Best Levi Mack Podcasts (2024)

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Ma’a Nonu is the Larger than Life Centre of attention this week on The KOKO Show 1:28:12

17m ago1:28:12

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This week on The KOKO Show the lads go wall to wall footy with a couple of cheeky yarns sprinkled into the mix. We deliver a comprehensive ‘Rugby Roundup’ segment unpacking and unfurling Round 12 of the Super(b) Rugby, illuminating the teams that are in the hunt for glory and the others that can start preparing for a debaucherous Mad Monday. With t…

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Cheslin Kolbe chats to the KOKO Show about Winning World Cups and What Wingers really do. 1:26:47

1h ago1:26:47

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This time around on The KOKO Show the boys have a special treat with an all-time Northern Hemisphere Legend and Springbok speedster, a man with fast feet and an even faster car collection. You better bloody believe it, we chat to the king of the Cape and a hero in headgear Mr Cheslin Kolbe. The boys also dish out an all you can eat serving of the R…

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This Week Noah Lolesio floods The KOKO Show with fun and footy. 1:10:46

6d ago1:10:46

1:10:46

This week on The KOKO Show the lads are horsing around and bathing in the sweet sweet nectar of the Brumbies win over the previously undefeated Hurricanes. Much like a pack of hungry ‘Junkyard Dogs’ we forage through another spectacular round of Super(b) Rugby and thanks to our friends at BeefEater and AppliancesOnline we have a tender little lineu…

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Danny Care and an exclusive interview with Kurtley Beale on The KOKO Show 1:19:06

13d ago1:19:06

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This week on the KOKO show we give you the old school two guest turnaround, that's right more bloody exclusives than the humble rugby fan can poke a stick at. First up the lads run you through a hilarious Goit inspired ‘Social Snitches’ from fourteen years ago, we also dive into everything Super(b) Rugby with another lashing of ‘Super Sizzlers’ bro…

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The KOKO Show is trampled by All Black flyer Caleb Clarke 1:08:31

20d ago1:08:31

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This week on the KOKO show the boys lick their wounds from our Hong Kong bonanza as they detail the ups and downs of returning to normal non ‘holiday Swoop’ life. The crew also unpack a cheeky way to rehab an injury in this week's instalment of ‘Social Snitches’, plus we delve into another smashing dose of the Rugby Roundup and the lads also give t…

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KOKO Show’s Hong Kong Extravaganza with Carter, Matfield, Burger, Caslick, Levi, Hooper & Vermeulen. 52:34

1M ago52:34

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As promised, the KOKO Crew took on the Hong Kong Sevens and some may say we lost, but we maintain the dragon is slain. Thanks to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Cathay Pacific and Ovolo Hotels for giving the show an experience of a lifetime, we went to the Sha Tin Racecourse, saw the city lights on a Aqua Luna Junk Boat, enjoyed some delicious food at…

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Joe Marler and James Slipper prop up the lads in an epic episode of the KOKO Show 1:24:07

1M ago1:24:07

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This week on the KOKO Show we packed down with a pair of pretty props. The first cab off the rank is a man that tied Stephen Moore’s Australian Super Rugby appearances record, and is only a handful of Tests short of George Gregan in the international record race. That is right we are joined by Mr James Slipper to chat all things Super Rugby, the Ed…

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Bernard ‘The Iceman’ Foley chops it up with the boys in the studio on The KOKO Show. 1:20:07

1M ago1:20:07

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This week on The KOKO Show we rounded all the boys up after a big weekend of celebration as two of our wonderful Wallabies turned 40. As we nurse sore heads and bruised egos we are also joined by one of the best fly-halves to pull on the gold jersey, the one and only ‘Iceman’, Mr Bernard Foley. Once again we welcome back the “Super Sizzler” brought…

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Mack Hansen, Andrew Kellaway & Grace Hamilton run a muck on an action packed triple guest KOKO Show. 1:12:48

2M ago1:12:48

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This week on KOKO we have a show wall-to-wall with special guests, spinning yarns, chatting shit and most of all talking footy. The first cab off the rank in this episode is our Melbourne based firecracker Andrew ‘Kells’ Kellaway, the boys run riot talking about his career, the state of rugby in Victoria and we get a special performance of Kells bl…

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Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh and Reds coach Les Kiss come in hot on The KOKO Show 1:22:18

