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Tribal leadership: David Logan on TED.com

At TEDxUSC, David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form — in schools, workplaces, even the driver&#821...

Oct 6, 2009
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How food shapes our cities: Carolyn Steel on TED.com

Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discuss...

Oct 5, 2009
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Iran's nuclear program: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts no nuclear weapons will be built

Only on the TED Blog: In The TED Lens, each Sunday a TED speaker offers a new look at the week’s big news stories. This week, politica...

Oct 4, 2009
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Q&A with Garik Israelian: "Your lab should be the vacuum between stars"

Astronomer Garik Israelian (watch his TEDTalk) explained the secrets of spectrography yesterday. And last night, he answered a few of our fo...

Oct 2, 2009
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Design

The power of time off: Stefan Sagmeister on TED.com

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative ...

Oct 2, 2009
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Film

Q&A with short film curator Jonathan Wells

Jonathan Wells of Flux is helping to curate TED’s first-ever short film contest, with winners to be shown at TEDIndia in November. He&...

Oct 1, 2009
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Updated: Garik Israelian at the opening of the Gran Telescopio Canarias

Astronomer Garik Israelian spoke at TEDGlobal on Wednesday, July 22, about spectroscopy — the art of examining the spectral signature ...

Oct 1, 2009
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How spectroscopy could reveal alien life: Garik Israelian on TED.com

Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it’s made of and how it might behave. ...

Oct 1, 2009
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Film

Short film contest: Great short commercials welcome

Enter your short film (30 sec to 3 mins) in our first-ever contest — with winners to be shown at TEDIndia this November, to an audienc...

Sep 30, 2009
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