Completely free online classes? Coursera.org now offering courses from 16 top colleges
It would cost you a minimum of $37,000 to enroll for a year at one of the top 10 schools in the United States, according to the U.S. News &a...
Fellows in the Field: Michael Karnjanaprakorn envisions everyone as student and teacher
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32PSzvYwlLE&w=530&h=298] . And … action! From artists to open-source engineers, resear...
Colleen Flanigan crowdsourced her haircut at TEDGlobal
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqsHPeFZlbA&w=530&h=298] . Colleen Flanigan, the coral reef sculptor and TED Senior Fellow, ...
Do we need more worldwide development goals? Some surprisingly upbeat stats
When it comes to setting grand worldwide goals for development, it’s easy to imagine global leaders in suits, wheeling and dealing in the ba...
Newly discovered gene may explain 4-year-old’s rare disease, thanks to TED Fellow Jimmy Lin
For years, Dana Nieder has been trying to figure out why her daughter Maya suffers from extreme developmental delays. Now 4 years old, Maya ...
Rethinking cancer treatment: 9 great talks, plus 1 book
Mina Bissell was not always the most popular person in the field of cancer research. After studying chemistry in college and getting her Ph....
Todd Humphreys to testify to Congress about GPS spoofing
“Our modern society has a special relationship to GPS. We’re almost blindly reliant on it,” Todd Humphreys says in his TEDxTalk. “It’s built...
Intelligence in muscles: Q&A with Alexander Grey
What can you learn from your muscles? A lot, according to Alexander Grey, the chief technology officer of Somaxis, who has created sensors t...
No more boring interviews: Q&A with Randy Cohen
In an interview you should ask a movie star about her movies, an author about his books, a musician about her latest album. But Randy Cohen,...