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My Year of TED: How 54 talks changed a life
Kylie Dunn embarked on a mission to change her life by emulating TED Talks. Here, illustrations of her “30 days of drive” and “30 days of fashion” activities. Illustrations: Matthew Dunn By Kylie Dunn...
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Op-Ed: The still-tolerated gender bias in science
Particle physicist Sarah M. Demers shares her experience of being a woman in science, and why it’s a problem that she doesn’t see gender equity around her yet. Image: Thinkstock.com I just might have...
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Bryan Stevenson to appear on “Moyers & Company”
Bryan Stevenson, who gave the powerhouse talk “We need to talk about an injustice” at TED2012, will appear on Moyers & Company this weekend. Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice In...
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Angela Patton holds second father-daughter dance in prison, sets sights on a...
Twelve girls enter the Richmond City Jail for a father-daughter dance, called “A Dance of Their Own.” Photo: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post It’s not the norm to see pink balloons, brightly colored...
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From A-ha to OK Go: A museum exhibit all about the music video
In the early ‘80s, before MTV turned its attention to reality TV, David Bowie, Madonna and the Pretenders lit up small screens, using a new medium to showcase their songs: the music video. Recently,...
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Thomas Insel’s insights on mental health: a tale of two TED playlists
In the past 30 years, major advances have been made when it comes to treating several serious diseases. Today, there are 85% fewer deaths from leukemia and 63% fewer fatalities from heart disease than...
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9 great talks about talking
Steven Pinker is one of several TED speakers who’s given a talk about the art of verbal language. Photo: James Duncan Davidson TED Talks cover an incredible breadth of topics – from mathematical...
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A documentary about JR, and his participatory art project INSIDE OUT, to...
The documentary INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project will premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York this Saturday, April 20, giving an intimate look into the courageous victories and...
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TIME Magazine reveals the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2013
Ten years ago, TIME Magazine inaugurated its list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” In the interceding decade, the unveiling of the annual list has become an anticipated event with...
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TED Radio Hour asks: What is beauty?
We all know what it feels like to stand in a place that overwhelms our eyes with splendor, to hear a piece of music that seems to pluck the strings of our heart, to behold a face whose shape is...
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A visual look at 7 things that make us feel good about work
Last week, Dan Ariely asked an interesting question in a TED Talk: “What makes us feel good about our work?” The TED Blog responded with the post “7 fascinating studies about what motivates us at...
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TED vs. SoulPancake: The showdown for a People’s Voice Webby (Variety category)
TED, THNKR, SoulPancake, The Switch and Henry Review have all been nominated for The Webby’s People’s Voice Award in the category Online Film & Video Variety. Last week, both Kid President and...
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A gallery of JR mania: The artist takes Manhattan
Artist JR’s Inside Out photo truck is parked in Times Square in New York City through May 10 for a project he calls “Art vs. Advertising.” Photo: Instagram.com/newyorkermag TED Prize winner JR rolled...
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Meet the translator: Elena Montrasio, who brings you talks in Italian
TED Talks are available in 97 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 8,800 volunteers have created the upwards of 34,000 translated...
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10 adorable animated characters from the first year of TED-Ed
A year ago today, the TED-Ed website launched. Since then, the site has published 175 original animated lessons, ranging from “How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries“ to “Insults by...
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Last night at TED headquarters: a salon on life hacks
Charles Duhigg talks about the incredible staying power of habits at TED@250 “A Better You.” Photo: Ryan Lash Last night in the TED office, we held a salon all about spring cleaning — for your life....
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TED appears in the NY Times crossword puzzle, New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs
The TED office is abuzz about two high-profile mentions this week. First, we were excited to see ourselves included in The New York Times crossword puzzle for the third time on Thursday. The clue for...
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TED and TED-Ed win 11 Webbys
The 2013 Webby winners are in, and we are thoroughly humbled by the number of times we see the word “TED” in the list. For each Webby category, there are two big winners: the Webby Winner, the site...
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How the TED Machine was built
When illustrator/storyteller Oliver Jeffers and animator/woodworker Mac Premo get together, sketchbooks travel 60,000 miles, suitcases wander the streets of Brooklyn and sandwiches are skewered with...
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Unorthodox new pets in the TED office
We at TED have a new addition to the office: a space-age ant farm! The Ant Column Cylinder Ant Farm arrived at our office last week. It’s a six-inch tube filled with a nutrient-rich blue goo. We added...
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