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Webby Award nominations: Vote for TED, and find hundreds more sites to explore
News

Webby Award nominations: Vote for TED, and find hundreds more sites to explore

The 2014 Webby Award nominations were announced this week, and one particular nomination stood out. Because once again, in the Online Film &...

Apr 11, 2014
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Ten years later: Dan Gilbert on life after “The surprising science of happiness”
TEDTalks

Ten years later: Dan Gilbert on life after “The surprising science of happiness”

Dan Gilbert gave his first TED Talk in February 2004; The surprising science of happiness was one of the first we ever published, in Septemb...

Apr 11, 2014
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Of masks & magic: Uldus Bakhtiozina makes images that poke fun at stereotypes
Fellows Friday

Of masks & magic: Uldus Bakhtiozina makes images that poke fun at stereotypes

A 12-year-old boy in a Stormtrooper helmet – and a tutu. A hulking man wearing a pre-Raphaelite collar of Barbie dolls. A bride standing wis...

Apr 11, 2014
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How data constellations tell a story: MAPPing the TED Fellows network and the conflict in Syria
Global Issues

How data constellations tell a story: MAPPing the TED Fellows network and the conflict in Syria

What’s this galaxy-like cluster of dots and lines? It’s the TED Fellows Collaboration Network MAPP, a rich and interactive web that shows th...

Apr 8, 2014
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Not a bug splat: This massive portrait is a message to drone operators
Art

Not a bug splat: This massive portrait is a message to drone operators

This portrait of a girl tells a story larger than the massive piece of vinyl it is printed on. Unfurled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of ...

Apr 7, 2014
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A jewel of the city: Aziza Chaouni on restoring the Fez River
Fellows Friday

A jewel of the city: Aziza Chaouni on restoring the Fez River

The Fez River winds through the city’s medina — Fez’s historic medieval center and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Heavily contami...

Apr 4, 2014
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Note-taking, doodles and sketches from TED2014
Design

Note-taking, doodles and sketches from TED2014

Do you think in pictures? These TED fans do — and they capture their thoughts in an idiosyncratic mix of words and text that parallels...

Apr 3, 2014
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5 days of TED in one page
Design

5 days of TED in one page

What does 5 days of TED feel like? As Lucy Farey-Jones says: “Upon my re-entry to the real world, friends, clients and folks at my firm say:...

Apr 2, 2014
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Internet access is a basic human right: A Q&A with Keren Elazari
Q&A

Internet access is a basic human right: A Q&A with Keren Elazari

Two weeks ago, hours after Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed to “wipe out” Twitter, his government blocked access to the pla...

Apr 2, 2014
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