The global power shift: Paddy Ashdown on TED.com
Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk a...
There are no scraps of men: Alberto Cairo on TED.com
Alberto Cairo’s clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for R...
How to stop torture: Karen Tse on TED.com
Political prisoners aren’t the only ones being tortured — the vast majority of judicial torture happens in ordinary cases, even ...
Cooking as alchemy: Homaro Cantu + Ben Roche on TED.com
Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor...
Put a value on nature! Pavan Sukhdev on TED.com
Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more...
Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal: John Bohannon on TED.com
Use dancers instead of powerpoint. That’s science writer John Bohannon’s “modest proposal.” In this spellbinding cho...
How to defend Earth from asteroids: Phil Plait TED.com
What’s six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid – and there are lots of them out there. With humor and...
The right to understand: Sandra Fisher-Martins on TED.com
Medical, legal, and financial documents should be easy to read, but too often they aren’t. With spot-on (and funny) examples, Sandra Fisher ...
“Balloons of Bhutan”: Bringing Gross National Happiness from the Himalayas
In his latest project, “Balloons of Bhutan,” artist, computer scientist and storyteller Jonathan Harris explores how the Kingdom of Bhutan m...