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Time’s 30 Under 30 list includes many familiar faces
Jack Andraka is just one young TED speaker named to Time’s list of “30 People Under 30 Changing the World.” Photo: James Duncan Davidson Last week, the editors of Time magazine published a list of 30...
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Beyoncé samples Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDx message on surprise album
Beyoncé must love surprises. Because late last night, she unexpectedly dropped her fifth studio album, Beyoncé, on iTunes. It’s what she’s calling a “visual album,” and it features 14 songs and 17...
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TED not a recipe for ‘civilisational disaster’
Chris Anderson talks to TED2013 speaker, Ron Finley, who got a ticket for planting a vegetable garden in South Central Los Angeles. Finley’s talk has been viewed 1.6 million times, and has inspired...
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Finally, make sense of your drug info: A first look at a company inspired by...
Execution. A word that gives me the willies not because I picture a Westerosi royal beheader coming for my neck, but because it conjures images of budgets and bottom lines. Seriously, why can’t I just...
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No more needles? 7 ways scientists are attempting to move beyond shots
Mark Kendall is not giving himself a shot in this image! He is demonstrating how a vaccine can be delivered via a patch. Photo: James Duncan Davidson My needle phobia goes back to when I was 5 years...
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Real advice for those who’ve attempted suicide, and want to step back into life
By JD Schramm* In my TED Talk, I acknowledged for the first time that, in 2003, I tried to end my life. I wanted to share this in a public setting because 19 out of 20 people who attempt suicide will...
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Further reading on women and the workplace
Sheryl Sandberg shakes hands with Pat Mitchell, who urged her to talk about women and leadership at TEDWomen in 2010. The talk became Sandberg’s book, Lean In. Photo: Kristoffer Heacox During an...
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Salman Khan’s TED Talk ignited the conversation about online education. Why...
When Salman Khan shared his vision for “a free world-class education for anyone anywhere” at TED2011, he turned the education world on its head. As he introduced Khan Academy — a virtual classroom that...
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Last night in the TED office: War Stories
Juliet Blake hosts the TED@250 session “War Stories,” featuring talks from Wes Moore, Sebastian Junger, and two other distinguished speakers. Photo: Ryan Lash War isn’t easy to talk about. TED’s Juliet...
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The composer who scores TED on his latest movie, “Ping Pong Summer”
You know the intro video that plays before any TED Talk — that 7-second clip that shows a drop of water rippling out into either space or a neural network, depending on who you talk to? Well, Michael...
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Happy 30th birthday, Macintosh!
Thirty years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh 128k at an Apple shareholders’ meeting. Excitement was high after the airing of the now-classic commercial “1984” during the Super Bowl two...
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“I wanted to put my eye in there”: JR on his collaboration with the New York...
A look at JR’s latest work—a mural of an eye, formed out of the bodies of the New York City Ballet’s dancers. Artist JR’s latest project turns the floor of the David H. Koch Theater, home of the New...
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You asked Chris Anderson anything. Here are the highlights.
Yesterday, our curator Chris Anderson took an hour to answer rapid-fire questions in a Reddit AMA, sandwiched between AMAs with Matt Damon and Kevin Smith no less. Redditors asked Chris about...
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Books to get you ready for TED2014
At TED2014, astronaut Chris Hadfield and journalist Jon Moollem will give talks, and Sting will perform. TED2014, our 30th anniversary conference, is less than a month away! If you’re counting the days...
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BJ Novak on his short story, “The Impatient Billionaire and the Mirror for...
“If only the earth could hold up a mirror to itself …” Say no more, thought the impatient billionaire in the audience at the TED conference, who found the speaker’s voice as whiny and irritating as...
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What will sports look like in the future? How science + technology are...
If you’ve ever seen grainy old sports footage—for example, a boxing match from the late 1800s, a Princeton/Yale game from 1903, or Babe Ruth’s famous home run from 1932—you probably noticed something:...
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Some hackers are bad. But a lot are good: Keren Elazari at TED2014
Keren Elazari. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In 2010, the late security researcher — or as cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari would like you to call him, the late hacker — Barnaby Jack found a security...
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The daily battles of life, cut from paper and animated in 3D
Béatrice Coron doesn’t so much tell stories, as cut them. Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paperAt TED2011, the French-born artist shared how she creates intricate, fantastical worlds by slashing...
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16 TED Talks that are perfect for procrastination
The few days before a holiday are brutal. It doesn’t matter if you have a lot of work on your plate or have midterms to study for — your mind just wants to be distracted from it all. And so, we bring...
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Time’s 30 Under 30 list includes many familiar faces
Jack Andraka is just one young TED speaker named to Time’s list of “30 People Under 30 Changing the World.” Photo: James Duncan Davidson Last week, the editors of Time magazine published a list of 30...
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