TED2014 newsmakers: Ben Saunders ends Antarctic trek, Jehane Noujaim releases documentary on Netflix
With just over a month until TED2014, themed “The Next Chapter,” this year’s lineup of speakers has been busy making music, writing books an...
A ghost heart?
Here’s a treat for Valentine’s Day (in addition to this playlist of TED Talks about love): Below, take a close-up look at a dece...
We welcome talks and conversation on abortion as a social justice issue.
There have been reports online today that TED has “a policy against discussing abortion.” We’re happy to confirm that that...
Forget paint and canvas. These artists use cells, proteins, tissues and DNA as their raw materials
Super Cells is the new TED Book by Nina Tandon and Mitchell Joachim, who take us on an eye-popping tour of the tantalizing array of invent...
Everything you need to know about donating your voice: Why you should help The Human Voicebank Initiative
At TEDWomen, I introduced the audience to VocaliD — a project aimed at designing personalized synthetic voices so that people with severe sp...
TED Trivia: The 30th anniversary edition
Next month, TED turns 30 years old. And to celebrate, we’ve put together a lightning round of trivia to test your TED Talk and speaker knowl...
Examining prejudice: An in-office TED session
Last night in our office, we held a miniature TED session around the theme “Examining Prejudice.” And while it explored issues of discrimina...
Embrace messiness: Liz Coleman on the next role of higher education
What’s the future of education? It’s a popular question right now, with answers ranging from online learning to charter schools. But Liz Col...
English speakers: OTP needs you too!
The word ‘translate’ means to bring words from one language to another. So you might think that the Open Translation Project — TED’s g...