Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world

http://www.ted.com Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[Primalxbeast]

Why can't we ever see stuff like this on the news, actual real world information instead of being told a hundred times over who Tiger Woods, or some other famous person is sleeping with?

and yes I know, it's because the majority of people are ignorant retards more intrested in people's private lives than in actually learning anything, and news orginizations are much more intrested in ratings than giving us any real news.

[suumr]

ELDRITCH HORRORS OF THE DEEP

[sarahh1752]

@Primalxbeast

hey there. WHERE IS THAT QUOTE FROM? i swear ive heard it before!

[cisy]

She could use a better low-light camera. Like the Nikon D3s for example.

[akaten916]

@montybyamillion nah the speaker in video is more manlier than Justin Beaver.

[montybyamillion]

Justin Beiber?! 

[GBJ83]

@thethreeheadedmonkey unless the so called Elite can do something cool like live forever and never feel pain, then who gives a shit that they think they control shit? i dont. there are plenty of fun things for us "dumbed down people" to do in the world. enjoy

[altbob]

I hope this isn't all covered in oil by now...thanks BP!

[hanslol]

Goddamn, science is awesome. Even the, seemingly, less interesting things on earth can be made awesome to everyone thorugh science.

[tobiasmaiermaus]

@Primalxbeast Cause this does not qualify as news as it is not new.

[Dark13Reaver]

highly inspirational