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The old saying goes: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Folded into this truism is a nugget of wisdom: that women so often ...
Meet the new meat: A TEDx talk to pair with the first lab-grown hamburger
Yesterday, the first lab-grown hamburger was cooked. And eaten! And according to The Week, it didn’t taste too bad. This lab-grown patty too...
The 5-senses showdown: How to grade your experiences
Sight. Sound. Touch. Taste. Smell. We all know the five senses by heart and yet, points out designer Jinsop Lee in today’s talk, few product...
JR appears on Charlie Rose, talks about his artistic process
Most of JR’s projects — including his Instagram essay of Kim Il Sung’s 100th birthday celebration in North Korea last year — beg...
Meet the translator: Katja Tongucer, who translates TED Talks into German
TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, mor...
The upside of losing an argument and/or being wrong
My last fight came after, of all things, the movie Pacific Rim. As my moviegoing companion and I walked out of the theater, he said of Guil...
The best argument I ever had: A short Q&A with Daniel H. Cohen
Daniel H. Cohen argues for a good argument. In today’s talk, given at TEDxColbyCollege, Cohen asks us to set aside our goal of winning argum...
The shape of things: Fellows Friday with Anthony Vipin Das, on FITTLE, a toy that helps blind children read
Ophthalmologist Anthony Vipin Das is working on a new toy for the blind, FITTLE, with Tania Jain, a designer from National Institute of Desi...
Your weekend reading: Life without (realizing you have no) smell, getting credible stories out of North Korea
Insight from the interwebs the weeks of July 22 and 29: A poignant, funny, slightly heartbreaking story of a woman who doesn’t realize...