Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy shares the thrill: This is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of a planet orbiting a star like our own. And that’s not all: we also have a second picture showing TWO planets orbiting a second star! (Calm down. Breathe, breathe.) Read the whole […]
Artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art — by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size. Beyond the whimsy, of course, is a serious message, to honor and balance creativity and messiness, form and chaos. (Recorded February […]
At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA’s legendary Jet Propulsion Lab — including tales and video from the Mars Rover project. (Recorded May 2008 in Pasadena, California. Duration: 28:17.) Watch Charles Elachi’s talk from Serious Play 2008 on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and […]
Political scientist Samantha Power tells the story of a complicated hero, Sergio Vieira de Mello. This UN diplomat walked a thin moral line, negotiating with the world’s worst dictators to help their people survive crisis. It’s a compelling story told with a fiery passion. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 23:08.) Watch Samantha […]
Physicist Lee Smolin talks about how the scientific community works: as he puts it, “we fight and argue as hard as we can,” but everyone accepts that the next generation of scientists will decide who’s right. And, he says, that’s how democracy works, too. (Recorded February 2003 in Monterey, California. Duration: 12:25.) Watch Lee […]
What’s the science behind a sublime perfume? With charm and precision, biophysicist Luca Turin explains the molecular makeup — and the art — of a scent. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, California. Duration: 15:53.) Watch Luca Turin’s talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other […]
Update: I’m hearing more and more reports of RSS troubles during our Big Re-Upload — for instance, for some people using Google Reader, which picks up on every change to a video asset. I apologize for the duplicate RSS listings that some of you are seeing (and hope that, among the multiple hits, there’s a […]
From the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown from Ideo talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play — with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t). (Recorded May 2008 in Pasadena, California. Duration: 27:58.) Watch Tim Brown’s talk from Serious Play 2008 on TED.com, […]
For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years, without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 19:24.) Watch John Francis’ talk from TED2008 on […]
On this pivotal day, as Americans tweet, blog, IM, and update our Facebook status about the election, we take a look at the event that first showed the world the power of user-created media. Journalist James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, […]
Inventor Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of Planet Ocean (a.k.a. “Earth”). It’s a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, California. Duration: 12:10.) Watch Graham Hawkes’s talk from TED2005 on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment […]
Over the weekend, we tweaked the typeface used on TED.com to make our Talk and Speaker pages more readable. It’s a small change, but we hope it makes the experience of watching a TEDTalk and learning about a speaker more pleasant. Thanks to the TED.com members and fans who suggested this improvement! If you notice […]
The winner receives $1, and more important — a wish to change something in the office. They were encouraged to think big (but cheap). Our amazing video team took time out from the Big Re-Upload to snag the prize with Joe the Encoder (left). We didn’t catch their wish, actually. Maybe next year.
For the past three weeks, TED’s video team has been working on a giant project — to re-encode and re-upload all our TEDTalks video, replace the old (loud) opening titles and fix some bugs. As the project moves along, the team has found a few other things they want to fix, so we’re anticipating it’ll […]
Filmmaker Newton Aduaka shows clips from his powerful, lyrical feature film Ezra, about a child soldier in Sierra Leone. (Recorded June 2007 at TEDGlobal 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania. Duration: 18:43.) Watch Newton Aduaka’s talk from TEDGlobal 2007 on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks […]
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