Legendary mycologist Paul Stamets lists six ways that fungus can help save the world.

Parapsychologist Dean Radin describes how cutting-edge science makes reality look more like "a giant thought".

Stuart Hameroff gives a short and simple view of his quantum consciousness theory...and its breathtaking implications.

Theo Jansen explains how he created 'new forms of life' from plastic bottles and electricity tube.

Daniel Pinchbeck and Post Modern Times collaborate on an animated film presenting new ideas on global consciousness shift and techniques for social and ecological transformation.

In this 'TED talk', recorded at Oxford in July 2005, Richard Dawkins suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand the "middle-sized" world we can observe. Interestingly, many of the questions he raises are the same as asked by scientists involved in parapsychology and alternative theories. (22min, 42 sec)

Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil discusses the coming 'singularity'. He outlines the shocking ways we'll use technology to augment our own capabilities, forever blurring the lines between human and machine.