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Science

The science of scent: Luca Turin on TED.com

What’s the science behind a sublime perfume? With charm and precision, biophysicist Luca Turin explains the molecular makeup — a...

Nov 7, 2008
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Help stop PEWS: Post-election withdrawal syndrome

Looking for something to do with your spare energy post-Nov. 4? Find some inspiration in TEDTalks on: Social change, activism and fighting p...

Nov 7, 2008
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RSS troubles with TED?

Update: I’m hearing more and more reports of RSS troubles during our Big Re-Upload — for instance, for some people using Google ...

Nov 6, 2008
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Design

The story of Serious Play

Our TEDTalk today, from Ideo’s Tim Brown, comes from the 2008 Art Center Design Conference, wonderfully named Serious Play. Curated by...

Nov 6, 2008
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Design

The powerful link between creativity and play: Tim Brown on TED.com

From the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown from Ideo talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play...

Nov 6, 2008
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Science

Remembering Michael Crichton

The great popularizer of hard science, Michael Crichton, died yesterday. In his books, millions of readers were introduced to scientific con...

Nov 5, 2008
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Environment

I walk the Earth: John Francis on TED.com

For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect...

Nov 5, 2008
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Jeff Han's "Magic Wall" on CNN

CNN has a story today on the Magic Wall they’ve been using in their coverage of the US elections. The wall was built by TEDTalks star ...

Nov 4, 2008
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Welcome to our new sponsor, Rolex

This week, Rolex joins our family of sponsors who help us share TEDTalks with the world for free. Over the next 12 weeks, you’ll see n...

Nov 4, 2008
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