6 TEDxTalks envisioning the city of the future
According to the United Nations, by the year of 2050, 70% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. So what will the city of ...
The first-ever TEDx event in Afghanistan: “The Art of the Unexpected”
Yesterday, Afghanistan got its very first TED experience with TEDxKabul, which brought together 250 people for a day of ideas, innovations a...
Beirut, I love you: Fellows Friday with Zena el Khalil
With her outrageously pink and glittery mixed-media installation pieces and paintings, artist, writer and activist Zena el Khalil takes aim ...
That unicorn is really a lap dog: The secret details in 4 classic paintings revealed
[ted id=1588 width=560 height=315] How, exactly, does a Leonardo da Vinci mural believed to be three times the width of The Last Supper get ...
New TED Book: A Haystack Full of Needles
There are some questions an Internet search just isn’t so good at answering: What do I want for dinner tonight? How can I make a career chan...
A (free!) TED for teenagers: Announcing the incredible lineup for TEDYouth in New York City
Just like school … not! TEDYouth is like a TED Conference for high school students, starring a lineup of speakers working at the top o...
6 speaking tips for scientists and engineers
[ted id=1592 width=560 height=315] Melissa Marshall has a message for scientists and engineers: Contrary to popular belief, the general publ...
Amy Cuddy talks power posing on CNN
[cnnvideo url=’http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2010/10/09/nr.power.pose.cnn’ inline=’true’] In the TE...
Why aren’t we asking the big questions? A Q&A with Ruby Wax
One in four people have some form of mental illness, and Ruby Wax wants to talk about it. Watch her TEDTalk, posted today and inspired by he...