Now, coumarin is a very common thing, a material, in fragrance which is derived from a bean that comes from South America. 香豆素是香水中一个十分平常的原料，从来自南美的豆子中提炼出来的。 And it is the classic synthetic aroma chemic
And the problem with it is, I think we are setting ourselves up for a kind of disaster like the disaster we had in the financial system, 而问题在于，我认为，我们正在将我们自己置于类似于金融风暴那样的灾难之上， where we take a system tha
Let's go back to 1957. 让我们回到1957年。 Representatives from six European countries had come to Rome to sign the treaty that was to create the European Union. 六个欧洲国家的代表来到罗马，签署成立欧盟的条约。 Europe was destroyed.
This picture is a typical seasonal grassland. 这张图是典型的季节性草原。 It has just come through four months of rain, and it's now going into eight months of dry season. 刚刚经历了4个月的雨季，将要进入8个月的旱季。 And watch the chan
Now I have to admit, these are the worst studies my lab has ever run. 现在我要承认，这个是我实验室里进行过的最糟糕的实验。 Because the tickle sensation on the palm comes and goes, you need large numbers of subjects with these
But we go back to this point that China has been a dominant economic power through human history. 我们回到这一点上，中国自古以来是一个主要经济体。 It comes because of the central plain which I was walking right across betwee
Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do. 这使我目前计划中的一个。这是我想要做的。 I want to plant a whole block of gardens where people can share in the food in the same block. 我想要种一整个街区的菜园，在这个街区人们能够分享食物。
Now, we did study some other species of primate. 我们也研究过其他种类的灵长类动物。 What species of primate do you think is even more divergent from the wild primates than the captive primates? 你觉得哪种灵长类动物比圈养的灵长类更加与野生灵
While there was certainly the acute pain of the encounter, 尽管这样的遭遇让人极度痛苦，但问题的关键在于， the real issue is that my appearance can tell anyone anything about my ability. 我的出现能让大家看到我的能力。 Beyond that, though,
Fellas, can you imagine you're just on your phone, and someone walks up to you and just takes it out of your hand? 各位，你能想象当你在打电话的时候，有人走过来，然后直接把电话从你手中拿走吗？ And they're like, "OK dude, I don't know why y
Listening to her, I felt this familiar panic rise in me, the residue of my own childhood. 听着她的描述，我感到熟悉的恐慌在我心中升起，来自我童年的阴影。 When I was 10 years old, my father lay on the living room floor in the grips o
Now, I know that the number one rule to being cool is to seem unfazed, to never admit that anything scares you or impresses you or excites you. 现在我知道要扮酷的第一法则，要显得不为所动，从来都不承认会有吓着你，或令你惊讶或使你兴奋的事。 Somebody
So, this book that I have in my hand is a directory of everybody who had an email address in 1982. 呃，我手里的这本书是1982年所有拥有电邮地址的人的通讯录。 Actually, it's deceptively large. 它看起来很大，其实不然。 There's actually only a
I'd like to close with this poem. 我想以此诗来做结束。 When they bombed Hiroshima, the explosion formed a mini-supernova, so every living animal, human or plant that received direct contact with the rays from t
I was born in Korea -- the land of kimchi; raised in Argentina, 我在泡菜之国--韩国出生；在阿根廷长大， where I ate so much steak that I'm probably 80 percent cow by now; 可能因为吃太多牛排，我觉得现在我80%的成分是牛； and I was educated in
The fragrance that you will smell, you will never be able to smell this way again. 一会你们将闻到一款香水，它会带给你们绝无仅有的体验。 It's a fragrance called Beyond Paradise, which you can find in any store in the nation. 这款
So I tested them. I got an educational impossibility, zero to 30 percent in two months in the tropical heat with a computer under the tree in a language they didn't know doing something that's a decad
She was eight years old, our first day of grade three when she got called ugly. 我认识一个女孩，9岁升到三年级的第一天便有人唤她丑。 We both got moved to the back of class so we would stop getting bombarded by spitballs. 我俩都搬到
And if that's not enough, smiling can actually make you look good in the eyes of others. 如果这还不够，微笑还能够让我们在其他人眼里更好看。 A recent study at Penn State University found that when you smile, you don't only app
Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share. 我们先天的智慧，堪比内行人的知识。小孩已经从大人身上学到许多，而我们也有很多东西可以和大人共享。 I think tha
