Meet the 2016 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows
We are thrilled to announce the new class of Fellows for TED2016. These 21 world-changers work at the very forefront of their fields and rep...
“Grandparents tell the best stories”: Get ready for the Great Thanksgiving Listen
When James Kennicott, now 86, was young, he loved ice-skating on the river near his home in Waterloo, Iowa. One day, the ice cracked under h...
Running notes from TEDYouth 2015: Made in the Future
Fast-forward 20, 50, or even 100 years into the future — what will our lives be like? Will flying cars and 3D-printed dinners be the n...
Free live webcast: TEDYouth 2015 this Saturday
Update: Archives of the webcast are available in Spanish, Arabic and English free online until Tuesday, Nov. 17, at tedyouth.com » Get ready...
Announcing our 2016 TED Prize winner: Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak
She’s best described as the modern-day Indiana Jones. Using infrared imagery from satellites, she identifies ancient sites lost in time. In ...
Diversity of thought: Speakers at TED@StateStreet share their passions
An idea alone, even when paired with passion, is not enough to change the world. What makes change really lift off and take hold is collabor...
Is necessity really the mother of invention? 14 speakers at TED@IBM challenge this adage
Some inventions are about solving a need. Others are about opening up our understanding of the world. Still others are motivated by a sense ...
The first School in the Cloud learning lab in the United States opens in Harlem
On Wednesday morning at John B. Russwurm Elementary School in Harlem, students pointed excitedly at cat photos on the Internet. No, they wer...
What speakers can learn from 11 of the funniest TED Talk spoofs
RejectTED Talks. Onion Talks. DED Talks. Here in the TED office, you often hear chuckles as someone watches one of the quickly growing crop ...