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Gallery: Eerie photos of manmade landscapes

Edward Burtynsky finds the eerie beauty in the man-made landscapes that dot our Earth's surface. As a photographer who focuses on the relationship between humans and nature, he travels to the hidden corners of the Earth to document the way people are ravaging our planet. Below, 13 of his haunting images of altered nature. All images shown co...
Posted October 31, 2006
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-edward-burtynskys-extraordinary-images-of-manufactured-landscapes

How does the Internet work? See how a continent gets plugged in

This image of a mysterious person emerging from the ocean looks like a shot from a James Bond movie. But as journalist Andrew Blum explains in today’s fascinating talk from TEDGlobal 2012, the photo actually reveals how the World Wide Web can stretch across continents—through a series of cables running for thousands of miles under oceans. ...
Posted September 19, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/19/how-does-the-internet-work-see-how-a-continent-gets-plugged-in

Could drivers generate WiFi? A Q&A with Robin Chase of Zipcar

Twice, Robin Chase has stood on the TED stage and offered powerful visions for a green, and shared, transportation future. At TED2007, the Zipcar founder suggested that car sharing could be the solution to global warming, while also helping drivers without cars. She also posited an even bigger idea: a mesh network of cars that transport cell...
Posted November 20, 2013
https://ideas.ted.com/robin-chase-since-the-talk

Video: Opening titles for Forces of Change, session 9 of TEDGlobal 2013

In this video, an ever-growing ream of paper tells the story of change on our planet. Maria Nogueira, the creator of this introduction to session 9 of TEDGlobal 2013, said that “each layer can be seen as one thought -- a single unit or seed in a chain of events that leads to unimaginable results.” Each new sheet of paper brings a new graphic...
Posted June 13, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/13/video-opening-titles-for-forces-of-change-session-9-of-tedglobal-2013

How to watch TED Live

TED Live doesn’t require finding a good seat in the auditorium. With a TED Live membership, you can watch TED2013 and TEDGlobal 2013 from the comfort of your home, share it with your classmates or screen it with your co-workers in the office. In other words, there is no one way to watch. You can grab some friends and gather around a lap...
Posted December 11, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/11/how-to-watch-ted-live

Gallery: Edward Burtynsky's extraordinary images of manufactured landscapes

Edward Burtynsky finds the eerie beauty in the man-made landscapes that dot our Earth's surface. As a photographer who focuses on the relationship between humans and nature, he travels to the hidden corners of the Earth to document the way people are ravaging our planet. Below, 13 of his haunting images of altered nature. All images shown courte...
Posted October 31, 2006
https://blog.ted.com/2006/10/31/gallery-edward-burtynskys-extraordinary-images-of-manufactured-landscapes

In Short: An eco-friendly cooking fuel made in Uganda, self-service kiosks for healthcare

Enjoy these fascinating reads from across the internet: A great profile on TED Fellow Sanga Moses, who quit his job as an accountant in Uganda and set out to develop an eco-friendly cooking fuel. Why? So that girls in his country -- for example, his young sister -- wouldn’t have to spend all their time collecting wood and could attend sc...
Posted July 31, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/31/in-short-an-eco-friendly-cooking-fuel-made-in-uganda-self-service-kiosks-for-healthcare

“If not now, when?”: How a TEDx community supported a speaker's family through the unthinkable

“What makes you think that you have 80 or 90 years to live?” Laura Rozo posed this serious and almost morbid question to the audience at TEDxUNC in February 2013. She walked onto the stage confidently and calmly, soaking in the applause as the final, surprise speaker of the day. She wore a red turtleneck with a patterned scarf, and her head w...
Posted January 28, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/01/28/how-a-tedx-community-supported-a-speaker-through-the-unthinkable

Pico Iyer in conversation: How blending cultures makes us unique

In today’s thought-provoking talk, author Pico Iyer looks at the complex nature of the simple question: "Where are you from?" Because while his family comes from India, he grew up in the United Kingdom. As soon as he left school, however, he moved to the United States -- where he was required to carry a card declaring him a “permanent alien”...
Posted July 17, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/17/pico-iyer-on-the-unprecedented-blending-of-cultures-and-how-it-makes-us-more-unique-as-opposed-to-more-homogenous

