Stephen Petronio – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Stephen Petronio answers questions about social and self-censorship.
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Lisa Nilsson – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Visual artist Lisa Nilsson discusses how digital tools assist her work, which is still ultimately about “thingness.”
Are you ready for a new slice of reality?
Using the Medieval paper art of quilling, artist Lisa Nilsson renders the human body in beautifully detailed cross sections.
What is the source of all life?
Howard Shapiro says we should power up plant nutrition to combat malnutrition and help us address our growing food needs.
Is it healthy for America’s identity to keep our eyes closed?
How do our individual identities shape society? Bryan Stevenson argues that to change a system that isn’t working, we have to question our own role in it.
Reisa Sperling – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Reisa Sperling takes questions on spotting brain changes and pre-symptom screening for Alzheimer’s disease.
Frances Arnold – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Frances Arnold of Caltech fields questions about her work synthesizing genes from various organisms to develop entirely new proteins.
How can we design new DNA?
Why should evolution occur only within species? Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology directs molecular evolution in a quest to create new proteins that help solve …
What are the steps to beauty, joy and health?
Step Afrika! here with the Washington Performing Arts Society’s Children of the Gospel Choir, exhibits the extreme-energy step dance tradition.
Ali Ansary – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Ali Ansary, co-founder of SeventyK, answers questions about the future of medical tech and how it will affect healthcare – for all who use it from the patients …