A ray of hope: Fellows Friday on Renée Hlozek’s new mentorship program for South African women scientists
TED Fellow Renée Hlozek — currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University — r...
TED News in Brief: Did you make it into the Cassini photo? Plus: If you give a mouse a memory …
Did you go outside and smile for the camera last Friday, like Carolyn Porco (watch her talk) asked you to, while the Cassini probe snapped a...
An in-office TED all about fiction
Reading fiction is an escape, something transportative that pulls you out of everyday life. But don’t we also read fiction to learn more abo...
What can you learn from 10 Ads Worth Spreading? Read our whitepaper
Each year, TED chooses 10 great ads to feature as part of our Ads Worth Spreading challenge. And this week, we’re featuring a whitepap...
Looking into the future: A stem cell development to cure blindness, plus a playlist of visionary talks
Scientists in London have achieved a significant breakthrough on the road to curing blindness this week. Certain kinds of blindness are caus...
7 talks from parents facing difficult circumstances with bravery
Francesca Fedeli had a hard pregnancy. But she and her husband, Roberto D’Angelo, thought they were in the clear when their son, Mario, was ...
10 alternative currencies, from Bitcoin to BerkShares to sweat to laundry detergent
“Is there a reason for governments to be in charge of money?” asks Paul Kemp-Robertson in today’s talk. Judging by the new raft of alternati...
Chris Anderson on what makes a great talk … great
It’s an alchemic question that’s very hard for us to answer: what makes a great TED talk? In this talk, which was given to a gathering of 10...
What are mirror neurons? Further reading on the neurotherapy described in today’s talk
When Roberto D’Angelo and Francesca Fideli discovered that their 10-day-old son, Mario, had suffered a stroke, they were shocked. Maria was...