The Oscars Best Picture field contains two TEDsters
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the contenders for Best Picture this morning, we noticed two familiar faces i...
10 talks about the making of movie magic
[ted id=1639 width=560 height=315]“Movies have proved to be the ultimate medium for magic,” says Don Levy in today’s talk. A member of the A...
Visit the Barefoot College in a new film from TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim
In 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim made her TED Prize wish: that for one day, the world would band together for the shared experience of watc...
Finding life we can’t imagine: Christoph Adami on TED.com
How do we search for alien life if it’s nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research...
Filming democracy in Ghana: Jarreth Merz on TED.com
Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons abo...
A short intro to the Studio School: Geoff Mulgan on TED.com
Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in t...
Doodlers, unite! Sunni Brown on TED.com
Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension — and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed wh...
‘Selling’ condoms in the Congo: Amy Lockwood on TED.com
HIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using th...
Pay attention to nonviolence: Julia Bacha on TED.com
In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive grove...