Barton Seaver is an advocate of sustainable seafood and a chef in Washington DC. His work tells the story of our common resources through the communion we all share – dinner.

[embed]https://www.ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt[/embed] The TED community is brimming with new books and projects. Below, a selection of highlights. A powerful story of an American odyssey. Writer and business leader Casey Gerald has published a new memoir on his journey through American life. Titled There Will Be No Mira...

"It's a great time to be a molecular biologist," says Ellen Jorgensen, a biologist who founded Genspace, a do-it-yourself genetics lab. By end of the year, for less than €1,000 you'll be able to sequence a human genome in less than a day. But, she asks: "Who gets to do it?" We know and trust the professionals -- are they the only ones all...

Angelo Vermeulen wears many hats, including one as a crew commander for NASA, another as an artist and community organizer.

Noah Feldman studies the intersection of religion, politics and law.

Adam Galinsky teaches people all over the world how to inspire others, speak up effectively, lead teams and negotiate successfully.

TED Fellow Jess Kutch is the cofounder of Coworker.org, a nonprofit that helps people join together to improve their jobs and workplaces.

About this event: Carmel High School students hosted the third annual TEDxCarmelHighSchool on October 10, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Eleven Fifty Academy. Inspired by the idea of “where you least expect it,” speakers shared ideas about music, ethics, failure, economics, social change, and more. Speakers included innovators from the Indianapolis area ...

About this event: Each year we are gathering our university community around speakers and generating new connections and ideas. This year, TEDxULB is exploring the possibility of human beings. We will question what it means to be human and what it will mean in the future. From medicine to technology, through ethics and art, you will meet amazing speakers and mind...

The MacArthur Foundation revealed its list of 2015 Fellows this morning. Twenty-four people received the “genius grant,” a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend -- and two of them are TED Fellows: Patrick Awuah and LaToya Ruby Frazier. Patrick Awuah founded Ashesi University, a college in his home country of Ghana dedicated to educating Af...

The stars of your favorite TED Talks have been busy over the past week. Below, a few newsy highlights. Inside the mind of a murderer. What makes murderers do what they do? A BBC piece revealed that some murderers have reduced activity in their prefrontal cortex, which controls emotional impulses, and over-activity in their amygdala, which gen...

About this event: TEDxUDeusto will be held at the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). The main goal of the organisers when thinking of our event is to promote changes, new ideas that can achieve a more equal, sustainable and advanced world. We will have diverse topics like ethics, peace, finance, culture, renewable energies, women or technology. Local and inter...

Valarie Kaur is a social justice activist, lawyer, filmmaker, innovator, mother and Sikh American thought leader who founded the Revolutionary Love Project -- a movement that envisions a world where love is a public ethic.

About this event: The world is changing fast. Often so fast that we don’t take the time to think about what kind of society and future we actually want to build. Politics has become disconnected from fact. Innovation is pursued without consideration of ethics. Around the world, we are building walls instead of bridges. New Rules asks: • How can we be more empa...

About this event: Featured speakers include: Leah Ward Sears - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Thad Starner - Founder of contextual computing group, Technical Lead/Manager of Google’s Project Glass Paul Wolpe - Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics and Director of Center for Ethics at Emory Camara Jones - Senior Fellow at ...

About this event: "Children of today are the leaders of tomorrow" - Nelson Mandela The future is an inevitability which we all face. Its uncertainty is daunting to many, but as we move forward we must face these issues head-first with optimism and acceptance. With this, TEDxYouth@EnglishCollege 2017 presents 12 talented speakers, all tackling the concept of "Str...

Nita A. Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of biosciences and emerging technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience and behavioral genetics.

Should parents be able to select their children’s talents and personalities? Whatever your opinion, it is precisely the kind of question that Julian Savulescu wants you to take seriously. A professor of practical ethics at the University of Oxford, Savulescu thinks deeply about the ethics of the biological enhancement of the human race. In hi...

Every day, most of us do something morally indefensible -- we go about our lives without sending help to the 6.9 million children under the age of 5 who will die this year from poverty-related disease. In today’s talk, philosopher Peter Singer makes the case that ignoring these kids is as inhumane as ignoring a child who's been hit by a car on...

About this event: TEDxGWHSchool was a TEDxYouth event hosted in the Greenwood High International School campus on March 12th, 2016 for 100 high schoolers attending schools across Bengaluru city. Our theme, ‘Transcending Synapses’ is based on the idea that there's always a discord surrounding another people’s opinion, their ideas, their experiences and their cult...

About this event: This event is a forum to spark creative engagement between people who want to challenge their fundamental beliefs and explore new ways of thinking. A gathering for curious minds.

“It’s a great time to be a molecular biologist,” Ellen Jorgensen says in today’s TED Talk, given at TEDGlobal 2012. The realm of biotechnology is growing fast, she says, and advances are coming down the pipeline at a rapid clip. And yet, scientists aren’t so good at communicating to the public what is going on in biotech labs. Jorgensen wondere...

About this event: TEDxInjibara is open for all people living in Injibara. The event is held in English and is a great opportunity to speak English with Ethiopians as well as foreigners! Each month we have a new theme that is relevant to the lives we live.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas can't show you his face, but his name carries enough weight. Famous in Ghana for his investigative journalism, Anas' stories like "Enemies of the nation," about corruption at customs in the Port of Tema, have blown the cover on crime all over Africa. He started 14 years ago, when he had just come out of college. He rece...

About this event: We are living in a fascinating era on the verge of new discoveries and exponential technologies that will shape our lives and societies in ways we can only begin to imagine. Some are comparing technology to medicine, while others are insisting that without art technology cannot go forward. What new disruptions are just waiting to happen an...

About this event: TEDx Salon events are unique, intimate gatherings for live presentations and discussions on issues of interest to the local community. TEDxQueensUSalon | ME, MYSELF, A.I. aims to highlight faculty and graduate student research in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and society. Gathering Insights: In the first stage of the ...

About this event: In the spirit of 'Ideas Worth Spreading', TEDxRoppongi is a TEDx organisation in Tokyo that serves as an empowering platform for the community of thinkers and innovators in Japan. A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. With the theme of "Broaden Horizons", the 10 speakers are passionate to share th...

About this event: Aotearoa is changing. Our people are changing, our climate is changing, in Wellington our city is changing. Young people will be the ones having to live with this change. On September 15, six young Wellingtonians will be trying to find out what that looks like, by asking: what's next? Featuring: - Hama Tau'alupe, creative practitioner (Finding ...

About this event: At TEDxĐaKao: “Delayed Gratification”, speakers are coming from diverse backgrounds will share their subtle and meaningful idea of the process of resisting the temptation of an immediate reward in preference for a later reward. You will discover the value towards building your life value, observe and discover a diverse range of the meaning of r...

About this event: The Iroquois’ Seventh Generation Principle encourages us to make decisions now that ensure a sustainable world seven generations into the future. In the year 2228, how we supported values like education, diversity, culture, and ethics today will shape how our descendants experience the world. So, what issues will our generation choose to tak...