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As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unint...
By leading the Americans in his audience at TEDxPSU step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary...
Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyon...
When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving ...
Local politics — schools, zoning, council elections — hit us where we live. So why don’t more of us actually get involved?...
Today, infectious diseases race across the world, and one country’s health problem can affect the entire global economy. For these and other...
The amazing Cindy Gallop — whose 2009 TEDTalk was a powerful look at the effects of online porn on a generation of young people —...
There’s a worrying trend in online advertising. Many sites are reporting falling click-through rates — and marketers are respond...
Here at TED’s New York office, we’re pretty excited to see the TED iPad app appearing in Apple ads all over town — and hel...