TED News in Brief: Yves Rossy flies ‘round Mount Fuji, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams goes long-form, and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIhuisot7XA&w=586&h=330] Yves Rossy (watch his talk) is known as the “Jetman,” because he zi...
Me: Help me, Bjorn Lomborg, I didn’t understand your new TED Talk. Bjorn: Sure, AMA
Danish political scientist Bjørn Lomborg focuses on using economic methods and data to prioritize the world’s problems. In 2005, he ga...
Songs, poems, a miniature TED: Some incredible TEDYouth applications
TEDYouth “The Spark” is about to ignite. The annual conference for middle and high school students will take place this Saturday in New Orle...
Further reading on China’s investment in Africa … and what it means
In today’s talk, Zambian-born economist Dambisa Moyo describes how China’s growing presence in Africa is challenging a centuries-old tenet o...
Sanctuaries of sound in New York City: Fellows Friday with Susie Ibarra
Percussionist and composer Susie Ibarra is creating virtual sanctuaries for real cities. Working in collaboration with local artists, histor...
How to tell a great story, visualized
A good story can make a campfire that much eerier. A good story can flip a conversation at a party from completely awkward to wonderful. A g...
6 trashy exercises: Robin Nagle on thinking more creatively about garbage
By Robin Nagle When I teach classes about the anthropology of waste and discards, I always designate one 48-hour period in which my students...
8 TED Talks about the wonders of patterns
Arthur Benjamin is perhaps the world’s leading mathemagician and, in today’s talk, he aims to show the creativity, beauty and wo...
Sao Paulo in pictures: Juliana Machado Ferreira picks her favorite places in the city
Biologist and TED Fellow Juliana Machado Ferreira grew up just outside of São Paulo, and went to both university and graduate school in the ...