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A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery | Gowri Shankar

A king cobra has enough venom to kill 10 people in a single bite. Recounting his near-death experience after being bitten by one of these majestic yet deadly snakes, conservationist and TED Fellow Gowri Shankar shares the epiphany he had when the antivenom failed: there's more than one unique species of king cobra.

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  Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand …

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  What to do when there's a polar bear in your backyard | Alysa McCall

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  The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middle…

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  Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthas…

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  Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot

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  How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin A…

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  The wheat field that could change the world | Guntur V. Subbarao

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  A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jaso…

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  How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan

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  A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax

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  How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab | Sergiu P. Pasca

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  The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms | Dan Widmaier

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  The search for the invisible matter that shapes the universe | Chanda Pres…

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  The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard

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  Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty | Maria Popova

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  How mRNA medicine will change the world | Melissa J. Moore