TED Talks

Science and Wonder: Times Square Time Machine

Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 30s  | Video has closed captioning.

So you’re sitting just off of Times Square in midtown Manhattan in 2015 – but what are you sitting on top of? Zooming back a million years to look at the evolution of this little patch of land, this film offers an awe-inspiring view of the speed and ferocity with which humans have utterly transformed the globe.

Aired: 03/30/16

Rating: NR

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TED Talks: Science and Wonder is a co-production of TED and ITVS in partnership with PBS, and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.