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Twittering from the World Science Festival

TED’s own June Cohen is Twittering from the World Science Festival‘s session “Illuminating Genius: Unlocking Creativity.&#...

May 29, 2008
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Global Issues

Global Catastrophic Risks Conference this July

Pessimists, mark your calendars: July 17-20 comes the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference at the University of Oxford. The conference aims ...

May 29, 2008
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Brian Greene on leadership in science and tech

Physicist Brian Greene will talk today with Leonard Lopate on WNYC about how the US can regain its leadership in science and technology. It&...

May 29, 2008
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Technology

Update: Ushahidi map tool WINS Mashup Challenge!

Erik Hersman, at right, above, with David Kobia, reports: Wow, we’re absolutely stunned, but we just won first place at the NetSquared Chall...

May 29, 2008
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Music

"Inconvenient Truth" to become an opera

The Huffington Post reports that Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth will be made into an opera for the 2011 season at La Scala in Milan. ...

May 29, 2008
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Science

The World Science Festival starts tomorrow

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, 2008, begins the World Science Festival: a four-day celebration of scientific exploration and discovery in New Y...

May 28, 2008
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Rich hospital, poor hospital: Dr. Seyi Oyesola on TED.com

Dr. Seyi Oyesola takes a searing look at health care in underdeveloped countries. His photo tour of a Nigerian teaching hospital — all...

May 28, 2008
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Guess who's been sequenced now: A woman!

From Agence France-Presse: A team of geneticists from Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) in Holland announced today that they’ve ...

May 27, 2008
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Art

Sculpture that’s truly moving: Arthur Ganson on TED.com

Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his kinetic art — which explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun (and sur...

May 27, 2008
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