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ABOVE: Sylvia Earle welcomes us to Mission Blue Voyage. How to describe what happened last week? A Galapagos sea-voyage of 100 people (including Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, Steve Case, Ted Waitt, Bill Joy,...

ABOVE: Sylvia Earle welcomes us to Mission Blue Voyage. How to describe what happened last week? A Galapagos sea-voyage of 100 people (including Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, Steve Case, Ted Waitt, Bill Joy,...

Only have three minutes for a video snack? You can now find TEDTalks by length: 3, 6, 9, 12 or the classic 18-minutes ... Visit http://www.ted.com/talks and use the pulldown menu on the left-hand side:...

Only have three minutes for a video snack? You can now find TEDTalks by length: 3, 6, 9, 12 or the classic 18-minutes ... Visit http://www.ted.com/talks and use the pulldown menu on the left-hand side:...

Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look...

Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look...

Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010...

Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010...

John Delaney: Net-connected sensors under the sea turn the ocean into a lab open to all. Damien Rice performs a song he wrote during Mission Blue. Sylvia Earl's final words: Onward and downward! Photos: TED / James Duncan Davidson...

VP of Ecuador Lenín Moreno: If there's a need to retrain fishermen to other work, we will do it. They can help protect the ocean. Greg Stone: I went down 18000 feet in a submersible. Thought it would be...

Just before Session 7, Ecuador's vice president, Lenín Moreno, boarded the Endeavor to address the Mission Blue gathering. Lenín Moreno: "The animals of Galapagos have learned to live in peace. This small island should be an example to the world."...

Just before Session 7, Ecuador's vice president, Lenín Moreno, boarded the Endeavor to address the Mission Blue gathering. Lenín Moreno: "The animals of Galapagos have learned to live in peace. This small island should be an example to the world."...

Session 6 of Mission Blue Voyage wasn't a traditional TED speaker session -- instead, it was a time for people in the audience to get up and champion their own ideas. Back on the first night of Mission Blue, seven...

Session 6 of Mission Blue Voyage wasn't a traditional TED speaker session -- instead, it was a time for people in the audience to get up and champion their own ideas. Back on the first night of Mission Blue, seven...

Shark diver Mike Rutzen: Sharks form a social hierarchy better than any military. Edith Widder: Bioluminescence has evolved 40 to 50 separate times in history. What makes it so important to animals? Fred Grassle: The rate of discovery of...

Shark diver Mike Rutzen: Sharks form a social hierarchy better than any military. Edith Widder: Bioluminescence has evolved 40 to 50 separate times in history. What makes it so important to animals? Fred Grassle: The rate of discovery of...

Rob Dunbar: We need ocean targets for climate change. Most oceanographers say 450 CO2 is too high. Stephen Palumbi: "We're making the ocean unhappy. And if the ocean ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." Chevy Chase: "I don't fish, just...

Rob Dunbar: We need ocean targets for climate change. Most oceanographers say 450 CO2 is too high. Stephen Palumbi: "We're making the ocean unhappy. And if the ocean ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." Chevy Chase: "I don't fish, just...

Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice for a performance that brought the TED audience to its feet. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA....

Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice for a performance that brought the TED audience to its feet. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA....