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Suspended animation is within our grasp: Mark Roth on TED.com

Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It’s wild stuff, but i...

Mar 15, 2010
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A viral scene from TED's Saturday SXSW panel

< br/> Cast: Audience at TED&#8217;s Saturday-morning panel &#8220;How to Create a Viral Video.&#8221; Hands: Damian Kulash from OK Go. (Pro...

Mar 13, 2010
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New Best of the Web talk: Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!) At the Web 2.0 Expo, entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk gives a shot in the arm to dreamers and up...

Mar 13, 2010
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Live from TEDMED

The magic of the placebo: Eric Mead on TED.com

Sugar pills, injections of nothing &#8212; studies show that, more often than you&#8217;d expect, placebos really work. At TEDMED, magician ...

Mar 12, 2010
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Come see TED&#039;s two panels at SXSW

South by Southwest 2010 starts Friday in Austin, Texas, and the TED team is heading down to present two panels: How to Create a Viral Video ...

Mar 11, 2010
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Ozomatli: Hear the new single and see our exclusive photos

The awesome LA band Ozomatli rocked TED&#8217;s Wednesday night block party in Long Beach last month &#8212; check out our exclusive photos ...

Mar 10, 2010
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Environment

How I fell in love with a fish: Dan Barber on TED.com

Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor...

Mar 10, 2010
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Gary Lauder&#8217;s new traffic sign: Take Turns

Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smo...

Mar 9, 2010
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The year open data went worldwide: Tim Berners-Lee on TED.com

At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for &#8220;raw data now&#8221; &#8212; for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data op...

Mar 8, 2010
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