Conferences are an important part of the science world as it gives people in the same field a chance to network and discuss their ideas. In the following TED Talk, Steven Johnson explains how the likes of conferences and lab meetings result in good ideas and life changing innovations....

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In the following TED Talk, journalist Chris Anderson discusses how web video powers global innovation. We touched upon this last year when we discussed the rise of video protocol sites. JoVE, which Anderson mentions, and BenchFly are sites where scientists publicly share their techiniques, tips and and methods with the scientific community – via video. These sites are used daily by researchers who are looking for more information regarding experminents they are working on. ...

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For the past five years, Rachel Sussman has combined her interests in both art and science to find continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. Sussman spent these past few years researching, working with biologists and traveling all over the world. Watch the following Ted Talk in which Rachel Sussman describes and present in pictures her global quest to celebrate the resilience of life by identifying and photographing these continuous-living organisms....

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How incredible the future of oceanography is! Watch this interesting TED Talk by oceanographer John Delaney. Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn the ocean into a global interactive lab....

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This post is not about biology or research but it is about promoting change. I do think it can be of interest to our readers. I watched today Seth Godin’s T.E.D talk about creating tribes and how the internet can help create movements of change. As always Seth is an inspiring presenter. In his talk he says and I quote:...

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