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Ghana eliminates trachoma, The Bail Project opens a fifth site: Updates from The Audacious Project
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Ghana eliminates trachoma, The Bail Project opens a fifth site: Updates from The Audacious Project

Their ideas are big — aimed at impacting millions of lives or creating sweeping global change. Three months after the first project leaders ...

Jul 9, 2018
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Curing cancer one nanoparticle at a time, and more news from TED speakers
In Brief

Curing cancer one nanoparticle at a time, and more news from TED speakers

As usual, the TED community is hard at work — here are some highlights: A new drug-delivering nanoparticle. Paula Hammond, the head of...

Jun 29, 2018
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Apply now to be a TED2019 Fellow
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Apply now to be a TED2019 Fellow

The TED Fellows program is turning ten years old next year, and we are looking for our most ambitious class yet. We select people from every...

Jun 26, 2018
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TEDx talk under review

An independently organized TEDx event recently posted, and subsequently removed, a talk from the TEDx YouTube channel that the event organiz...

Jun 19, 2018
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12 books from favorite TEDWomen speakers, for your summer reading list
TEDWomen

12 books from favorite TEDWomen speakers, for your summer reading list

We all have a story to tell. And in my work as curator of the TEDWomen conference, I’ve had the pleasure of providing a platform to so...

Jun 18, 2018
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An ambitious plan to explore our oceans, and more news from TED speakers
In Brief

An ambitious plan to explore our oceans, and more news from TED speakers

  The past few weeks have brimmed over with TED-related news. Below, some highlights. Exploring the ocean like never before. A school o...

Jun 15, 2018
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Ideas from the intersections: A night of talks from TED and Brightline
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Ideas from the intersections: A night of talks from TED and Brightline

At the intersections where we meet and collaborate, we can pool our collective wisdom to seek solutions to the world’s greatest proble...

Jun 11, 2018
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Resources for suicide prevention, post-attempt survivors and their families
Health

Resources for suicide prevention, post-attempt survivors and their families

Inspired by JD Schramm’s powerful TEDTalk on surviving a suicide attempt, this list of resources has been updated to help you widen your und...

Jun 8, 2018
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Ebola and the future of vaccines: In conversation with Seth Berkley
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Ebola and the future of vaccines: In conversation with Seth Berkley

Dr. Seth Berkley is an epidemiologist and the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a global health organization dedicated to improving access ...

May 31, 2018
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