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TED Raps - rap summaries of TED Talks

by Hugo The Poet

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This is Jim Al-Khalili, I hope you all can hear me I be a nuclear physicist here to bring out an emerging theory: Quantum physics or mechanics, we often cite these properties but Quantum Biology? what might it possibly be? so as we understand it if you expanded the zoom past the nano level to an atom, To glance at electrons, the nucleus, all of its factors that is the domain of Quantum Mechanics And in this level of reality when we look at the very smallest particles they move in ways we would intuit that they shouldn’t …like behaving as waves or particles in the same Moment Or not respecting a barrier, but just going through it it’s almost like magic when we view it It.s Like seeing a skier ski through a tree as if it were fluid, and remaining intact, how'd he do it In fact Neils Bohr put it that if you’re not shocked by this, then you haven’t understood it While Chemists and Physicists have almost got used to this analysis Biologists still mostly model molecules as balls and plastic sticks But Can this weird and wonderful and powerful theory of subatomic physics also play a role in the cells of living beings? Are there happenings in the cells of all this living matter that can be accurately explained with the helping hand of Quantum Mechanics? the latest experiments have evidenced via spectroscopy that Quantum effects are seen in life constantly - Quantum Biology Come with me as we seek the fine properties inside all that we find on this odyssey whole new worlds reside in all we see on the tree of life... on the tree of life Come with me as we seek the fine properties inside all that we find on this odyssey whole new worlds reside in all we see peek inside with Quantum Biology In the body, there’s times when Enzymes catalyse a reaction between two molecules and protons go travelling from one of them to the other one so rapidly that it must be underpinned by a process called Quantum Tunneling the puzzling ability of particles to go through, not over barriers that stand in the way and still speculating, but we can say Quantum Tunneling may even play a role in the way that 2 protons change places with one another in DNA Another trick that has appeared to us is quantum coherence the manner individual particles travel multiple routes simultaneous and with solar energies that's what the whole dope system is when particles of light are shifted in living cells in photosynthesis I'll finish with, another speculation: a Robin’s migration which traces the Earth’s magnetic field as the basis for its navigation this field is so faint, but the way the Robin is tracking it may be cryptochrome in its eyes matched with Quantum Entanglement so, imagine it, the principle that Einstein called Spooky Action at a Distance Could be integral to one of life’s primary instincts Watch this space, and watch what occurs as science finds ways nature has evolved using tricks from the Quantum World Come with me as we seek the fine properties inside all that we find on this odyssey whole new worlds reside in all we see on the tree of life... on the tree of life Come with me as we seek the fine properties inside all that we find on this odyssey whole new worlds reside in all we see peek inside with Quantum Biology
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“What was the most difficult job you ever did?” What's the hardest job you've ever done Did you toil on a farm in the blazing sun Did you create art and medicine to benefit everyone well aware that the requisite respect and recognition might never come All of this among other awesome feats Are done by these creatures near to many a shore and beach All we receive Is beyond belief We owe it to ourselves to properly study these coral reefs What’s the toughest job you’ve ever had? Was it producing food to keep the community fed? Or did you work night and day for national defense? Or in a lab to create medicine, with no guarantee of success, or respect? Or was it working hard to create a work of art? The people who do those jobs deserve regards. But humans aren’t the only ones to play these parts These jobs are also done by animals plants Including the ecosystems I study: coral reefs When I explain these beings you'll alter beliefs Coral reefs harvest larders of food like farmers They protect our shores, filter water and guard us They stock medicines like pharmacists And they carve breathtaking living sculptures like artists And because of all this, the work of the reefs is valued to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars at least annually “Think back to the most difficult job you ever did Many of you would say it was being a parent” What's the hardest job you've ever done Did you toil on a farm in the blazing sun Did you create art and medicine to benefit everyone well aware that the requisite respect and recognition might never come All of this among other awesome feats Are done by these creatures near to many a shore and beach All we receive Is beyond belief We owe it to ourselves to properly study these coral reefs And yet in spite of all this hard work from these species It seems we've done our best to decrease it We've overfished, polluted, added sewage, diseases Acidified the seas, changed the seasons and each of these things Acting together compound, like during a storm in Curacao, Where the coral was thriving the island was safe and sound But where it had been damaged around the town The broken coral was picked up by the storm and smashed the rest down So this damage has combined with the ravages of time And our actions to turn coral to algae and slime Now you’re probably expecting me to say Please Save the Coral Reef But I gotta be honest that admonishment just bothers me We've been saying save the reef all these years But most people don't even know what a coral is So why are they supposed to care or think about it When they’re not aware and don’t know anything about it? “Now I’ve been trying to help corals become parents for over ten years now And watching the wonder of life has certainly filled me with amazement to the core of my soul” What's the hardest job you've ever done Did you toil on a farm in the blazing sun Did you create art and medicine to benefit everyone Well aware that the requisite respect and recognition might never come All of this among other awesome feats Are done by these creatures near to many a shore and beach All we receive is beyond belief We owe it to ourselves to properly study these coral reefs Corals are mostly born from mass spawning On one night a year all the eggs and sperm burst forth and Go to the surface and try to find a match and combine At that time, they divide and divide and begin life As a tiny swimming larva, with a complete array of senses Colour, light, texture, ph, wave pressure And then it seeks a perfect place to dwell and reside And keep feeding and dividing and growing the rest of its life And its limestone skeleton is left behind Creating massive structures as it grows in the direction of light Providing habitat for millions of species to diversify And in Curacao, this is what it still looks like, While in many places it now looks like this But we’ve discovered through analysis 3D printing and tests The colours and textures of a baby corals preference And that means that we can emulate these conditions Whenever we construct something underwater to help them grow Yet their birth process we’re only just beginning to know Even so, while corals have had a hard time, many still survive It’s time to thank them for their job and then help them to thrive What's the hardest job you've ever done Did you toil on a farm in the blazing sun Did you create art and medicine to benefit everyone Well aware that the requisite respect and recognition might never come All of this among other awesome feats Are done by these creatures near to many a shore and beach All we receive Is beyond belief We owe it to ourselves to properly study these coral reefs “So never mind that they're worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Coral reefs are hardworking animals and plants and microbes and fungi. They're providing us with art and food and medicine. And we almost took out an entire generation of corals. But a few made it anyway, despite our best efforts, and now it's time for us to thank them for the work they did and give them every chance they have to raise the coral reefs of the future, their coral babies. “Thank you so much”
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released December 30, 2015

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