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Computing a theory of everything: Stephen Wolfram on TED.com

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Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational — able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the physics underlying the universe. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 19:58) Watch Stephen []

Making political change with pen and paper: Omar Ahmad on TED.com

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Politicians are strange creatures, says California politician Omar Ahmad. And the best way to engage them on your pet issue is a handwritten letter. He shows why old-fashioned correspondence is more effective than email, phone or even writing a check, and breaks down the four simple steps to writing a letter that works. (Recorded at []

Business

Build a tower, build a team: Tom Wujec on TED.com

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Tom Wujec presents his research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average? (Recorded at TED University 2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. []

Invention

Bio-lab on a microchip: Frederick Balagadde on TED.com

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Drugs alone can’t stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab — by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip. (Recorded at TED University 2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. []

Different by design: Monday night's TED Salon in London

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“There will be very little volcano talk tonight,” said TED’s European Director Bruno Giussani, kicking off Monday night’s TED Salon at the Unicorn Theatre in London. The theme of the evening: “Different by Design.” 
Like most events in London, the Salon — organized with TEDGlobal partner frog design — had been disrupted by the Icelandic []

Oceans

Glowing life in an underwater world: Edith Widder on TED.com

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Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light — and we know very little about how or why. Deep-sea biologist Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and surprising insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean. (Recorded on the Mission Blue Voyage, April 2010 on the []

TEDxVolcano, the world's first flash forum: Pics and roundups

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“Who’s stranded?” TED’s June Cohen asks the audience of 100+ at TEDxVolcano yesterday. Photo: TED / Robert Leslie Watch the saved livestream of TEDxVolcano >> See photos of TEDxVolcano from Robert Leslie >> Roundups, livetweets and post-event musings: From Marcia Stepanek at JustMeans >> … also from Marcia Stepanek at Cause Global >> From Think: []

TEDxVolcano: Explosive, impromptu, livestreamed tonight!

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Stranded by the ash cloud, inspired by the just-concluded Skoll World Forum, and temporarily headquartered in one of the world’s greatest cities, a group of entrepreneurs, thinkers, tinkerers and creatives is throwing an unprecendented TEDx event: TEDxVolcano. Put together in 48 hours by TEDster Nathaniel Whittemore with the support of TED (including host June Cohen), []

The TEDxStockholm Week — an idea worth spreading?

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In this special guest blog, Teo Härén, co-founder of TEDxStockholm, explains the concept behind TEDxStockholm week, which will begin tomorrow (April 17) and run until April 24. It is all there in the TED tagline, isn’t it? — “Ideas worth spreading”: Three words that say it all. Three words that all TED lovers know. But []

Five Webby nominations for TED.com, TED Prize. Vote for us!

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We’re thrilled to report that TED.com is nominated in five categories for the 2010 Webby Awards. Log in and vote for us! Best Copy / Writing: http://on.ted.com/8GGD Best Visual Design – Function: http://on.ted.com/8GGL Best Event: http://on.ted.com/8GGM Best Radio / Podcast: http://on.ted.com/8GGN Best Religion / Spiritual, for the Charter for Compassion: http://on.ted.com/8GGU The field of five []

Biology

Hooked by an octopus: Mike deGruy on TED.com

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Underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission Blue to share his awe and excitement — and his fears — about the blue heart of our planet. (Recorded on the Mission Blue Voyage, April 2010 on the National Geographic Endeavor, the Galápagos []

Building green: Catherine Mohr on TED.com

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In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house — looking at real energy numbers, not hype. What choices matter most? Not the ones you think. (Recorded at TED University 2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 6:13) []

Happy birthday, TEDx!

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of TEDx, our program to support independent TED-style events in local communities around the world. The very first TEDx event happened this time last year on the campus of the University of Southern California — and right now in Southern California, the second annual TEDxUSC is happening, a day-long event []