Want to learn how to give a great talk? Chris Anderson is writing the official TED guide to public speaking

Over and over, you keep asking us: What's the best way to give a TED Talk? It’s not just that you’re interested in sharing your ideas at a TED or local TEDx event. Short presentations have become a bread-and-butter staple at schools and offices around the world, and you want more guidance on how to give them well. And so, our curator Chri...
Posted October 16, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/16/chris-anderson-is-writing-the-the-official-ted-guide-to-public-speaking

Be the entrepreneur of your own life: Reid Hoffman at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Known as the "startup whisperer", Reid Hoffman has invested in storied Internet companies including Flickr, Facebook and Zynga, companies that have helped deliver us from the "information" age to the "network" age. Interested in the social side of the Internet revolution, he is also the co-founder of LinkedIn,...
Posted February 29, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/29/be-the-entrepreneur-of-your-own-life-reid-hoffman-at-ted2012

One TED speaker becomes a college president, another designs a beautiful new perfume bottle ...

The TED community has been very busy over the past few weeks. Below, some newsy highlights. Wellesley has a new president. Dr. Paula Johnson, a longtime champion of women’s health and health policy, is Wellesley College’s 14th president. The celebrations surrounding her inauguration focused on the theme of Intersections; in her inaugurati...
Posted October 14, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/10/14/one-ted-speaker-becomes-a-college-president-another-designs-a-beautiful-new-perfume-bottle

The War on Drugs has got to end: Ethan Nadelmann speaks at TEDGlobal 2014

"What has the War on Drugs done in the world?" asks Ethan Nadelmann, the founder of the Drug Policy Alliance. He namechecks just a few of its results: cartel violence in Central America, a ballooning global black market, packed prisons throughout the United States. "It's like it's my country's history with alcohol prohibition and Al Capone t...
Posted October 7, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/07/ethan-nadelmann-speaks-at-tedglobal-2014

Resources for suicide prevention, post-attempt survivors and their families

Inspired by JD Schramm’s powerful TEDTalk on surviving a suicide attempt, this list of resources has been updated to help you widen your understanding of mental health, depression, suicide and suicide prevention. Whether you’re an attempt survivor, a concerned family member or friend, or struggling with suicidal thoughts yourself, this list offe...
Posted June 8, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/06/08/resources-for-suicide-prevention-post-attempt-survivors-and-their-families

Is this Portuguese eco-village a 21st-century utopia?

Yes, it has free love, vegan food, Wi-Fi and a low carbon footprint. But it also has unchallenged assumptions, ramshackle housing and a questionable belief system, finds social media analyst Jamie Bartlett. As the sun rises over the Portuguese countryside, I find myself standing in a circle on top of a hill with a group of strangers, grasping h...
Posted July 18, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/is-this-portuguese-eco-village-a-21st-century-utopia

Gallery: Fantastical floating sculptures that will send your mind soaring

Artist Janet Echelman constructs massive fiber art pieces to encourage people to stop, look up and wonder. Standing beneath one of Janet Echelman’s giant, airy, uplifting pieces, you might just think a group of groovy extraterrestrial spiders have come to pay us a visit. The pieces, woven from strong, light fibers and tinted in rainbow color...
Posted August 17, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-fantastical-floating-sculptures-that-will-send-your-mind-soaring

Tales of tomorrow: The talks of Session 10 of TED2017

The stories we tell define us. In the Thursday-night session of TED2017, a singer, an artist, a poet, an author, two podcasters and Bollywood's biggest star showed us what our stories mean today -- and gave a preview of what they'll look like in the future. Below, recaps of the talks from Session 10, in chronological order. A little bi...
Posted April 28, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/04/28/tales-of-tomorrow-the-talks-of-session-10-of-ted2017

