Menu Main menu
TED
  • Watch
    • TED Talks
      Browse the library of TED talks and speakers
    • TED Recommends
      Get TED Talks picked just for you
    • Playlists
      100+ collections of TED Talks, for curious minds
    • TED Series
      Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED.
    • TED-Ed videos
      Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed
    • TEDx Talks
      Talks from independently organized local events
  • Discover
    • Topics
      Explore TED offerings by topic
    • Podcasts
      TED's original podcast initiatives
    • TED Books
      Short books to feed your craving for ideas
    • Ideas Blog
      Our daily coverage of the world of ideas
    • Newsletter
      Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox
  • Attend
    • Conferences
      Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more
    • TEDx events
      Find and attend local, independently organized events
    • TED on screen
      Experience TED from home
  • Participate
    • Nominate
      Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more
    • Organize a local TEDx event
      Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event
    • Translate
      Bring TED to the non-English speaking world
    • TED Fellows
      Join or support innovators from around the globe
  • About
    • Our organization
      Our mission, history, team, and more
    • Conferences
      TED Conferences, past, present, and future
    • Programs & Initiatives
      Details about TED's world-changing initiatives
    • Partner with TED
      Learn how you can partner with us
    • TED Blog
      Updates from TED and highlights from our global community
    • TED Guide to Public Speaking
      An insider’s guide to creating talks that are unforgettable
  • Membership
Sign in
Search
Cancel search

Search menu

  • All
  • Talks 2418
  • People 1004
  • Playlists 109
  • Blog posts 700
  • Pages 34
  • TEDx events 44
Blog posts
691 - 720 of 700 results

Opinion: Why the actions of cities -- not nations -- will be the key to our survival on earth

While some world leaders resist global cooperation, city leaders are working across borders to tackle big issues like global warming, immigration and terrorism, says urban expert Robert Muggah. Amid the relentlessly grim news on climate change, there is a glimmer of hope -- and it’s coming from our cities. Even as the US is pulling out from its...
Posted January 16, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/opinion-why-the-actions-of-cities-not-nations-will-be-the-key-to-our-survival-on-earth

Your weekend reading: Weather Channel interns under windy duress, Carl Sagan back from the dead to save us from terrible TV

The extent of human creativity/weirdness always baffles me, but I have to say the Internet really won my heart this week. Here are some staff picks of weird, beautiful, smart stories and videos from the interwebs this week. Today was the final day to tweet #TornadoWeek to turn up the winds on interns at the Weather Channel. It seems the ...
Posted May 3, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/03/your-weekend-reading-weather-channel-interns-under-windy-duress-carl-sagan-back-from-the-dead-to-save-us-from-terrible-tv

A solar-powered plane, our skewed perception of reality, and a robot that reads you to sleep.

Just a few of the intriguing headlines involving members of the TED community this week: Around the globe without a drop of fuel. What has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs only about as much as an SUV? The answer is Bertrand Piccard’s Solar Impulse 2, an airplane fueled entirely by solar energy that landed in California on April 24 aft...
Posted April 29, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/04/29/a-solar-powered-plane-our-skewed-perception-of-reality-and-a-robot-that-reads-you-to-sleep

Why our understanding of obesity and diabetes may be wrong: A Q&A with surgeon Peter Attia

Surgeon Peter Attia sees a disconcerting paradox at work when it comes to our health: while people are talking about eating healthily and exercising perhaps more than ever, we’re seeing no reduction in the rates of obesity and diabetes. As it stands, more than 8% of Americans are diabetic and an additional 26% are pre-diabetic -- which represe...
Posted June 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/25/why-our-understanding-of-obesity-and-diabetes-may-be-wrong-a-qa-with-surgeon-peter-attia

A revealing look at the dot-com bubble of 2000 -- and how it shapes our lives today

