http://www.ted.com In the quest to map the brain, many scientists have attempted the incredibly daunting task of recording the activity of each neuron. Gero Miesenboeck works backward — manipulating specific neurons to figure out exactly what they do, through a series of stunning experiments that reengineer the way fruit flies percieve light.
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Onion News Network pundit Joad Cressbeckler warns Americans that genetically modifying crops may have dangerous consequences.
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http://www.ted.com Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn’t feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution.
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Hari Sreenivasan has the day other top stories, including Wall Street posting its first week of losses in more than a month.
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http://www.ted.com Aboard Mission Blue, oceanographer Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific — protecting fish, sealife and the island nation itself.

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Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that a top-ranking official in their spy service known only as Colonel Shcherbakov outed spies earlier this year to the U.S. He and his family reportedly have left Russia for the U.S.
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http://www.ted.com Aaron Huey’s effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people — appalling, and largely ignored — compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson in this bold, courageous talk from TEDxDU.
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http://www.ted.com Labor activist Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers’ rights — globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and protected. How can we keep our global supply chains honest?
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http://www.ted.com David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting — while keeping each person’s vote secret.

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Judy Woodruff gets an assessment of the G-20 summit’s successes and failures from Cornell University trade policy professor Eswar Prasad and Zanny Minton Beddoes, economics editor of The Economist.
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http://www.ted.com Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She’s teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers’ minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.
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The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a California case that would have blocked enforcement of the ban on gays serving openly. That leaves the matter for Congress.
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