How to feed the whole world (the case for white bread): Louise Fresco on TED.com
Louise Fresco argues that a smart approach to large-scale, industrial farming and food production will feed our planet’s incoming popu...
Alarming new slides depict a worsening climate crisis: Al Gore on TED.com
At TED2009, Al Gore presents updated slides from around the globe to make the case that worrying climate trends are even worse than scientis...
Pendulum paintings of Tom Shannon
I’m a huge fan of sculptor & painter Tom Shannon, a gentle genius who turns science into art and art into science. We just po...
Gravity-defying sculpture inspired by the sun, the earth, the moon: Tom Shannon on TED.com
Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture — made of simple, earthly materials — that floats and spins li...
The incredible El Sistema music program is coming to the US
Three months ago, the visionary Venezuelan musician Dr. José Antonio Abreu made his TED Prize wish — to create and document a special ...
Q&A with TED Fellow Erik Hersman: When technology goes African
In his 2009 TEDTalk, techno-blogger Erik Hersman breaks down the framework of and uses for Ushahidi, a crisis reporting platform that emerge...
The week in comments
This was an especially lively week on the TED commenting front, as our community tackled debates on swine flu, race and politics, and global...
What went wrong (and what’s next) at the Large Hadron Collider: Brian Cox’s update on TED.com
Yesterday, CERN announced that the Large Hadron Collider (which spectacularly failed last September) could be turned on again as soon as thi...
Find the TEDTalks in the Time 100
Some familiar TED faces appear in the new Time 100 list, listing the world’s most influential people. As always with this great list, ...