Gallery: A school and a clinic, built from compressed clay
Diébédo Francis Kéré grew up in a small village in Gando, Burkina Faso, before heading to Germany to study architecture. And as a student th...
Time’s 30 Under 30 list includes many familiar faces
Last week, the editors of Time magazine published a list of 30 people under 30 who are changing the world, with the help of a panel of mille...
The highlights of TEDWomen 2013, in pictures
TEDWomen 2013 brought so many moments of delight. In session 1, Jessica Matthews showed us how a jumprope could generate electricity. In ses...
I am, because of you: Further reading on Ubuntu
Boyd Varty’s talk brings together many fascinating moments: a tribute to Nelson Mandela (who passed away just hours before Varty took the st...
Why I document the often violent and traumatic daily lives of others: Fellows Friday with photographer Jon Lowenstein
Social violence in Guatemala, Mexican and Central American migrant communities in the United States, the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, ...
Teen entrepreneur Avani Singh: “You can make a difference”
New Delhi’s streets are epic — trucks, cars, cows and, especially, bicycle rickshaws, three-wheeled carriers that can zip throug...
5 TED Talks about bikes
“I don’t think protected bicycle ways are a cute architectural feature. They are a right, just as sidewalks are,” says Enrique Peñalos...
A troupe of Rwandan drummers, odes to grandmas and laughing at cerebral palsy: A recap of TEDWomen 2013, Session 3
By Kate Torgovnick, Helen Walters and Emily McManus Session 3 of TEDWomen begins with an empty stage. And then: the noise of drumming breaks...
Ban the word bossy. Sheryl Sandberg lights up TEDWomen 2013
“It’s nice to look out and see so many women. That’s not my norm,” Sheryl Sandberg comments drily as she takes her p...