Remembering Homaro Cantu
[ted id=1304] At TED2011, chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche of the Chicago restaurant Moto showed us the unique alchemy that kept diners in t...
A look at the TEDWomen 2015 speaker lineup
The speakers and performers who’ll be a part of TEDWomen 2015 know a bit about “Momentum.” Each of them has pushed forward fascinating resea...
On raising kids who are more than “hoop jumpers”: A teenage TED speaker’s mom on how she encourages her sons to innovate
Jane Andraka has raised two remarkable sons. Luke, age 20, is studying electrical engineering at Virginia Tech. “He was always tinkering and...
Street artists from around the world — brought together virtually by TEDx and the Google Cultural Institute
Alexandre Farto spends his days creating towering works on the buildings of Lisbon and London — portraits of people that mirror urban decay,...
Check before you rent: How a TED Fellow is holding New York City landlords accountable
Cockroaches. Moldy walls. Stolen deposits. Bad landlords happen to all of us, and it can be impossible to tell before moving into a property...
Monica Lewinsky and Jon Ronson on the “renaissance of public shaming”
Journalist Jon Ronson asks Monica Lewinsky an interesting question in this video: why did she decide to start a Twitter account? For most pe...
The positive side of “no,” how coral procreates and a lyrical look at life in Liberia post-Ebola
The TED community has been moving-and-shaking as usual. Below, some newsy highlights. What you don’t know about ‘no.’ If your friend is gett...
The rebirth of StoryCorps: Surprises so far with the release of our app
When we started StoryCorps in 2003, at first, no one came to the booth we’d set up in Grand Central Terminal. I knew that doing an interview...
TED nominated for 7 Webby Awards
“Who wins the Internet?” That’s the question that the Webby Awards posed on social media as they released the slate of 201...