Science and Society
Explore how science directly affects society. Discover answers to questions about science and society in this section.
Explore how science directly affects society. Discover answers to questions about science and society in this section. Less
How can we make scientists and engineers as popular as sports heroes?
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TRANSCRIPT: Let’s say this country decided we don't have a problem with science and...
Dean Kamen
President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation and Founder, FIRST
and 1 other
What are the odds of surviving a plane crash?
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Given the extensive media coverage of major airline disasters like the 2009 Air France crash or the...
Bambi Turner
What are the most popular theories surrounding the Bermuda Triangle?
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In December 1945, five U.S. Navy bombers set off on a training mission from south Florida, heading...
Bambi Turner
Is America falling behind on new technology research?
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TRANSCRIPT: Yes, and I don't claim to be the expert on it. My hunch is that expecting research to...
Professor Robert M. Metcalfe
Professor of Innovation, University of Texas at Austin
How did you become involved with TEDMED?
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TRANSCRIPT: I have absolutely no background in health care. I have no M.D. or Ph.D., much to the...
Jay Walker
Curator of TEDMED; Chairman, Walker Digital; Curator, Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination
Are scientists encouraged to publicize their findings more now?
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TRANSCRIPT: I'm one of many voices speaking for the ocean, speaking for nature, speaking for the...
Sylvia Earle
Founder and President, The Sylvia Earle Alliance
What is green chemistry?
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TRANSCRIPT: So green chemistry is the application of chemistry towards achieving environmental...
Professor Joseph M. DeSimone
Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
