Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Biology

Transplanting cells, not organs: Susan Lim on TED.com

Pioneering surgeon Susan Lim performed the first liver transplant in Asia. But a moral concern with transplants (where do donor livers reall...

Apr 15, 2011
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TED Fellows

Fellows Friday with Jennifer Indovina

With her boundless energy and playful spirit, Jen Indovina is making that most boring of environmental imperatives –- energy efficiency –- s...

Apr 15, 2011
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Culture

Open-sourcing the blueprints of civilization: Marcin Jakubowski on TED.com

Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyon...

Apr 14, 2011
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Film

Coincidentally, it’s Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness month

We didn’t know this when we scheduled Roger Ebert’s TED Talk to run today, but it turns out that April is a good month to become...

Apr 13, 2011
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Culture

Remaking my voice: Roger Ebert on TED.com

When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving ...

Apr 13, 2011
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Playlist

50 years of human spaceflight: A TEDTalks playlist

Fifty years ago, April 12, 1961, was one of the most extraordinary moments in human history: a spacecraft carried a passenger, Yuri Gagarin,...

Apr 12, 2011
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TEDTalks

TED is nominated for 5 Webbies. You can vote!

We’re happy to announce that TED has been nominated for five Webby Awards this year, four for TED.com and one for TEDTalks. (And we&#8...

Apr 12, 2011
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Culture

Redefining apathy: Dave Meslin on TED.com

Local politics — schools, zoning, council elections — hit us where we live. So why don’t more of us actually get involved?...

Apr 12, 2011
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Science

Big history: David Christian on TED.com

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a rivet...

Apr 11, 2011
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