The quirky talks of TED@NYC
A ballet dancer turned soldier. A liberal lesbian pundit on Fox News. A quantum-physicist crossword puzzler. These were among the perspectiv...
Trita Parsi’s take on Israel warning the United States not to trust Iran
At the UN General Assembly last week, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned the U.S. that they were being fooled by Iran...
Kevin Breel talks to the Today Show about his viral video
In an interview on the Today Show this morning, Kevin Breel reveals why he thinks his TED Talk has gone viral: not because his story is uniq...
Meet the translator: Hugo Wagner, who translates talks into French
TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, mor...
Better roads for bikes and walkers: What cities inspire Janette Sadik-Khan?
“It doesn’t need to be a zero-sum game between moving traffic and creating public space,” says Janette Sadik-Khan in today’s TED Talk, filme...
Michael v. Michael: A debate on how (or if) business can solve social problems
Their names may both be Michael. They may even both be professors at Harvard. But Michael Porter and Michael Sandel offer up radically diffe...
Field, fuel & forest: Fellows Friday with Sanga Moses
When former accountant Sanga Moses ran into his sister on a far-from-home road carrying firewood on what was supposed to be a school day, hi...
X Marks the Spot: Underwater wonders on the TEDx blog
This week, over at the TEDx blog, we got really into oceans and all the fascinating creatures that hang out there. (Especially sea turtles. ...
Jason Pontin remembers Ann Wolpert, academic journal open access pioneer
In today’s talk, Jason Pontin asks a bold question: Why hasn’t technological innovation brought solutions to the world’s biggest problems &#...