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Energy guru Amory Lovins lays out his plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy in the process. It’s the subject of...
Artist Jonathan Harris (watch his TEDTalk) just launched his latest piece, The Whale Hunt. In this visionary, documentary work, Harris joins...
Philippe Starck talks about how life began in the soupe primordiale — but this week, researcher Helen Hansma of UCSB hypothesizes that...
Wielding laypeople’s terms and a sense of humor, Nobel Prize winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge about particle physics, aski...
Legendary designer Philippe Starck — with no pretty slides behind him — spends 17 minutes reaching for the very roots of the que...
At Nokia World in Nokia today announced its global partnership with Pangea Day, a unique event that will bring together millions of people a...
“I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.” This is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families while resea...
Biologist Robert Full shares his fascination with spiny cockroach legs that allow them to scuttle at full speed across loose mesh and gecko ...
Chris Anderson and Emeka Okafor write: We’re delighted to tell you that there will be another TED conference in Africa next year, and ...