A night to talk about design

Designers solve problems and bring beauty to the world. At TEDNYC Design Lab, a night of talks at TED HQ in New York City hosted by design curator Chee Pearlman with content producer Cloe Shasha, six speakers pulled back the curtain to reveal the hard work and creative process behind great design. Speakers covered a range of topics, includin...
Posted March 14, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/03/14/a-night-to-talk-about-design

Uncovering corruption: Charmian Gooch at TEDGlobal 2013

When we talk about corruption, certain types of individuals come to mind, says Charmian Gooch, co-founder of watchdog NGO Global Witness. She gives some familiar examples of the type. There's the (former) Soviet megalomaniac -- such as Saparmurat Niyazov, the all-powerful leader of Turkmenistan, whose indulgences included erecting a 40-foot-...
Posted June 14, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/14/uncovering-corruption-charmian-gooch-at-tedglobal-2013

Gallery: A beautiful temple made of light

How do you design a sacred space that invites people in regardless of who they are and what they believe (or don’t)? Architect Siamak Hariri takes us into the planning and poetry behind building the luminous Bahá'i Temple in South America. The architectural specifications for a new Bahá'i Temple of South America were minimal: to design a domed,...
Posted May 30, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-a-beautiful-temple-made-of-light

Exploring Possibilities at the TEDSalon in London

Polar explorer Ben Saunders took the stage at the TEDSalon in London on November 7 to ask the question: "If everything is being done somewhere by someone and we can participate virtually, then why bother leaving the house?" A journalist had posed this question to him weeks earlier. He addressed it onstage through both his own experience of skiin...
Posted November 12, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/12/exploring-possibilities-at-the-tedsalon-in-london

Further reading and citations on global corruption's hidden leaders

Charmian Gooch, co-founder of anti-corruption NGO Global Witness, tracks money to expose deep-rooted global corruption. In yesterday's talk, Gooch demonstrates that dirty money goes all the way to the top, and more sinister is that these cases of corruption are well-known to leaders and corporate elites. Nobody -- banks, big oil, government ...
Posted July 9, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/09/further-reading-and-citations-on-global-corruptions-hidden-leaders

How did the human heart become associated with love? And how did it turn into the shape we know today?

We see the familiar symbol everywhere -- in text messages, signs, cakes, clothing, and more. But we also know the real heart looks nothing like it. Historian Marilyn Yalom tells us how the anatomical organ became the symbol that we all know today. In 2011, I went to the British Museum in London to see a collection of 15th-century artifacts, whi...
Posted February 12, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/how-did-the-human-heart-become-associated-with-love-and-how-did-it-turn-into-the-shape-we-know-today

What the mysterious symbols made by early humans can teach us about how we evolved

After examining dozens of Ice Age cave sites across Europe, paleoarchaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger discovered our ancestors repeatedly used 32 signs. Why? She walks us through her eye-opening discoveries -- and their implications. The title for the world’s oldest dated cave art is currently held by an unassuming red disk, at least 41,000 ye...
Posted June 7, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/what-the-mysterious-symbols-made-by-early-humans-can-teach-us-about-how-we-evolved

Soaring imaginations, harsh realities: A recap of TEDGlobal>London

Formula E racing, the darknet, a potential fountain of youth, and beheadings. At TEDGlobal>London — a two-session event curated and hosted by Bruno Giussani on June 16, 2015, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain -- the talks ranged from a wildly hopeful future to stern warnings about the present. Enjoy these recaps of the talks in th...
Posted June 16, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/06/16/a-recap-of-the-talks-at-tedgloballondon

TED’s reading list: 78 feel-good books to help you rejoice, reflect or recharge

Enthusiastic recommendations for uplifting reads, as suggested by TED speakers and TED-Ed educators. If you’re searching for some calm The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems by Wendell Berry This little book of poetry is my current morning dose of calm, and I use it like a meditation if I’m feeling stressed about the day ahead. The most f...
Posted December 6, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/teds-winter-reading-list-78-feel-good-books
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