Transparency isn’t just a nice-to-do for businesses. It’s essential, says Charmian Gooch, the anti-corruption crusader who accepted the TED Prize tonight. On the TED2014 stage, Gooch revealed her wish for the world. “My wish is for us to know who owns and controls companies, so that they can no longer be used anonymously against the public g...

Gil Winch is a psychologist, organizational consultant and keynote speaker with 30 years of experience working with some of Israel's largest organizations.

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. A 4.37-lightyear starshot. Humanity has sent people to the moon and rovers to Mars. It might be about time we embark on interstellar travel. Russian philanthropist Yuri Milner, along with board member Stephen Hawking, unveiled a plan on Tuesday to sen...

A viral video star known for his gravity-defying, elegant street dance moves, Lil Buck is a fertile collaborator across disciplines and media.

Yesterday, TED Fellow William Kamkwamba debuted an illustrated children’s version of his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written with Bryan Mealer and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon. Since its publication in 2009, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind has been printed in 17 editions internationally. For this Young Readers edition, for ages 6 ...

The TED community has been very busy over the past few weeks. Below, some newsy highlights. Powerful thoughts on slavery’s legacy. Last week, Bryan Stevenson spoke with The Marshall Project about the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In a Q&A, Stevenson shared his thoughts on the deeply en...

Earlier this year, TED headed out on a worldwide Talent Search through 14 cities on six continents — Amsterdam, Bangalore, Doha, Johannesburg, London, Nairobi, New York, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, Tunis and Vancouver -- to bring you fresh perspectives for TED2013. Along the way, we couldn’t help but notice how many of the 293...

Below, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite news stories from the TED community. Congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize nominee José Andrés! For his work in food and hunger humanitarianism, acclaimed chef José Andrés has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rico, Andrés...

In her art and scientific work, Christina Agapakis blurs the boundaries between nature and technology to practice a new kind of engineering, taking into account both human and cultural forces.

Artist Mundano traveled California with a giant bright-green cactus to convey the urgency of vanishing water. The drought in California is the worst in 1,200 years. Brazilian artist Mundano -- known for calling attention to the water crisis in his hometown of São Paulo -- recently toured the state and installed his eye-catching artworks in lake...

Game designer Jane McGonigal firmly believes that video games are not just about mashing buttons and getting to the next level. In fact, during her talk at TEDGlobal 2012, McGonigal gave several surprising statistics: that online gaming can be more effective than pharmaceuticals in treating clinical depression and that just 30 minutes a day ...

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...

In his TEDGlobal 2013 talk, Fabian Oefner shares breathtaking images at the nexus of art and science, which beautifully capture unique moments of physical and chemical drama. Formally trained in art and design, Oefner says that he has always been interested in science. Though he can’t pinpoint the exact moment when he became interested in pai...

Most people rarely feel compelled to stare at grains of sand. But when those same grains are magnified hundreds of times and rendered in three dimensions, they appear like individual pieces of colored glass crafted by a skilled artist -- no two pieces the same. In today’s TEDTalk, photographer turned microbiologist turned inventor Gary Gr...

There aren’t many places on earth more mythical than the Galápagos Islands, the archipelago that sparked Charles Darwin to form his theory of evolution almost two centuries ago. Protected as a World Heritage Site, they're bursting with life, from ancient tortoises to Darwin's finches to bright sea creatures. But as a place for people to live...

David Pogue is a member of a very select club. As of today, he’s one of the few people with four talks featured on TED.com. (Two others who've reached this mark: Julian Treasure and Juan Enriquez.) Yes, we've shown you his talks on simplicity in tech design, cool phone tricks and the downloading wars. But we just couldn't help but add this c...

Monica Araya made a big prediction on the TED stage in 2016: Costa Rica, her home country, would be the first nation in the world to pursue 100% renewable energy. Fast forward to 2018, and they’re on their way. Costa Rica already generates over 99% of their electricity through renewable energy, and went 300 days on clean energy in 2017. An...

