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A mind-shifting Everest swim: Lewis Pugh on TED.com

After he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. Then he heard of Lake Imja in the Himalayas, created by...

Jul 30, 2010
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TEDGlobal 2010 in pictures

A video recap of TEDGlobal 2010 in pictures and words — set to the tune of Ze Frank’s crowd-sourced song “Chillout.”...

Jul 29, 2010
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A new X Challenge to clean up oil spills

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFY760OasE&hl=en_US&fs=1] Being announced right now in Washington, DC: A brand-new X Challe...

Jul 29, 2010
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A monkey economy as irrational as ours: Laurie Santos on TED.com

Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experi...

Jul 29, 2010
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TEDxAmsterdam’s ‘Ideas Worth Doing’ Video Competition

(Cross-posted from the TEDx Blog) TEDxAmsterdam has thought up a creative way to curate their audience — pose a global challenge to tr...

Jul 27, 2010
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The oil spill’s toxic trade-off: Susan Shaw on TED.com

Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. S...

Jul 27, 2010
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Premiering tonight: Tony Robbins’ TV series on NBC

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od0eTtJw7Ms&hl=en_US&fs=1] Tonight (Tuesday, July 27) on NBC TV stations, Tony Robbins debut...

Jul 27, 2010
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Updated: Surprise speaker at TEDGlobal: Julian Assange in Session 12

At the start of Session 12 of TEDGlobal 2010, Chris Anderson announced a mystery guest. “There’s a site some of you may know, ca...

Jul 26, 2010
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On the art of choosing: Sheena Iyengar on TED.com

Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices — and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial cho...

Jul 26, 2010
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