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Live from TED

Apply for a Fellowship to TEDGlobal 2009

Applications for Fellowships at this summer’s TEDGlobal 2009 in Oxford are open! TED is excited to build a class of Fellows to partici...

Mar 17, 2009
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Live from TED

4 chances to see TED speakers live, this week and next

TEDIndia’s Lakshmi Pratury will be interviewing two TED speakers next week in the Bay Area: + March 30, 2009, hear TED2009 speaker Nan...

Mar 17, 2009
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Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes): Dan Ariely on TED.com

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes)....

Mar 17, 2009
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Invention

I'll wait for the bicycle version

It takes a certain courage to look at the design of nearly every ground vehicle that exists and say, “You know the real problem with t...

Mar 17, 2009
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Cute, sexy, sweet and funny: an evolutionary riddle. Dan Dennett on TED.com

Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he shares evolution’s counte...

Mar 16, 2009
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Dan Ariely offers 3 irrational lessons from the Bernie Madoff scandal

Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, presented a jaw-dropping talk on cheating and dishonesty at TED2009. We’re posting A...

Mar 13, 2009
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Business

Trendables — 6 products that can

-able, everyone’s favorite “can-do” adjective suffix, is enjoying a revival. 20-some years since its heyday, we’ve f...

Mar 13, 2009
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Another bonus of inventing the World Wide Web …

Today, CERN’s been throwing a party to celebrate the 20th birthday of the web — which they date to the now-famous memo that Tim ...

Mar 13, 2009
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TED Prize

Writing the Charter for Compassion: The Council of Conscience meets in Geneva

Cross-posted to the TED Prize blog: Last week, an amazing group of religious thinkers and leaders, the Council of Conscience, met outside of...

Mar 13, 2009
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