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Business

Winners of Ads Worth Spreading run on TED.com (free) this week. Let us know what you think

There’s a fun new feature on TED.com this week. All the video ads that follow our talks have been specially chosen by a panel of judge...

Mar 21, 2011
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Cool graphic notes from TED2011

TED speaker Margaret Gould Stewart shares these great graphic notes on her blog, fountly.com. She writes: I take these notes so I can share ...

Mar 21, 2011
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Live from TEDWomen

Today: Ask Hans Rosling anything

Today, Monday March 21, from 11:30am-1:30pm Eastern time, the wise and wonderful Professor Hans Rosling will be answering questions in TED C...

Mar 21, 2011
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Live from TEDWomen

The magic washing machine: Hans Rosling on TED.com

What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graph...

Mar 21, 2011
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Art

If I should have a daughter … : Sarah Kay on TED.com

“If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B … ” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a...

Mar 18, 2011
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Culture

Global health, mutual survival: Fellows Friday with Alanna Shaikh

Today, infectious diseases race across the world, and one country’s health problem can affect the entire global economy. For these and other...

Mar 18, 2011
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Development

Watch TEDxChange @ TEDxDelhi, livestreaming March 22

The Gates Foundation and TEDx are presenting another extraordinary TEDxChange event — this time in New Delhi, India. In partnership wi...

Mar 17, 2011
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Architecture

Why light needs darkness: Rogier van der Heide on TED.com

Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world — by paying attention to light (and to darknes...

Mar 17, 2011
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News

A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter: Mark Bezos on TED.com

Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn’t go quite as expected — but that taught him a big...

Mar 16, 2011
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