in North America.

It is a popular destination for both local residents and tourists -- and among its collections are spiders, butterflies, bees and ants.

Between Hurricanes (2005)

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This feature documentary is a journey through the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and into the path of hurricane Rita. A story of discovery through southern Louisiana. The film’s perspective could not be broader. Interviews range from FEMA officials, Red Cross workers, to local volunteers, fire chiefs and shrimp boat fishermen. Each individual delves into their personal opinions about the impact of hurricane Katrina – a multi-faceted economic, political, ecological, ethical, and social storm.
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Filmmakers@Google: Vicki Abeles - Race To Nowhere

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Director Vicki Abeles turns the personal political, igniting a national conversation in her new documentary about the pressures faced by American schoolchildren and their teachers in our achievement obsessed public and private education system and culture. Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried students aren't developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what's best for their kids

Cosmic Journeys: Venus: Death of a Planet

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From the fires of a sun's birth... twin planets emerged. Venus... and Earth. Two roads diverged in our young solar system. Nature draped one world in the greens and blues of life.

While enveloping the other in acid clouds... high heat... and volcanic flows. Why did Venus take such a disastrous turn?

Miracles & Heroes & Crap

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I'm sick of the news media overusing the stale words "miracle" and "hero." Hear my stinging commentary.

Teningnini Damba - Yiriyalo

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Philip Glass - Art of Glass

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A 72 ans, Glass a tout connu ou presque. L'initiation musicale avec la mythique Nadia Boulanger (entre autre professeur pour Quincy Jones, Gershwin, Michel Legrand, Cosma, Pierre Henry, etc), au début des sixties, l'embardée indienne avec Ravi Shankar avant les Beatles, le rejet du monde Classique face à son avant-gardisme puis enfin l'adoubement au milieu des seventies, avec Music in Twelve Parts. Avant cela, Glass a écrit des kilomètres de partition répétitives accrochées au mur de galeries, tellement lon

Philip Glass on Writing Music

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/12/Philip_Glass_and_Scott_Hicks_In_Conversation

Celebrated composer Philip Glass describes his approach to writing music as watching buildings slowly emerge from "a foggy field," and claims to have an ironically poor musical ear.

Dr Alex Moulton - Bugatti Design Lecture

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Dr. Moulton's professional life has been devoted to the research and development of innovative designs.

He developed The Moulton Bicycle, introduced in 1962, and pioneered small-wheeled, full-suspension thinking which was acknowledged as the most radical change in bicycle design for over 60 years. Over 150,000 were made and they still hold world and national speed records, testimony to their fundamentally advanced design.

He is also responsible for car suspensions from the rubber cone spring on the BMC Mi

Lydia Cacho: How the Sex Trafficking Industry Is Evolving

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/Lydia_Cacho_Goes_Undercover_in_the_Global_Sex_Trade

Investigative journalist Lydia Cacho traces the increasing sophistication of sex traffickers, who she describes as having gone from simply abducting girls and women to "creating a pop culture of porn." She discusses the sex exploitation colony of 30,000 Dutch men in Cambodia, which she says authorities are aware of but do not combat.

Chris Hedges on Moral Courage

Chris Hedges on Moral Courage
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Closest-Ever Probe of Sun is New NASA Mission

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Solar Probe Plus, a new NASA mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before, is officially underway. The spacecraft will plunge directly into the sun's atmosphere at approximately 4 million miles from the surface into a region no other spacecraft has ever encountered.

Authors@Google: Albert László Barabási - BURSTS: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do

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The Authors@Google program welcomed to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "BURSTS: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do"


"In BURSTS (April 2010), Barabasi, Director of the Center for Network Science at Northeastern University, shatters one of the most fundamental assumptions in modern science and technology regarding human behavior. Barabasi argues that, rather than being random, humans actually act in predictable patterns. We go along for long periods of quiet routine followed suddenly b

TED: Rachel Sussman - The world's oldest living things

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Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

UCSD Guestbook: E.O. Wilson

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Debra Durham - The Great Ape Protection Act

Debra Durham - The Great Ape Protection Act
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A Place To Bury Strangers - Keep Slipping Away

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Children Of The Congo - From War To Witches

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In the brutal war in Congo where over five million people have died in the past decade, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. "Children of Congo" documents the plight of street children living in Kinshasa and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. The film also examines the efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo volcano, near the city of Goma i

Berkeley: History 5 - Lecture 3

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European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present

Steven Pinker - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature

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Röyksopp - Eple

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Michael Nyman - Miserere Paraphrase

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Joseph Stiglitz: 'Trickle Up Economics' to Blame for Crisis

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/26/Joseph_Stiglitz_on_Free_Markets_and_the_World_Economy
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that "trickle up economics" created the credit bubble that triggered the recent financial crisis. "There was a party going on, and nobody wanted to be a party-pooper," says Stiglitz.

Super Tentemba - Bembeya Jazz National 1972

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Star Formation Rate - Mark Krumholz (SETI Talks)

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SETI Archive: http://seti.org/talks

Stars are the engines of the Universe: nuclear reactions within them are the only significant source of non-gravitational power in the cosmos, the source of all heavy elements, and the cradles of life. However, the process by which stars form remains poorly understood, and one mystery in particular stands out: what sets the star formation rate? In this talk Dr. Krumholz will review our understanding of the rate at which stars form, both observationally and theoretically.

Exoplanet Atmospheres - Heather Knutson (SETI Talks)

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SETI Archive: http://seti.org/talks

The past decade has marked a period of great progress in our quest to discover and characterize the properties of the planets outside of our own solar system. Observations of transiting systems, in which the planet periodically passes in front of and then behind its star as seen from the earth, have allowed us to study the properties of these distant worlds in unprecedented detail. Dr. Knutson will describe some of our initial measurements of the close-in, gas giant plan

Exploring Mars for Habitable Environments - David Des Marais (SETI Talks)

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Recent Mars missions have discovered fascinating landscapes as well as chemicals and minerals formed by the action of liquid water. Mars could have been habitable sometime in the past, and liquid water might persist in some subsurface environments today. Dr. Dave Des Marais, Chair of the Mars Exploration Program Advisory Group (MEPAG), will discuss recent discoveries that are helping to identify the most promising places to search for evidence of life.