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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 (and watching) 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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The Time 100 offers many TED connections
Time has given its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year a twist again for 2014 – each person on the list was written about by someone who could just as easily have appeared on it...
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Inside the animator’s studio: Creating universes and (literally) shattering...
If you haven’t seen the TED-Ed Lesson “A rare, spectacular total eclipse of the sun,” you should really check it out. Not only will you learn a good deal about the science behind these extraordinary...
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What can shake up a morning commute? A TEDx takeover on the Maxi Taxi
The Maxi Taxi is Port of Spain’s answer to the subway. In the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, this network of mini buses shuttles commuters along set routes—a red line, a yellow line, a green...
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10 tips on how to make slides that communicate your idea, from TED’s in-house...
When your slides rock, your whole presentation pops to life. At TED2014, David Epstein created a clean, informative slide deck to support his talk on the changing bodies of athletes. Photo: James...
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How to take care of pet jellyfish
Meet the TED jellyfish: Jellius Caesar, Jelvis Presley and Sting. Photo: Dian Lofton Last year, we in the TED office successfully raised an ant farm. So this year, we thought we were ready for a more...
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The joy and agony of translating song lyrics
Earlier this year, the TED staff created a faux talk—a musical, complete with an original song called “We’ll Make a TED Talk Out of You.” Our translation volunteers had quite a time bringing it into...
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The mind of a murderer, saving the earth’s soil and how we might be shaping...
The stars of your favorite TED Talks have been busy over the past week. Below, a few newsy highlights. Inside the mind of a murderer. What makes murderers do what they do? A BBC piece revealed that...
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TED nominated for 7 Webby Awards
“Who wins the Internet?” That’s the question that the Webby Awards posed on social media as they released the slate of 2015 nominees yesterday. So we are excited to see that TED and TED-Ed between us...
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TED wins 11 Webby Awards
Today, as the winners of the 2015 Webby Awards were announced, our jaws hit the floor. Between TED and TED-Ed, we won a total of 11 awards — which means we’re tied with Always’ #LikeAGirl campaign for...
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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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Introducing the TED Residency
Are you working on something that deserves wider exposure? Do you draw insights and inspiration from people in other fields? And have you dreamed of giving a TED Talk but don’t know how to get it—or...
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Italy’s Education Ministry rolls out TED-Ed Clubs nationally
The project’s team surrounding Italy’s Education Minister Stefania Giannini (in black dress) and TED’s Bruno Giussani (red tie) after the signing in Rome. TED-Ed Clubs are about to get a lot of...
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A night to talk about design
Designers solve problems and bring beauty to the world. At TEDNYC Design Lab, a night of talks at TED HQ in New York City hosted by design curator Chee Pearlman with content producer Cloe Shasha, six...
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In Case You Missed It: Finding space to dream at day 3 at TED2018
TED2018 hit its stride on day 3, with talks from explorers of space and oceans, builders of cities and bridges, engineers of the future and many more. Here are some of the themes we heard echoing...
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