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TED Fellows

Meet the 2011 TEDGlobal Fellows — download our guide

Meet the extraordinary new class of TEDGlobal Fellows in this gorgeous downloadable guide, just released. Each TEDGlobal Fellow gets two pag...

Jul 7, 2011
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Culture

A taste of performance at TEDGlobal 2011

Next week, TEDGlobal 2011 starts in Edinburgh. Among the many talks will be several spectacular performances, from music to dance to sand pa...

Jul 5, 2011
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Q&A

Fellows Friday with Viraj Puri

New York restaurants and grocers scramble to get their hands on fresh, local produce. So what could be better than veggies grown right in th...

Jul 1, 2011
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TED Fellows

TED Fellows: The Whole World’s Brilliants

In his classic Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain wrote one of his most famous lines: “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things ...

Jun 30, 2011
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Q&A

“Try to speak of discomfort more”: Highlights from our live-chat with Alice Dreger

Alice Dreger gave a powerful talk at TEDxNorthwestern on how our changing perception of anatomical differences is also changing our democrac...

Jun 28, 2011
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Q&A

Now: Join Alice Dreger in a live Q&A on TED Conversations

On anatomy, destiny, marriage … 1-3pm Eastern. She asks: The recent passage of gay marriage rights in New York demonstrate what I talk...

Jun 28, 2011
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Culture

New on TED Books: Alisa Miller’s “Media Makeover”

Charlie Sheen. Weinergate. Obama’s birth certificate. If you think the stories major media outlets obsess about hit tawdry new lows ea...

Jun 28, 2011
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TEDTalks

Meet the new Talks page

As part of our 5th anniversary, we’ve rolled out some improvements to the Talk page on TED.com — the place where many people fir...

Jun 27, 2011
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Q&A

TEDTalks at 5: Speakers tell their stories

TED.com video exists to celebrate great speakers, thinkers, doers — people with ideas that are passionately held and clearly put. For ...

Jun 27, 2011
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