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Building green: Catherine Mohr on TED.com

In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house ...

Apr 14, 2010
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Happy birthday, TEDx!

Today marks the one-year anniversary of TEDx, our program to support independent TED-style events in local communities around the world. The...

Apr 13, 2010
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Oceans

Ocean hope at Mission Blue: A collaboration experiment comes good

How to describe what happened last week? A Galapagos sea-voyage of 100 people (including Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Gle...

Apr 13, 2010
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New on TED.com: Find TEDTalks by length

Only have three minutes for a video snack? You can now find TEDTalks by length: 3, 6, 9, 12 or the classic 18-minutes … Visit http://w...

Apr 13, 2010
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Photos that changed the world: Jonathan Klein on TED.com

Photographs do more than document history — they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most ico...

Apr 13, 2010
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Science

The danger of science denial: Michael Specter on TED.com

Vaccine-autism claims, “Frankenfood” bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public’s growing fear (and, often, outr...

Apr 12, 2010
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Oceans

Hope: Roundup of Mission Blue Session 7

Just before Session 7, Ecuador’s vice president, Lenín Moreno, boarded the Endeavor to address the Mission Blue gathering. Lenín Moren...

Apr 10, 2010
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Oceans

Shift: Roundup of Mission Blue Session 6

Session 6 of Mission Blue Voyage wasn’t a traditional TED speaker session — instead, it was a time for people in the audience to...

Apr 9, 2010
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Oceans

Wonder: Roundup of Session 5 on the Mission Blue Voyage

Shark diver Mike Rutzen: Sharks form a social hierarchy better than any military. Edith Widder: Bioluminescence has evolved 40 to 50 separat...

Apr 9, 2010
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