Happy 30th birthday, compact disc! Watch a demo from the first TED, in 1984
Happy 30th birthday, compact disc. The CD was introduced on October 1, 1982 — but in early 1984 it was still slowly rolling out to con...
When flying robots meet mind control
Everything is a remix, Kirby Ferguson told us at TEDGlobal 2012, explaining that the essence of creativity is the welding together of others...
In debates, watch for signs of warmth: Q&A with Amy Cuddy
At TEDGlobal 2012, Amy Cuddy gave a talk about the remarkable power of our posture to affect our mental state: Strike a powerful pose (in pr...
Some examples of how power posing can actually boost your confidence
UPDATE OCTOBER 2017: The science of power poses is one of ongoing study. Please check our update on Amy Cuddy’s talk for the latest re...
Who else is watching TEDTalks? A visual map
Every day, 450,000 people log on to TED.com. But where are they located? And what are they watching—our newest offerings or our classic talk...
New TED Book: Mind Amplifier
It’s a complaint we’ve all heard about the internet: all the cat videos and incessant celebrity gossip sites are making us, as a culture, st...
I see dead people: Fellows Friday with Christine Lee
Bioarchaeologist Christine Lee reconstructs lives from ancient human remains, looking for clues as to how they lived, fought and died. In th...
Bahia Shehab’s newest evolutions of ‘no’
[ted id=1537] Two years ago, Lebanese-Egyptian artist and historian Bahia Shehab was invited to join an exhibit commemorating 100 years of I...
On our reading list: Nate Silver’s new book The Signal and the Noise
One might ask Nate Silver, the data whiz behind FiveThirtyEight.com, which shot to prominence after providing eerily accurate forecasts of t...