How native speakers pronounce “sand”

with consciousness more closely tied to living flesh and blood, not to the dead sand of silicon. AI might claim the prize of intelligence, at least in some ways,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

I wonder if waves get discouraged crawling up the sand only to be pulled back again

Naima Penniman: "Being Human" | TED Countdown · TED

I was walking down a beach, and I saw how, with each step, my footprints would be marked on the sand. The stronger I stepped, the deeper the footprint would be.

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

underneath the bottle as it slid. For example, if you put a grain of sand under there, it would react very differently than if there weren't a grain of sand.

Why Don’t We Have Better Robots Yet? | Ken Goldberg | TED · TED

mapping out the territory, sifting through the sand with a fine instrument, peeking under every stone,

How we explore unanswered questions in physics | James Beacham

We cut roads through the forest. We have added little plastic particles to the sand on ocean beaches. We've changed the chemistry of the soil with our artificial fertilizers.

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris