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. (Recorded aboard Mission Blue Voyage, April 2010 in Galapagos, Ecuador. Duration: 17:15)
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In Short: A robot that builds sandcastles, the science of karate board breakingEnjoy these fascinating reads from across the Internet: TED-Ed’s own Rose Eveleth looks at the science of building sandcastles, and directs our attention to a robot that can build one far more long-lasting than humans can. [Smart Planet] . Is the suffix “-ome” — as in genome, phenome and the secretome — overused? In this […]
Learn more about ocean filmmaker Mike deGruyOn February 4, 2012, ocean filmmaker and educator Mike deGruy was killed in a helicopter crash while on assignment in Australia, along with pilot and filmmaker Andrew Wright. DeGruy (pronounced “degree”) was an Emmy-winning science documentarian and a mainstay of Shark Week; he also worked on James Cameron documentaries about the Titanic and Bismarck and […]
