Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Architecture

How green is your roof?

At TED2005, William McDonough dropped jaws with imagery from the world’s largest “living roof,” which he designed for the ...

Nov 16, 2005
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Biology

Brilliant, Larry

A wonderful evening in Woodside last night with TED Prize Winner Dr Larry Brilliant and 100 TEDsters. He shared a little of his story, his i...

Nov 8, 2005
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Biology

Olivia Judson on evolution in progress

Olivia Judson (TED2005) has a provocative piece in the Sunday New York Times, tying together two timely topics in the TED community: Avian f...

Nov 7, 2005
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Biology

On Communicating

A special report from Forbes.com covers the broad topic of Communicating in some interesting ways: from the origins of language in chimps to...

Oct 27, 2005
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Biology

Bird Flu Genome: Recipe for disaster?

Some of the world’s greatest minds are consumed these days with the threat of avian flu. In an effort to better understand the evoluti...

Oct 17, 2005
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Biology

TED Prize Winner: Larry Brilliant

It’s difficult to resist making a pun around the name Larry Brilliant. Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, Larry...

Oct 14, 2005
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Biology

Eva Vertes told us first: Stem cells may cause brain cancer

Princeton sophomore Eva Vertes told us her theory at TED2005: That stem cells — seeking to initiate repairs in the body — may ac...

Sep 15, 2005
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