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At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos &...
You have 8 hours left to contribute to the Preamble of the Charter for Compassion. Tonight at midnight EST, writing begins on the next phase...
Zambia-born filmmaker Franco Sacchi tours us through Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry (said to be the world’s 3rd larg...
This past weekend, we added a captcha system to TED.com’s “Send this user an email” feature. We’re using reCaptcha, ...
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi spins through a dizzying array of inspirations — from ’50s pinups to a fleeting glimpse of a hole...
Futurist Stewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It’s a beautiful projec...
A free press — papers, magazines, radio, TV, blogs — is the backbone of any true democracy (and a vital watchdog on business). S...
By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think differentl...
Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy shares the thrill: This is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of a...