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How do you animate cosmic rays? The story behind a TEDxCERN TED-Ed lesson
Inside the Animator's Studio

How do you animate cosmic rays? The story behind a TEDxCERN TED-Ed lesson

On September 24, TEDxCERN was hosted by physicist Brian Cox (watch his TED Talk: “CERN’s supercollider“), and the world wa...

Sep 23, 2014
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Empathy paradise: Students at a Jewish Day School reflect on Zak Ebrahim’s experience growing up with an extremist Muslim father
Impact of Ideas

Empathy paradise: Students at a Jewish Day School reflect on Zak Ebrahim’s experience growing up with an extremist Muslim father

With Rosh Hashanah fast approaching, Sara Beth Berman of the Davis Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, wanted to create a lesson for the school’s m...

Sep 23, 2014
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Amy Cuddy power-poses through pop culture
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Amy Cuddy power-poses through pop culture

Power posing is always in style. So we were excited to see it featured in The New York Times Fashion & Style section this weekend in the...

Sep 23, 2014
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Meet Jennifer Brain, your new favorite TED speaker, and the 13-year-old student who drew her
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Meet Jennifer Brain, your new favorite TED speaker, and the 13-year-old student who drew her

When Cecilia Matei’s science teacher showed a TED Talk about the promise of stem cell research to her class at the American School of Milan,...

Sep 22, 2014
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Books to get you ready for TEDGlobal 2014
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Books to get you ready for TEDGlobal 2014

Can’t wait for TEDGlobal 2014? We’re here to help! Spend the next two weeks curling up with these books by the wonderful speakers who will g...

Sep 22, 2014
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Imagination in health and medicine? 11 fresh ideas from the TEDMED stage
Fellows Friday

Imagination in health and medicine? 11 fresh ideas from the TEDMED stage

Prosthetics as sculpture, the maternal benefits of breast milk, Cuba’s radical approach to free medical education. These are just a few of t...

Sep 19, 2014
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25+ apps to make your everyday life easier
Insights from Our Office

25+ apps to make your everyday life easier

At our small, fast-moving nonprofit company, everyone does a couple of jobs — and productivity apps help us manage roles that shift be...

Sep 19, 2014
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TED@Unilever imagines a brighter future. Inspiring words from this event
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TED@Unilever imagines a brighter future. Inspiring words from this event

From healthy food projects to public health campaigns, TED@Unilever highlighted ideas to inspire leaders at every level. At this TED Institu...

Sep 18, 2014
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Last week for YOU to apply to be a TED2015 Fellow
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Last week for YOU to apply to be a TED2015 Fellow

Dear [Your Name Here], At the TED Fellows program, we look for extraordinary young innovators, inventors and leaders—like you—from many cate...

Sep 17, 2014
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