Craig Venter: A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea

http://www.ted.com Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the oceans biodiversity.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Craig
• Venter
• TED
• TEDTalks
• Talks
• microbes
• biology
• genomics
• DNA
• ocean

[5micky2]

At 15.55 "..religious leaders were using their scriptures as lawbooks and couldn't find anything in them prohibiting making life.." Pretty well proves the Bible is an ancient work of fiction. The idea we could create life would not have been conceivable to ancient humans. But an all-powerful god would ban it at the start.

[DONTMAKEMELAUGH]

I stand in AWE. Thank you for all that you do to understand this, genomes, microcrobes .... micro-organisms .... small parts of dna .... I bow 2 U xxxx

[SonOfNye]

This man is headed for a Nobel Prize.

[twohseven]

@ReasonwriterD703 scientist is just a label. Ppl trust doctors and such cause of their validity and credibility? But that is arbitrary to ones preferences. Truth is modern science has rejected & not explored all the aspects of reality and its wrought with misconceptions, empty theories that don't fit in any unified field concept. Its reckless technology.

The works of brilliant minds like Walter Russell, John Keely, Victor Schauberger, Marcel Vogel, Pier Ighina, Marconi, etc Now THERES TRUTH!!

[twohseven]

@ReasonwriterD703 i stand by my points although this is youtube, wrought with censorship, trolls and albeit a small but voiceful population of sane and intelligent people, yet we are the minority it seems.. anywho i know GMOrganisms and i know craig venter too. And I dont agree with the bioengineering industrys ways because they are completely (as with all modern models from astrophysics to chemistry) missing a vital foundation of science that is universal natural law and the science of man...

[ReasonwriterD703]

@twohseven My friend, you need to defend your point if you want it to have any validity.

I will say that GMOs are unhealthy by their definition. If we consume mutated foods, then we will become mutated.

But you're one of the ignorant people you refer to; if you pay attention to the video Craig Venter isn't talking about altering organisms, he's talking about synthetically creating ones of our own! No modifications going on here, just creation.

[twohseven]

You have no idea man... the entire bioengineering arena has an incomplete understanding of DNA itself so how can they be doing things the right way, as in the natural way, in understanding of the universal natural law. For example, check out the DNA phantom effect it has been long proven that DNA is more than chemical processes yet all these gmo makers are looking at is the genetic code and the chemical aspect of DNA. There is soo much more to this, one couldnt explain in a short Utube comment.

[DuhIdiot1]

@twohseven Saying something is not good because you saw a shitty made-for-TV sci-fi movie one time and ending your statement with "PERIOD!" doesn't make you right or even interesting. PERIOD!

[ry7ky]

@twohseven If things were so black and white, there wouldn't be a debate about it.

[twohseven]

GMO is not good. PERIOD!

[twohseven]

Wow. just wow. lots of ignorant people here.

[karlkarlkarl1234]

@con2477

I didn't say I was a biologist, I just said it was a good time to be one, in logical anticipation that I nearly am one. But of course you would have to use your brain to see that.