TED wins Digiday Award
The Digiday Publishing Awards are kind of like the Oscars for online publishers, content providers and advertisers. And last night, at the e...
Everything you need to know about TEDxDeExtinction
Stewart Brand begins today’s TED Talk with an elegy for Martha of Cincinnati, who died in 1914. No, Martha is not a person. She was the very...
“William and the Windmill” wins Grand Jury Award at SXSW
Last night at SXSW, William and the Windmill was awarded one of the festival’s top two honors, taking home Grand Jury Award for Documentary ...
Meet the translator: Els De Keyser, who brings you talks in Dutch
TED Talks are available in 97 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 8,80...
7 talks about fruit flies
“Raise your hand if you think that basic research on fruit flies has anything to do with understanding mental illness in humans,” David Ande...
Serge Mouangue’s sculptural commemoration of the Japanese tsunami
Two years ago today, a massive earthquake rocked Japan and sent a tsunami raging over its shores. Nearly 19,000 people were killed; more tha...
How to pick the charity that’s right for you
In 1994, Dan Pallotta created the AIDS Rides — a series of long-distance fundraising cycling journeys that netted $108 million for HIV...
From the Hole in the Wall to Yale: A Q&A with Arun Chavan
After his 6-year-old son taught himself to use a computer, 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra wanted to test the idea that kids can learn on...
New playlist: What does the future look like?
TED playlists are collections of talks around a topic, built for you in a thoughtful sequence to illuminate ideas in context. This weekend, ...