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National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis on TEDTalks

In this stunning talk, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world’s indi...

Jan 10, 2007
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Art

Photographer Phil Borges on TEDTalks

Photographer Phil Borges displays his remarkable portraits documenting the world’s disappearing cultures, from persecuted monks in Tib...

Jan 10, 2007
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Environment

Al Gore's Climate Project in full swing

At the end of his first speech at TED2006, Al Gore announced that he was going to train a thousand people to give the climate change present...

Jan 8, 2007
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Business

A Bezos Blast

Longtime TEDster Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, has revealed video footage of an early test flight from his secret space project Blue Origin.&n...

Jan 5, 2007
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Environment

The cheeseburger footprint

TED2006 speaker Jamais Cascio has a very interesting way of considering cheeseburgers. He tries (in this post) to calculate their carbon foo...

Jan 4, 2007
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What are you optimistic about?

It’s a new year and up at the Edge John Brockman is asking the now-traditional annual "big question", a wide-open query put ...

Jan 2, 2007
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Unexpected Gifts from a TED salon…

Last night in New York, we held our first-ever TED holiday salon, to thank our extended community for a year of wonderful support. It was a ...

Dec 15, 2006
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TEDTalks Selected by Apple as one of Best of 2006 Podcasts

A little unabashed self-congratulation: TEDTalks have been selected by Apple Computer’s iTunes Podcasting team as one of the Best Podc...

Dec 13, 2006
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Richard St. John on TED.com

Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews ...

Dec 10, 2006
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