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Apparently Katrina was God’s punishment on a sinful New Orleans. I guess that would explain all those tsunami deaths among those sinfu...
Princeton sophomore Eva Vertes told us her theory at TED2005: That stem cells — seeking to initiate repairs in the body — may ac...
TEDsters: Prepare to be transported. Burt Rutan, the legendary aircraft designer, will thrill us this February in Monterey, with his plans t...
Perhaps I didn’t spend enough time chatting with Craig Venter in Oxford, because this morning was my first encounter with the word ...
Steven Johnson (TED2003) has wowed us at TED in the past, and his books never fail to intrigue and delight. His latest, Everything Bad is Go...
Every so often, in the course of spotlighting great ideas, we ponderously turn our attention to great mysteries in design. Like: Why aren...
Researchers in Japan have invented a nimble humanoid robot that can regain its own footing after taking a tumble. Its secret lies in letting...
The New York Times may be cranky about the new trend in web comics. (They question the distinction between web comics and animation, and bem...