Recommended reading to get you ready for TEDGlobal 2013
TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again is right around the corner — and the program is packed with illustrious speakers addressing some of the mo...
Tackling sickness at its source: An interview with TED Book author Rishi Manchanda
We all think we understand the formula for keeping healthy — eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, skip dessert. But that picture is...
Talking with animals: 7 examples of interspecies communication
Dolphins are “natural acousticians,” according to marine mammal behavioral biologist Denise Herzing. Individuals have signature whistles, ju...
Investigating the root causes of the global health crisis: Paul Farmer on the TED Book “The Upstream Doctors”
By Paul Farmer At the end of almost a decade spent in teaching hospitals and clinics, most (we hope all) physicians have honed their clinica...
TED Global newsmakers: Alessandro Acquisti on facial recognition, Thomas Dolby jams with Buzz Aldrin and more
TEDGlobal 2013 will bring dozens of speakers to the stage with ideas to make you “Think Again.” As the conference begins in just four days, ...
4 must-read stories from Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the journalist exposing unthinkable crimes in Ghana
Anas Aremeyaw Anas is known for, as he calls it, the “naming, shaming and jailing” of criminals all over Ghana – yet few people would be abl...
TED Newsmakers: Samantha Power to become ambassador to the UN, Jennifer Pahlka joins White House staff
Today, Barack Obama will be naming a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations – and sources say that it will be Samantha Power, outspoken a...
Jonah: A big fish story told with visual flair by TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares
Two best friends inadvertently turn their hometown in Zanzibar into a tourist attraction, in this short film directed by TED Fellow Kibwe Ta...
The psychology of energy savings: Talking behavioral economics with Alex Laskey and Sendhil Mullainathan
“For the past five years we’ve been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world,” says Alex Laskey in today&#...