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10:56

Oscar Schwartz

Can a computer write poetry?

Posted Jan 2016
12:03

Ann Morgan

My year reading a book from every country in the world

Posted Nov 2015
12:05

Genevieve von Petzinger

Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?

Posted Nov 2015
8:00

B.E.A.T. NYC

B.E.A.T. NYC performs at TED@StateStreet

Posted Nov 2015
13:53

Mandy Len Catron

Falling in love is the easy part

Posted Sep 2015
4:38

Claire Bowern

Where did English come from?

Posted Jul 2015
4:38

Bassam Tariq

The beauty and diversity of Muslim life

Posted Jan 2015
12:56

Harry Baker

The power of self-acceptance

Posted Nov 2014
7:18

Elizabeth Gilbert

Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

Posted Apr 2014
5:03

Kate Messner

How to build a fictional world

Posted Jan 2014
13:11

Parul Sehgal

An ode to envy

Posted Oct 2013
11:55

Andrew Fitzgerald

Adventures in Twitter fiction

Posted Oct 2013
8:10

Saki Mafundikwa

Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets

Posted Aug 2013
14:01

Pico Iyer

Where is home?

Posted Jul 2013
13:20

Daniel Suarez

The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

Posted Jun 2013
18:30

Joshua Prager

In search of the man who broke my neck

Posted Apr 2013
16:57

Young-ha Kim

Be an artist, right now!

Posted Feb 2013
18:40

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

How a boy became an artist

Posted Jan 2013
16:46

Annie Murphy Paul

What we learn before we're born

Posted Nov 2011
14:08

Jean-Baptiste Michel + Erez Lieberman Aiden

What we learned from 5 million books

Posted Sep 2011
11:26

Courtney E. Martin

This isn't her mother's feminism

Posted Mar 2011
17:33

Neil Pasricha

The 3 A's of awesome

Posted Jan 2011
19:01

Michael Specter

The danger of science denial

Posted Apr 2010
1h 27m

Douglas Adams

Parrots, the universe and everything

Posted Mar 2010
17:08

James Cameron

Before Avatar ... a curious boy

Posted Mar 2010
20:58

JK Rowling

The fringe benefits of failure

Posted Jan 2010
3:02

Taylor Mali

What teachers make

Posted Jan 2010
9:30

James Geary

Metaphorically speaking

Posted Dec 2009
17:53

Shashi Tharoor

Why nations should pursue soft power

Posted Nov 2009
18:49

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The danger of a single story

Posted Oct 2009
19:30

Misha Glenny

The real story of McMafia — how global crime networks work

Posted Sep 2009
17:24

Felix Dennis

Odes to vice and consequences

Posted Jun 2009
16:43

Mary Roach

10 things you didn't know about orgasm

Posted May 2009
23:17

C.K. Williams

Poetry of youth and age

Posted Mar 2009
19:09

Elizabeth Gilbert

Your elusive creative genius

Posted Feb 2009
12:36

Sherwin Nuland

The extraordinary power of ordinary people

Posted Jan 2009