The successful dot-coms of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s had a few things in common: they all vowed to “change the world”, had crazy-high valuations, and were wildly unprofitable. Here’s a look at one company’s rapid rise and fall -- and the bubble’s lasting impact, from internet historian Brian McCullough. If you were looking for a single compa...
Posted December 4, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/an-eye-opening-look-at-the-dot-com-bubble-of-2000-and-how-it-shapes-our-lives-today

From an eye exam on your phone to bioluminescent sculpture that looks alive: A recap of the TED2014 Fellows Talks, Session 2

Session 2 of Fellows talks at TED2014 was just as unexpected as Session 1. Here, read a recap of each talk in the session. Somi, singer + cultural activist East African songstress Somi brings her smoky voice to the TED Fellows stage, with "Brown, RoundThings for Sale" from her album The Lagos Music Salon. Often called a modern-day Miriam...
Posted March 17, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/17/from-an-eye-exam-on-your-phone-to-bioluminescent-sculpture-that-looks-alve-a-recap-of-the-ted2014-fellows-talks-session-2

“We’ll never arrest our way out of this situation": Rev. Jeffrey Brown speaks on urban violence at TED2015

Jeffrey Brown is a Baptist minister. And yet, he says, “I learned some of my most important life lessons from drug dealers and gang members and prostitutes and had some of my most profound theological conversations on a street corner.” Brown was one of the co-founders of the Boston Ten Point Coalition, a faith-based group that was an inte...
Posted March 19, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/19/well-never-arrest-our-way-out-of-this-situation-rev-jeffrey-brown-speaks-on-urban-violence-at-ted2015

Daring kids to ask big questions: 3 teachers who entered our SOLE Challenge win a trip to TEDYouth

In a classroom in Ontario, a class of 9th graders learned the book Siddhartha, not by listening to lectures from their teacher, but by asking questions like, “How do you know when you’ve reached enlightenment?” Meanwhile, a group of 3rd through 5th graders in rural Georgia was posed a question in Spanish, even though they speak English: “Why...
Posted November 14, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/14/daring-kids-to-ask-big-questions-3-teachers-who-entered-our-sole-challenge-win-a-trip-to-tedyouth

The innovations that could improve our world, assorted thoughts for rethinking terror and a pair of year-end accolades

TEDsters have been busy, as always, during the last two weeks. Below, just a few of the members of our global community with news to share. Innovations poised to make a difference. Our friends over at Mashable created an excellent roundup of “14 innovations that improved the world in 2014.” It includes several innovations shared in TED Talk...
Posted December 15, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/15/ted-community-news-12-15-14

Look on the bright side: A Q&A with TED ebook author Tali Sharot on our biological wiring for optimism

The mad rush of the holidays can stress out the sunniest soul, and yet somehow, beneath it all, we remain cheerfully optimistic.  We look ahead, make New Year's resolutions and generally believe next year will be better than this one and the year before. Why? Tali Sharot, who spoke at TED2012, says we homo sapiens are genetically predisposed...
Posted December 3, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/03/look-on-the-bright-side-a-qa-with-ted-ebook-author-tali-sharot-on-our-biological-wiring-for-optimism
Previous|1…20|21|22|23|24|Next
TED

Programs & initiatives

  • TEDx
  • TED Fellows
  • TED Ed
  • TED Translators
  • TED Institute
  • The Audacious Project
  • TED@Work
  • TED Speakers Bureau
  • TED Courses

Ways to get TED

  • Podcasts
  • More ways to get TED

Follow TED

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • TED Blog

Our community

  • TED Speakers
  • TED Fellows
  • TED Translators
  • TEDx Organizers
  • TED Community

Want personalized recommendations?

Join TED Recommends and get the perfect ideas selected just for you.
Get started

Language Selector

TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer translators. Learn more about the Open Translation Project.

  • TED Talks Usage Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertising / Partnership
  • TED.com Terms of Use
  • Jobs
  • Press
  • Help
  • Membership

© TED Conferences, LLC. All rights reserved.