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A brief digression on lost time: John Hodgman on TED.com

Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet,...

Oct 21, 2008
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Week Two of the TEDTalks re-upload

Starting last week, we’ve been updating all 300+ TEDTalks with freshly encoded video. We anticipate it will take another week or so to...

Oct 20, 2008
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TED Prize

Announcing the 2009 TED Prize winners: oceanographer Sylvia Earle, SETI's Jill Tarter, maestro José Antonio Abreu

TED and the TED Prize are proud to unveil the three remarkable winners of the 2009 TED Prize: deep-ocean explorer Sylvia Earle, astronomer J...

Oct 16, 2008
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The power of glamour: Virginia Postrel on TED.com

In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the powerful uses of glamour — which she defines as any calculated, carefu...

Oct 16, 2008
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Art

Sleep overnight at the Guggenheim

Your local science museum might offer a “Night at the Museum,” where kids in sleeping bags cuddle up alongside the stuffed mammo...

Oct 15, 2008
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Environment

Bjorn Lomborg asks, Why worry about global warming?

Bjorn Lomborg has a bone to pick with environmentalists, and he’s not afraid to let us know about it. In two recent articles in the Br...

Oct 15, 2008
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Design

Design and the elastic mind: Paola Antonelli on TED.com

At the EG conference, MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli talks about her groundbreaking show, “Design and the Elastic Mind” &#8...

Oct 15, 2008
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The brain and the banjo

Bluegrass legend Eddie Adcock had brain surgery last month to correct an essential tremor — an uncontrollable shaking that left him un...

Oct 14, 2008
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A beautiful new theory of everything: Garrett Lisi on TED.com

Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big que...

Oct 14, 2008
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