The call of the whale: Fellows Friday with Asha de Vos
Whale researcher Asha de Vos spends her days weaving a 6-meter boat through shipping lanes crowded with giant container ships, fishing boats...
The spark of epiphanies: Q&A with John Kounios
Cognitive neuroscientist John Kounios was curious: what happens in the brain when someone has a great idea? And so the Drexel University psy...
Playing with fire: Q&A with sound visualist Jared Ficklin
Imagine flames that dance to the sounds jazz guitar. Or downloading a song simply because you like the way it looks. Or seeing Stephen Hawki...
5 recently added entries in the Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopaedia Britannica may have ceased printing earlier this year, ending a 244-year run. But the Encyclopedia of Life is just getting...
Thinking about life after death: Q&A with Daniel Ogilvie
Daniel Ogilvie was shocked when his 4-year-old daughter ran out of her bedroom screaming, “I don’t want to be a thing that dies....
Detecting pancreatic cancer early: Q&A with 15-year-old Jack Andraka
Pancreatic cancer is devastating. Only 5.5% of those diagnosed with the disease survive past five years, because — once it’s dia...
How I welcomed surprise and became a “millionaire”: Q&A with Tania Luna
Tania Luna, the CEO of SurpriseIndustries.com and a psychology instructor at Hunter College in New York, came to the United States as a 6-ye...
Icebergs with personality and self-assembling toys: The NY Times covers 2 TED Fellows
The New York Times doubled-down today on articles about TED Fellows, running stories on Camille Seaman’s portraits of icebergs as well as on...
Openness about injuries: Q&A with Joshua Prager
Until he was 19, Joshua Prager wanted to play professional baseball or be a doctor. After 19, he was just glad he could walk. For eight year...