X Marks the Spot: The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts TEDx, plus more TEDx highlights
The weekend before last, we joined hundreds of New Yorkers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first-ever TEDx event at a museum: TEDx...
The moon’s path is full of thorns: Fellows Friday with Johnson Urama
Nigerian astronomer Johnson Urama wants to promote the future of astronomy in Africa by looking deep into history. With his African Cultural...
Why I’m running the New York City Marathon (thanks in part to a TED Talk)
Every runner has a story. Five years ago, I would never have imagined using the word “marathoner” to describe myself; I could barely run aro...
8 talks on beauty of the handmade (complete with Dong Woo Jang’s diagrams for how to make the perfect bow and arrow)
In South Korea’s “pressure-cooker” educational environment, 15-year-old Dong Woo Jang began to feel his caveman instincts kicking in: He nee...
Why my family left: Tania Luna reflects on the babushkas who stayed behind in Chernobyl
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, 350,000 people were presented with the heart-rending decision: to stay in their homes and risk e...
Some very scary TED-Ed characters
TED-Ed lessons are for kids, teenagers and, well, anyone with a passion for learning. And yet, sometimes these animated lessons get downrigh...
Cairo in pictures: artist Bahia Shehab on real life in the vibrant city
Bahia Shebab is an artist, activist, and advertising executive who has been living in Cairo since 2003. And she also has been known to head ...
My City: An artist spray-paints Cairo’s uncertain future
Early one morning, hours before the sun would rise, Lebanese-Egyptian artist, activist and historian Bahia Shehab was alone on the streets o...
A story of people, not of radiation: A conversation about those still living near Chernobyl and Fukushima
If your home had been devastated by a disaster, would you stay? Why do people choose to remain in potentially life-threatening places? These...