These views extrapolated an impressive Japanese record.

And some stars die spectacularly in a supernova explosion, leaving remnants like that.

I mean this is incredible. This is an 11 year old girl drew this and submitted it. It's just gorgeous.

The one on the top right here is actually a dazzling laser intended to just blind the person momentarily and disorient them.

Impressive. And the rate of technological evolution speeds up, so a mere quarter of a century after this, you get this, OK.

We'll actually part the water to pull money out of the air, because it's a bright future if you're an algorithm.

We can turn it into a dazzling array of materials, medicine, modern clothing, laptops, a whole range of different things.

But, despite its recent poor performance, Japan retains impressive power resources.

In recent years, the systemically important countries have established an impressive track record of adapting pragmatically and flexibly.

But, with the notable exception of Japan, which suffered its deepest recession of the modern era, Asia came through an extraordinarily tough period in excellent shape.

Indeed, the rising aspirations of Arab youth in Egypt and Tunisia, the wellspring of the Arab Spring, followed impressive economic growth that had failed to trickle down.

Since curbing inflation and instituting market reforms in the 1990 s, Brazil has shown an impressive rate of economic growth in the range of 5 .

These views extrapolated an impressive Japanese record. Today, however, they serve as a useful reminder about the danger of linear projections based on rapidly rising power resources.

Those are impressive rankings for a president who was in office for less than three years, but what did Kennedy really accomplish and how might history have been different if he had survived?

Of course, the old economic model has been a resounding success, producing almost 10 annual growth for 30 years and lifting hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty.

The goal is breathtaking more than 80 of Denmark s energy supply comes from fossil fuels, which are dramatically cheaper and more reliable than any green energy source.

The Chinese economy has been growing at such a breathtaking annual pace 9.5 in the year ending in the second quarter of 2005 that it is the toast of the world, an apparent inspiration for developing countries everywhere.

But, despite its recent poor performance, Japan retains impressive power resources. It possesses the world s third largest national economy, sophisticated industries, and the best equipped conventional military forces among Asian countries.

If any proof of this clash of values were needed, it came in the form of a hugely impressive counter demonstration against the Shahbag movement led by activists of the fundamentalist Islamic movement Hifazat e Islam, which occupied the capital s Motijheel area.

The fact is that the industry s safety record is second to none when measured against those of its rivals. Like airplanes, nuclear reactors are conceived and constructed to mind boggling standards.

The Chinese economy has been growing at such a breathtaking annual pace 9.5 in the year ending in the second quarter of 2005 that it is the toast of the world, an apparent inspiration for developing countries everywhere. But is China getting too much of a good thing?

Usman Riaz is a 21 year old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur of the moment improv.

Remember the days you struggled just to make a yo yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to walk the dog ? You ain t seen nothin yet. Japanese yo yo world champion BLACK tells the inspiring story of finding his life's passion, and gives an awesome performance that will make you want to pull your yo yo back out of the closet.

It is unreasonable to expect a World Cup by itself to generate lasting change. The tournament s ability to turn the eyes of the planet onto a single ball is truly impressive but ultimately meaningless.

And I think you would agree that we have found Titan is a remarkable, mystical place. It's exotic, it's alien, but yet strangely Earth like, and having Earth like geological formations and a tremendous geographical diversity, and is a fascinating world whose only rival in the solar system for complexity and richness is the Earth itself.