Microbes

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of microbes.

Video playlists about Microbes

How microbes shape our world

6 talks • 1h 23m
Learn how these microorganisms influence everything from the air we breathe and how healthy we are, to forming life itself.

Talks about Microbes

10:07

Anne Madden

Meet the microscopic life in your home — and on your face

Posted Aug 2017
12:57

Katrina Spade

When I die, recompose me

Posted Jun 2017
7:20

Ani Liu

Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology

Posted Feb 2017
14:10

Jonathan Rossiter

A robot that eats pollution

Posted Feb 2017
10:39

James Green

3 moons and a planet that could have alien life

Posted Aug 2016
13:42

Dave Brain

What a planet needs to sustain life

Posted Aug 2016
11:55

Lisa Dyson

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Posted Jul 2016
9:11

Shubhendu Sharma

How to grow a forest in your backyard

Posted Jul 2016
17:35

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Posted Oct 2015
6:15

Jaap de Roode

How butterflies self-medicate

Posted Feb 2015
12:11

Heather Barnett

What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime

Posted Jul 2014
13:14

Ed Yong

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

Posted Mar 2014
9:20

Two young scientists break down plastics with bacteria

Posted Jul 2013
8:43

Jessica Green

We're covered in germs. Let's design for that.

Posted Mar 2013
14:23

Jonathan Eisen

Meet your microbes

Posted Jul 2012
11:37

Melissa Garren

The sea we've hardly seen

Posted May 2012

Exclusive articles about Microbes

For healthier buildings, just add bacteria?

Just like a human being, a house or office has its own microbiome, with good and bad microorganisms. One researcher has a targeted idea: to customize our spaces with the right m...

How your microbes influence your love life

Science writer Sonia Shah explains why it’s really not your fault you’re attracted to that terrible person. While the precise architecture of romance remains decidedly mysteriou...
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