40 travel tips from hard-traveling TED staffers
TED staffers travel a lot — to TEDx events all over the globe, to TED conferences in Canada, Brazil, the UK …. so ...
Why I put all my stuff in storage to travel cross-country and listen to people
Ever had the impulse to put everything in storage, sublet your place and travel across the country in an Airstream trailer? That’s what Emil...
Do you have an idea worth spreading? Share it on video through OpenTED
You have an idea. A good one – one that will make people think. But giving a TED Talk on a stage in front of an audience? Well, that doesn’t...
An organic computer of connected rat brains, what the American South can learn from post-WWII Germany and much more
The TED community always has lots of news to share. Below, some highlights from the past two weeks. Lessons for the South — from Germany. “C...
9 TED Talks to inspire smart conversation
No one really wants to talk about the weather. Inspired by TED Talks, here are some questions to start a better conversation in an...
Astronomer, actor, role model: TED Fellow Aomawa Shields looks for life on other planets
Aomawa Shields is a woman of “contradictions.” An astronomer and astrobiologist, she searches for exoplanets where life might ex...
At TEDxTeen, a gathering of young minds in New York City
“If you’re a teen, you’ve been called apathetic, narcissistic and social-media obsessed,” said Taylor Trudon, the youth editor at Huffington...
One mother’s nightly learning ritual with her son
Erin Freschi, a California mom who has worked in education for nearly 25 years, has a nightly ritual with her 8-year-old son, Sawyer. Instea...
Career advice for millennials (and really, anyone) from Margaret Heffernan
It’s a few months after graduation, which means the luckiest new college grads are knee-deep into internships and entry-level jobs. How to s...