TED Weekends: Understanding evil
Philip Zimbardo knows evil inside and out. He led the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971 and was an expert witness at Abu Ghraib, p...
X marks the spot: The TEDx blog edition
This week, TEDx took a break from posting talks as the team recovered from TED2013. However, their blog kept rolling with some wonderfully u...
“Peering into Space”: TED Radio Hour takes you beyond the void
Huddle around the radio, all. TED Radio Hour’s second season is under way and episode two, “Peering into Space” premieres today. Host Guy Ra...
8 beautiful and heartbreaking poems from Shane Koyczan
Shane Koyczan has a way with words. “I’ve been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself,” he says, b...
This week’s best questions, ideas and debates from TED Conversations
TED Conversations is a unique space where any member of this community can get feedback on an idea, pose an interesting question, or start a...
New documentary at SXSW traces William Kamkwamba’s journey from rural Malawi to the TED Stage
William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of spare parts to provide electricity for his family in rural Malawi, after seeing a similar design i...
In praise of urban farmers: A Q&A with City 2.0 essayist Roman Gaus
Imagine a city skyline — a jagged line of peaks, drops and plateaus — all filled with rooftop farms. This is the dream of Roman ...
Meet Kakenya Ntaiya, who worked with her elders to found a school for girls in her Maasai village
Kakenya Ntaiya was engaged at 5-years-old, her family members regularly whispering in her ear, “Your husband just passed by.” This was the t...
4 inspiring kids imagine the future of learning
After more than 13 years of research convinced him that children have the ability to learn almost anything on their own, 2013 TED Prize winn...