“The Terrorist’s Son” wins American Library Association award
Zak Ebrahim’s The Terrorist’s Son has won an American Library Association award. The memoir — which became the first TED Book in...
Spanish class isn’t enough: A TED-Ed Club presentation advocates for immersive language instruction
High school senior Yash Khatavkar takes issue with the fact that, as he was learning Spanish, his elementary school only offered one hour of...
Filmmaker, blogger … butcher? How TED Fellow Bassam Tariq works to upend conventional views of Muslim life
Artist Bassam Tariq is determined to shine a light on the incredible diversity of Muslim life – and he does it by any means necessary. Known...
Life-hacks from Bill Nye, a letter to Mom on the universe, and a graphic novel from the “Aristotle of Comics”
The TED community has been busy in the past week. Below, a few TEDsters with news to share. Bill Nye’s life hacks. Bill Nye, aka the Science...
“If not now, when?”: How a TEDx community supported a speaker’s family through the unthinkable
“What makes you think that you have 80 or 90 years to live?” Laura Rozo posed this serious and almost morbid question to the audience at TED...
An unusual investment company, inspired by honeybees (and TED)
Nature and investing. On the surface, these things do not sound like they have a lot to do with each other. But to TEDster Katherine Collins...
University students explain why they’re organizing a TEDx on their campus in Syria — and why it’s so important
By the TEDxYPU team In March, the ongoing conflict in Syria will enter its fifth year. Syrians have lost so much in that time — the Syrian w...
A real debate on artificial intelligence, Mark Ronson gets lyrical, plus a look at why diversity is important in tech
As usual, the TED community has been very busy this past week. Below, some updates from TEDsters with news to share. Fresh takes on artifici...
How a TED Fellow’s mobile triage app could save lives around the world
Every day, emergency room workers use triage to prioritize patient care — but exhausted personnel in under-resourced hospitals can eas...