What’s the connection between sleep and mental health? A Q&A with circadian neuroscientist Russell Foster
We spend about a third of our lives asleep — a figure that may make all that time spent in bed seem like a waste. But according to neu...
The Guardian’s Paul Lewis talks citizen journalism
With more and more regular Joes snapping photos in the street, live tweeting breaking news from the ground, and acting as free sources of po...
The TED universe, visualized
When TED began in 1984, it was simply a conference. But in the 30 years since, we’ve grown into an international organization with a constel...
TED News in Brief: Bryan Stevenson speaks out on circumventing mandatory minimum sentencing, Emily Oster takes back her pregnancy
Over the past week, we’ve noticed a lot of fascinating TED-related news items. Here, some highlights. Yesterday, U.S. attorney general Eric ...
Rock, paper, scissors! These 5 TED Talks play with paper in fresh ways
Architect Shigeru Ban uses paper tubes to build temporary, ecologically sustainable structures. These geometrically complex structures can b...
Buildings made from cardboard tubes: A gallery of Shigeru Ban architecture
“I was disappointed in my profession,” says architect Shigeru Ban in today’s talk, which he gave at TEDxTokyo in May. As f...
Elon Musk unveils his plans for the Hyperloop
In his TED2013 talk, Robert Gordon points out that in 1900, human beings could only travel as fast as a horse could pull them in a buggy, bu...
Meet the translator: Shadia Ramsahye, who brings you TED Talks in Urdu and French
TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, mor...
Cherish the employees who bring you bad news, says Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan thinks deeply about what makes businesses work, and her answers are often surprising. At TEDGlobal 2012, she shared why d...