Mapping history: How Google Maps and Nat Geo are layering old and new space (just like today’s TED Talk)
Frederic Kaplan has found an unconventional way to build a time machine. Rather than making a metal object (or, uh, a police call box) that ...
Kelly McGonigal on why it’s so dang hard to stick to a resolution
By the second week of January, that resolution that once seemed so reasonable — go to the gym every other day, read a book a week, onl...
The anatomy of a TED Prize wish
The TED Prize turns our staff into genies: every year, we give $1 million dollars to one inspiring leader with a bold wish for the world. A ...
Finally, make sense of your drug info: A first look at a company inspired by a TED Talk
Execution. A word that gives me the willies not because I picture a Westerosi royal beheader coming for my neck, but because it conjures ima...
TED not a recipe for ‘civilisational disaster’
This morning, The Guardian published this essay written by TED’s curator, Chris Anderson, in response to a column in the paper last we...
TED News in Brief: “What is TED?” a Final Jeopardy question, Taryn Simon photographs Bond Girls, and much more
“This intellectual forum started in 1984, bringing together people from three different industries, hence its 3-letter name.” This was the F...
From Lebanon to the world: Why today’s talk on the beauty of Arabic is so important right now
By the organizers of TEDxBeirut Archaeologists believe that Phoenician traders, who set out from the shores of Lebanon, spread their alphabe...
The best way to get a book deal? Write a story 19 million people want to read
17-year-old Beth Reekles had a really good year. She published two books; appeared on national TV; sold the film rights for her first book, ...
Fellows Friday: A magical oceanic feeding frenzy, up close and personal, in stunning detail
By Asha de Vos, with photos by Jon Lowenstein Monterey Bay is a marine biologist’s dream. It is arguably one of the most dynamic coastlines ...