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In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives — startin...
Photographer James Nachtwey will be breaking a big story on October 3 — using his powerful photographs to share a vital story that the...
TEDGlobal 2009, to be held in Oxford, UK, is titled “The Substance of Things Not Seen,” and will feature more than 40 remarkable...
Steven Pinker‘s book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits and abilities. Here, Pinker talks about w...
Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet — exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung (he’s...
In this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words “thank you” — to deepen a frie...
Conveniently timed for last week’s premiere of Jonathan Haidt’s TEDTalk, “The Real Difference Between Liberals and Conserv...
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares his insights — and graphic, uns...
Listen closely — Marvin Minsky‘s arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed ...