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Visualizing how "The Origin of Species" evolved

Via the Nature blog The Great Beyond: a “rather wonderful graphic” from Ben Fry that tracks the changes across all six editions ...

Sep 7, 2009
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A leap from the edge of space: Steve Truglia on TED.com

At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings — pushing technology to make stunts bigger, sa...

Sep 4, 2009
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Making sound visible through cymatics: Evan Grant on TED.com

Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like ...

Sep 3, 2009
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Q&A with Cary Fowler: Saving seeds to protect our food supplies

Before Cary Fowler’s TEDTalk posted on Monday, the TEDBlog caught up with him in Norway, via phone. We asked the difficult questions a...

Sep 2, 2009
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Reddit and TED to interview Hans Rosling. Submit your questions!

Such a success was the first ever Reddit-and-TED joint interview — featuring Sir Ken Robinson — that we and our partner Reddit h...

Sep 1, 2009
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Adjustable, liquid-filled eyeglasses: Josh Silver on TED.com

Josh Silver delivers his brilliantly simple solution for correcting vision at the lowest cost possible — adjustable, liquid-filled len...

Sep 1, 2009
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One seed at a time, protecting the future of food: Cary Fowler on TED.com

The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a v...

Aug 31, 2009
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The week in comments

Maybe it was because of our 500th TEDTalk, but this weeks comments seemed especially meaningful. From people being amazed at Eric Giler&#821...

Aug 29, 2009
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A multimedia theatrical adventure: Natasha Tsakos on TED.com

Natasha Tsakos presents and performs her one-woman, multimedia show, “Upwake.” As the character Zero, she blends dream and reali...

Aug 28, 2009
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