Mount Everest and its people: Photographers offer prints to raise money for those affected by landslide
The epic beauty of Everest has long enchanted photographers Aaron Huey (watch his TED Talk), James Balog (watch his talk) and Teru Kuwayama ...
The Time 100 offers many TED connections
Time has given its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year a twist again for 2014 — each person on the list was wri...
The misunderstood grizzly: A TED-Ed conversation on why brown bears deserve respect, not fear
In the 1800s, around 50,000 brown bears — or grizzlies — roamed much of the Western United States. Today, those bears can be see...
At a babysitting service, TED Talk Tuesday changes the way business is done
It’s 1pm at Sitters Studio, and seven people are gathered around a table while Adora Svitak’s “What adults can learn from kids” plays on a w...
What makes a TED Fellow? Tom Rielly tells all
Twice a year, we select 20 unconventional change-makers to join the TED Fellows program, a global network of innovators from a wide spectrum...
You found a planet!: Robert Simpson crowdsources scientific research and accelerates discovery at Zooniverse
Scientific research is generating far more data than the average researcher can get through. Meanwhile, modern computing has yet to c...
Data researcher Jean-Baptiste Michel made his first piece of art … and the Whitney Museum acquired it
Jean-Baptiste Michel has sold a small sculpture to the Whitney Museum of American Art. A major museum acquiring a piece—that’s a big moment ...
Is math the language of the universe? A bilingual TED-Ed Club explores
In New York City, it’s common to hear ten different languages just on your walk to work in the morning. For the students at Lycée Français d...
A $5 million challenge to help community college students graduate
Ani Okkasian was the first in her family to go to college. “My parents escaped a communist country and got to the States with $700 in their ...