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Pangea Day: 5 films win grants from Participant Productions

(Above: Scenes from the filmmakers’ reception Thursday night in Los Angeles. We were asked: “Raise your hand if you came from ou...

May 9, 2008
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Who's blogging from Pangea Day?

(Above: a scene from Thursday’s tech rehearsal on the Pangea Day set) UPDATED: You can follow news from Pangea Day on the Pangea Day B...

May 8, 2008
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Entertainment

Dance + physics = juggling: Michael Moschen on TED.com

Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of elegant, even artistic juggling. Don’t think juggling is an art? You might just ...

May 8, 2008
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Pangea Day bloggers touch down in Mumbai, Rio, LA

Pangea Day bloggers are on the ground at the 6 live broadcast locations around the world, and reports are starting to come in. Reporting fro...

May 7, 2008
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James Howard Kunstler's novel of a long emergency

“We are sleepwalking into the future,” author James Howard Kunstler said in his biting 2004 TEDTalk, envisioning a bleak post-oi...

May 7, 2008
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TED Prize

Celebrating the new AIMS Research Centre in South Africa

2008 TED Prize winner Neil Turok sends these great photos from the new AIMS Research Centre, which is set to open May 12 in Muizenberg, Cape...

May 7, 2008
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Can we domesticate germs? Paul Ewald on TED.com

Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some germs more harmful than others? How could we make t...

May 7, 2008
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Architecture

Help Myanmar (Burma) rebuild, with Architecture for Humanity

Following Saturday’s devastating Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma), Architecture for Humanity is asking for help in rebuilding the cou...

May 6, 2008
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Technology

TED.com wins 3 Webby Awards

TED.com has been awarded Webbies in 3 categories: + Podcast + Best Navigation/Structure + Best Visual Design – Function See the full l...

May 6, 2008
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