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 14:28 minutes · Filmed Mar 2015 · Posted Sep 2015 · TED2015 On October 21, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 500-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which point he dove to Earth, breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for high-altitude jumps. Hear his story of how -- and why. | |
Playlist of the week Space archeology ... the mathematics of history ... the lost art of real debate ... and more big ideas. Watch » 12 TED Talks • Total run time 2:49:46 | |
More from TED.com  Around the world, women still struggle for equality in basic matters like access to education, equal pay and the right to vote. But how to enlist everyone, men and women, as allies for change? Meet Elizabeth Nyamayaro, head of UN Women's HeForShe initiative, which has created more than 2.4 billion social media conversations about a more equal world. She invites us all to join in as allies in our shared humanity. Watch »  There's a parallel Internet you may not have run across yet -- accessed by a special browser and home to a freewheeling collection of sites for everything from anonymous activism to illicit activities. Jamie Bartlett reports from the dark net. Watch » |  Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED's Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers. Watch »  When and how did the universe begin? A global group of astronomers wants to answer that question by peering as far back in time as a large new telescope will let us see. Wendy Freedman headed the creation of the Giant Magellan Telescope, under construction in South America; at TEDGlobal in Rio, she shares a bold vision of the discoveries about our universe that the GMT could make possible. Watch » | | |
Wisdom: Leadership advice from the Dalai Lama »
Daniel Goleman draws great ideas from this (admittedly surprising) source for business advice
Science: Why we need to build our own giant tsunami » How a 100-meter concrete flume in a UK lab could protect us against the next big one Art: Look closer. You may spot a familiar face » New work from disappearing artist Liu Bolin -- plus behind-the-scenes photos | |
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