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Daniel Goleman's new audio series, Wired to Connect

Psychologist Daniel Goleman (watch his TEDTalk about compassion) has just released a series of conversations about social neuroscience, empa...

Oct 31, 2008
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Announcing the winner of the TED Pumpkin Prize

The winner receives $1, and more important — a wish to change something in the office. They were encouraged to think big (but cheap). ...

Oct 31, 2008
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An update on TED's Big Re-Upload

For the past three weeks, TED’s video team has been working on a giant project — to re-encode and re-upload all our TEDTalks vid...

Oct 31, 2008
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Film

Telling the story of Ezra, a child soldier: Newton Aduaka on TED.com

Filmmaker Newton Aduaka shows clips from his powerful, lyrical feature film Ezra, about a child soldier in Sierra Leone. (Recorded June 2007...

Oct 31, 2008
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Update: TED is hiring a web developer and an image specialist

TED.com is looking for a senior web developer and an image production specialist. Find full details >>.

Oct 30, 2008
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Invention

Toys from the future: The Inventables guys on TED.com

The Inventables guys, co-founders Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them. Look for squishy...

Oct 30, 2008
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Education

Dean Kamen says America needs a geek overhaul

From BoingBoing: TED alum, Segway creator and inventor of a groundbreaking prosthetic arm, Dean Kamen was interviewed recently by John Meigs...

Oct 29, 2008
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For voters, the political is psychological

An article in the Association for Psychological Science’s AP Observer points out what TEDsters like Jonathan Haidt have known all alon...

Oct 29, 2008
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Biology

Update: Now hiring: Professor for the Public Understanding of Science [position filled]

Updated 10/29/08: Oxford announced yesterday the appointment of Professor Marcus du Sautoy to the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Under...

Oct 29, 2008
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