Can eating a root take you back to your roots? Find out with these two delicious manioc recipes from Brazilian chef Teresa Corção of the restaurant O Navegador. Manioc—otherwise known as yucca, cassava, mogo or tapioca—is a root that hails from Brazil. It's now found all over the world -- it’s the staple food for an estimated 500 million people...

Half of the American preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD are given drugs to treat the symptoms. Is that necessary? Is there another way? Neurobiologist David Anderson is alarmed by the idea of drugging children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Especially during adolescence, when changing levels of sex hormo...

About this event: AFRICA. A continent of motivated entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers, of goods, gold and oil, of growth. A continent of people and progress, of life and culture, of emerging science and technology. A continent of building economies, visionaries and leaders. A continent described as “rising”. AFRICA, a continent with a beating heart, a continen...

Two African cooks walk into a bar; 30 seconds later they are arguing over whose country’s jollof rice is better. Or so the corny joke would go. The truth is, I really had no idea what would happen if we got Senegal-born chef Pierre Thiam (TED Talk: A Forgotten Ancient Grain That Could Help Africa Prosper) and Nigerian jollof promoter Ozoz So...

Andrew Bastawrous dreams of a bakery in Nakuru, Kenya, that will not only make delicious treats but raise money for subsidized vision care. Robert Simpson envisions First Responders, a program to make satellite data available to citizen scientists in crisis situations, to guide aid efforts from afar. Cesar Harada wants to create larger prototype...

Collected by Felicia Kamriani ... nuggets of wisdom and insight from last week's TEDxSummit: “The bigger the dream, the smaller the competition.” Javier Yunes, TEDxRosario “The city you get is the city you build.” Norman  Lee, TEDxManitoba “The best team is the one you already have.” Julian Dominguez Yates, TEDxRosario “Don’t ...

About this event: #tedxvictoria2014 On Saturday, November 22nd, the fourth-annual TEDxVictoria took place at the McPherson Playhouse in Victoria, BC, Canada. Our theme was "Pursuit of Knowledge" - and with that ambition in mind we hoped to bring our audience some of the most mind-expanding, informative, inspirational, and interesting ideas from throughout t...

Crossposted from the TED Fellows blog: We're super excited to pair up with TED Fellow Perry Chen's Kickstarter to launch the new TED Fellows Curated Page, dedicated to highlighting the Kickstarter projects of past and present TED Fellows. Check back often to see what the Fellows are up to and help spread the word so that all Fellows reach...

Taylor Wilson has been called “The Boy Who Played With Fusion” by Popular Science magazine. At age 9, Wilson stunned tour guides at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with his complex understanding of rocket science. At 12, he set out to make a “star in a jar.” By 14, Wilson had become the youngest person to achieve nuc...

As usual, the TED community has been very busy over the past week. Below, a few newsy highlights. Seafaring robots. TED Fellow Cesar Harada’s startup, Scoutbots, was recently named one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Innovative Companies in China. Based in Hong Kong, Scoutbots uses open-source technology and highly bendable, durable materials to c...

Imagine driving through a downpour and coming out with a dry car. Mark Shaw produces Ultra Ever-Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that may sound mundane but makes for one astonishing demo. The superhydrophobic coating acts as a shield against pretty much any liquids. When the coating is applied to a surface, it coats it with nanoparticles, ...

It's the last day of TEDGlobal 2013, which means goodbyes and premature reminiscing. Onward: In session 11, "Tech Impact," we heard about the dangers and delights of our accelerated technological age. We're doomed! No we're not! Yes we are! And in session 12, "All Together Now," we held mental hands and were reminded that, in spite of it all...

With just three weeks to go before the 2012 presidential election in the US, eyes around the world are on the contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. As shown in last night's debate, the election may well come down to a few key issues. So what matters most to Americans? The TED Blog read this Gallup poll on the issues that citizens wan...