TED News in Brief: Wired profiles Sugata Mitra, while Andrew Bird plays a concert for the National Parks
Over the past week, we’ve noticed a lot of TED-related news items in the ether. Here, some highlights: A fascinating new article in Wired ta...
The one rule in Jack Andraka’s basement laboratory—don’t burn the house down
A stark contrast on last night’s episode of 60 Minutes: veteran journalist Morley Safer, age 81, interviewing Jack Andraka, age 16, who has ...
How we can build a more united United States of America: A Q&A with liberal FOX News pundit Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn is both liberal and a lesbian — and, until shortly after this interview, she worked at FOX News. She contributed to the con...
More to life than DNA: Fellows Friday with Sheref Mansy
American synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy is working on constructing artificial cells that mimic — and “talk” to — b...
If you liked Amy Webb, you’ll love…
[ted id=1833] For the past week, Amy Webb has been inspiring people to calculate their own algorithm for love. Her laugh-out-loud TED Talk, ...
My City: Inaki Romero Larrea on building a better Madrid
by Rebecca Smith Hurd Spanish architecture generally conjures images of grandeur, particularly when it comes to modernist and contemporary c...
Madrid in pictures: architect Inaki Romero Larrea shares his Spain
by Rebecca Smith Hurd 29-year-old Iñaki Romero Larrea describes himself as an “urbanist before architect.” As one of the five me...
TED News in Brief: The Nobel Prize gives a shoutout to TED-Ed, Diana Nyad swims for 48 hours straight
Over the past week, we’ve noticed a lot of fascinating TED-related news items. Here, some highlights: Hours after announcing that the 2013 P...
3 smart talks to get you through the continued government shutdown
Heyyy Congress. We noticed you’re having a wee bit of trouble working out this government shutdown snafu, so we thought, hey, since you’ve g...