2M ago1:22:18

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After last week's episode with new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt, we knew we had to go up a level this week on the KOKO Show and that is exactly what we did. On this week's instalment we are joined by the big dog in Rugby Australia's kennel. CEO Phil Waugh stops by to answer all the tough questions about the state of the game in Australia, as well as…

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New Wallabies Coach Joe Schmidt joins the first ever live KOKO Show at Super Round Melbourne. 38:04

2M ago38:04

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This week on Kick Offs and Kick Ons we take the show on the road. We headed down to Super Round Melbourne courtesy of TEG and had one hell of a time. On the show this week we dusted off our KOKO shirts, popped a few Nurofen and fixed our hair as we welcomed a very special guest on set, new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt. Smokey Joe told us how he has …

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Big Jim Hamilton and Fraser McReight talk Six Nations and Super Rugby on The KOKO Show 1:23:58

2M ago1:23:58

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This week on KOKO the boys go a little loco because Taylor Swift is in town. We straighten our ties and dust off the shoulders as we put this cruel summer behind us and pen Australian Rugby a little love song. On the show we are joined by the incumbent Wallaby and Queensland Reds number seven Fraser McReight as we break down their big win over the …

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Magic Mike Phillips and two towering 'Tahs takeover the KOKO Show 1:29:41

3M ago1:29:41

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It’s a new week and a new us. That's right we are going loco on the KOKO for our new set. We have been given new everything by the beautiful folks at Appliances online, they have ensured that there is a little bit of elegance in this primarily classless weekly endeavor. This week the boys are joined by the most handsome man in Wales, you guessed it…

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Mack Hansen brings his Irish charm to 'The KOKO Show’ 1:10:11

3M ago1:10:11

1:10:11

To add a spoonful of sugar to this very medicinal podcast we introduce our special guest, the Australian born Irish flyer, the one and only Mack Hansen. The Boys have a blast shooting the breeze with the big Mack, talking all things Irish rugby, his career to date and finally we all get quizzical at the end. So put down your soy chai lattés, kick o…

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Jonny Wilkinson joins ‘The KOKO Show’ for launch of new season 1:48:08

3M ago1:48:08

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Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived. It is safe to say that ‘Kick Offs and Kick Ons’ has launched with a bang. Prof and the boys clean out the cobwebs from a big off-season and are ready to run the ball straight into the upcoming rugby season. On ‘The KOKO Show’ this week we unveil our brand new ‘less is more’ set and outline our never ending ques…

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Our new show 'Kick Offs and Kick Ons' Launches with Christmas Special! 1:12:34

5M ago1:12:34

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Welcome to the first episode of our brand new show, Kick Off and Kick Ons! This Christmas special is full of huge announcements, big surprises and Christmas cheer. We reveal our brand new name, Gits has some massive breaking news and we look into everything else thats been happening in the world of rugby, including the Eddie Jones saga. Who knows w…

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Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer 11:56

12M ago11:56

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Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold. These scarcely investigated organisms could hold immense medical promise, he says – so long as we work quickly enough to discover …

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What to do when there's a polar bear in your backyard | Alysa McCall 10:33

1y ago10:33

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As Arctic ice melts, polar bears are being forced on land -- and they're hungry. With the apex predators frequently turning to human junkyards for a snack, northern towns have had to get creative in order to keep both their people and wildlife safe. Biologist and conservationist Alysa McCall shares lessons from the field on how to safely navigate c…

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The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks 12:41

1y ago12:41

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Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like plants. Diving deep into these often overlooked creatures, invertebrate zoologist Michael Middlebrooks introduces the solar-powered slugs that lost their shells -- but gained the ability to directly harness…

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Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy 12:28

1+ y ago12:28

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Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we are, but what happens when this guidance shifts? In this mind-bending talk, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy shares how the experiences of "altered selves" -- resulting from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, foreign limb syndrome or other conditions -- shed light on the constructed nature of identity. He…

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Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot 15:38

1+ y ago15:38

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Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What's more: the global food system could be heading toward collapse. Detailing the technological solutions we need to radically reshape food production -- from lab-grown, protein-rich foods to crops that don't require plowing -- Monbiot shares a future…

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How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill 11:59

1+ y ago11:59

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If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep underground, where diverse microscopic fungal networks mingle with tree roots to form symbiotic partnerships, says microbiologist Colin Averill. As we learn more about which of these fungi are most beneficial to forest health, we can reintroduce them int…

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The wheat field that could change the world | Guntur V. Subbarao 10:48

