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Cameron Russell wants to have a discussion about the way that we, as a society, perceive beauty. Media representations of women, she says, a...
To an outsider, the Chinese language “seems to be as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China,” says ShaoLan Hsueh in today’s talk, given at ...
By Damon Brown The morning of our wedding, my wife and I only had one major discussion: Should we bring our cell phones? She loved Facebook ...
Language is at the heart of all our interactions — whether you’re texting, emailing, talking, singing or heatedly debating. So of cour...
Completely paralyzed except for his eyes, graffiti artist Tony “TEMPT” Quan could no longer create his art, let alone communicate with his f...
Last night in the TED office, we held a salon all about spring cleaning — for your life. Themed “A Better You,” the event ...
TED Talks are available in 100 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 9,4...
Was it a suicide? A homicide? Or an accident? Read and decide….
In 2004, Frank Warren began a massive undertaking: he distributed 3,000 blank postcards and invited strangers to share their secrets with hi...