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Getting ready for Big Bang Day

If all goes according to plan this week, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva will circulate its first beam on Sept. 10 — a ste...

Sep 7, 2008
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Education

Why we don’t understand as much as we think we do: Jonathan Drori on TED.com

Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can’t answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowl...

Sep 5, 2008
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TED Prize

Join GOOD Magazine's Project 012: Once Upon a School

As part of its new Education Issue, GOOD Magazine is holding an open call for new projects that answer the question: How can you help local ...

Sep 4, 2008
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Concept: LED light bulb from frog design

We all know we should be replacing our energy-sucking incandescent light bulbs with CFLs — but, ugh. As part of its green design progr...

Sep 4, 2008
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The sibling rivalry between TV and the web: Peter Hirshberg on TED.com

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, Peter Hirshberg offers an absorbing look at emerging media and tech history. He shares some crucial less...

Sep 4, 2008
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Design

"RISD is MIT for the right brain," says John Maeda

On the eve of his inauguration as president of the Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda gave a wide-ranging interview to Dominique Brow...

Sep 3, 2008
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Taking the next giant leap into space: Peter Diamandis on TED.com

X Prize founder Peter Diamandis lays out several very good reasons to keep exploring space — and he talks about how, with the help of ...

Sep 3, 2008
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The immense promise of DNA folding: Paul Rothemund on TED.com

At TED2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of DNA folding (calling it a process akin to magic). Now, he lays out in clear, adundant...

Sep 2, 2008
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Squawking at TED2006: Einstein the parrot on TED.com

This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 — presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White — simply ti...

Aug 29, 2008
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