1+ y ago10:48

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Crop physiologist Guntur V. Subbarao and his team have developed an antibiotic-infused strain of wheat that naturally combats harmful, fertilizer-eating bacteria -- a "monster" contributor to climate change. Learn more about how this breakthrough could once again revolutionize agriculture, increasing crop yields and protecting our planet at the sam…

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A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jason W. Chin 11:03

1+ y ago11:03

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What if we could use the power of DNA to create a sustainable, circular economy? In a talk about breakthrough science, synthetic biologist Jason W. Chin describes his team's work rewriting the genetic blueprint of cells to create a virus-resistant organism -- the largest synthetic genome ever made and a first step towards reimagining what life can …

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How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan 9:11

1+ y ago9:11

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As climate change accelerates, finding clean alternatives to fossil fuels is more urgent than ever. Social entrepreneur Vaitea Cowan believes green hydrogen is the answer. Watch as she shares her team's work mass producing electrolyzers -- devices that separate water into its molecular components: hydrogen and oxygen -- and shows how they could hel…

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A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax 14:56

1+ y ago14:56

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Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in to learn about the once-in-a-lifetime discovery of the 10-meter-long Rutland ichthyosaur: the largest and most complete ichthyosaur ever un…

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How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab | Sergiu P. Pasca 12:32

1+ y ago12:32

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Neuroscientist Sergiu P. Pasca has made it his life's work to understand how the human brain builds itself -- and what makes it susceptible to disease. In a mind-blowing talk laden with breakthrough science, he shows how his team figured out how to grow "organoids" and what they call brain "assembloids" -- self-organizing clumps of neural tissue de…

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The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms | Dan Widmaier 10:47

2y ago10:47

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Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials -- leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few -- that contribute to fashion's sustainability crisis. Biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explains how we could look to nature for sustainable replacements for these much-used materials and introduces a leather alternative made from mushr…

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The search for the invisible matter that shapes the universe | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 14:52

2y ago14:52

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The universe that we know, with its luminous stars and orbiting planets, is largely made up of elements we can't actually see -- like dark energy and dark matter -- and therefore don't fully understand. Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein takes us inside the search for this cosmos-shaping invisible matter and explains how, with the help …

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The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard 11:44

2y ago11:44

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A curious, quiet revolution of sound has taken over the internet. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the soothing brain science of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), tracking its rise in popularity and why this fascinating phenomenon is so relaxing to millions of people around the world.By Craig Richard

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Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty | Maria Popova 7:15

2y ago7:15

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Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an animated excerpt of "My God, It's Full of Stars," by Tracy K. Smith)By Maria Popova

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How mRNA medicine will change the world | Melissa J. Moore 18:00

2y ago18:00

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The secret behind medicine that uses messenger RNA (or mRNA) is that it "teaches" our bodies how to fight diseases on our own, leading to groundbreaking treatments for COVID-19 and, potentially one day, cancer, the flu and other ailments that have haunted humanity for millennia. RNA researcher Melissa J. Moore -- Moderna's chief scientific officer …

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We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic | Bill Gates 14:46

2y ago14:46

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Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but Bill Gates believes that we have the tools and strategies to make it possible -- now we just have to fund them. In this forward-looking talk, he proposes a multi-specialty Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pandemi…

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5 promising factors propelling climate action | Gabriel Kra 11:26

2y ago11:26

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Given the scale of the challenge, the conversation around climate change is often tinged with doom and gloom. But climate tech investor Gabriel Kra thinks we need to reframe the crisis as a source of tremendous opportunity. He offers five big reasons to be optimistic about climate -- starting with the fact that many of the world's best minds are fo…

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The deep sea's medicinal secrets | Sam Afoullouss 13:10

2y ago13:10

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Under the sea, untold wonders await in the form of untapped medicinal potential. Chemist Sam Afoullouss dives into the science behind natural remedies, explaining why the ocean's great (and still largely unexplored) biodiversity is ideal for deriving and inspiring future treatments -- if we protect its waters and the marine life within them.…

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What seaweed and cow burps have to do with climate change | Ermias Kebreab 9:01

2y ago9:01

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Scientists have long known that cows are a huge source of the greenhouse gas methane, contributing up to four percent of emissions globally. But could there be a way to make cattle less -- ahem -- gassy? Animal scientist Ermias Kebreab talks through an ingenious solution to reduce methane-rich cow burps by feeding cattle something growing below the…

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The incredible cancer-detecting potential of photoacoustic imaging | Lei Li 6:50

2+ y ago6:50

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Could we use the energy from light and sound to detect disease? TED Fellow Lei Li shares the exciting promise of photoacoustic imaging: an affordable, painless and accurate method of converting light into sound in order to create high-resolution images of what's going on inside our bodies. From early detection of breast cancer to steering medicine-…

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Could we treat Alzheimer's with light and sound? | Li-Huei Tsai 12:43

2+ y ago12:43

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What if we could use brain waves to treat Alzheimer's? Professor and neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai details a promising new approach to artificially stimulate gamma brain waves using light and sound therapy, to increase connectivity and synchrony and delay the onset of this deadly disease. This non-invasive therapy has already been shown to work in mi…

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How biochar removes CO2 from the air -- and helps farmers thrive | Axel Reinaud 11:27

2+ y ago11:27

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Biochar is a kind of charcoal that removes CO2 from the atmosphere, helping yield healthy crops and even producing abundant renewable energy in the form of electricity as it's made. This exciting climate change fighter is ready for scaling now. Entrepreneur Axel Reinaud outlines three ways to make this material more accessible to farmers -- so that…

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A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar 5:53

2+ y ago5:53

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A king cobra has enough venom to kill 10 people in a single bite. Recounting his near-death experience after being bitten by one of these majestic yet deadly snakes, conservationist and TED Fellow Gowri Shankar shares the epiphany he had when the antivenom failed: there's more than one unique species of king cobra.…

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The science of extreme weather — and how to reduce the harm | Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser 5:51

2+ y ago5:51

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Floods, droughts, heat waves and cold blasts -- why is the weather becoming more extreme? Environmentalist and "America's weatherman" Al Roker discusses the link between climate change and disruptions to weather patterns worldwide, followed by a conversation between Nobel laureate Al Gore and TED science curator David Biello about the science of ex…

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The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help | Nithya Ramanathan 5:52

2+ y ago5:52

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Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries -- they're also vital to preserving and distributing vaccines. Illustrating the realities of (and threats to) global vaccine supply chains, technologist and TED Fellow Nithya Ramanathan describes how smart sensors placed in fridges that store medical supplies can provide crucial, real-time data a…

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How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar 12:40

2+ y ago12:40

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What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harming a chicken? It's possible through "cellular agriculture," says Isha Datar. In a talk about cutting-edge science, she explains how this new means of food production makes it possible to eat meat without the negative consequences of industrial farming -- and how it could fundamentally change our fo…

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The brain science of obesity | Mads Tang-Christensen 9:49

2+ y ago9:49

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Your belly and your brain speak to each other, says obesity researcher Mads Tang-Christensen. Offering scientific proof that obesity is a disease influenced by genetics and the environment, he introduces a molecule discovered in both the brain and gut that helps control appetite -- and which could be engineered to promote healthy weight loss for th…

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Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future | Liam Young 9:52

2+ y ago9:52

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Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth -- and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for…

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A sci-fi vision of life in 2041 | Chen Qiufan 8:02

2+ y ago8:02

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Sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan doesn't fear a dystopian future. Instead, he believes developments in artificial intelligence will make all of our lives better, healthier and safer. He takes us on a tour of the next 20 years of AI and shares some astonishing predictions for the advancements in science and technology that could await us. "For every future…

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Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci 24:50

3y ago24:50

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As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, the immunologists (and married couple) share the fascinating story of how their decades of mRNA research powered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine -…

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The missing 96 percent of the universe | Claire Malone 12:44

3y ago12:44

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We've misplaced the building blocks of the cosmos -- and particle physicists like Claire Malone are on a mission to find them. Despite scientists hitting a "major snag" in uncovering what exactly makes up dark matter and dark energy, she explains how questioning our fundamental understanding of nature itself invites a different, more meaningful per…

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The death of the universe -- and what it means for life | Katie Mack 6:24

3y ago6:24

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The universe started with a bang -- but how will it end? With astonishing visuals, cosmologist and TED Fellow Katie Mack takes us to the theoretical end of everything, some trillions of years in the future, in a profound meditation on existence, wonder and the legacy of humanity within the immensity of time and space.…

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The search for microscopic aliens | Sarah Rugheimer 5:38

3y ago5:38

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Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Sarah Rugheimer searches for aliens -- but not the cartoony green kind. She's looking for extraterrestrial microbes by studying how these single-celled organisms emit gases, which could reveal evidence of them throughout the cosmos. Wondering if we're really alone in the universe, Rugheimer identifies two big hurdles t…

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