Hans Rosling writes: So it did happen! Just hours ago World Bank president did completely change the World Bank data policy. This story shows the power of Ideas worth spreading. The story runs in 5 acts: 1. My TED2006 talk yielded Google’s acquisition of software from Gapminder. 2. Tim Berners-Lee add pressure for free data […]
This February in Long Beach, the band Ozomatli played a legendary set at TED2010’s Wednesday-night block party. As a keepsake from that fabulous night, check out the video above for “Malagasy Shock,” from Ozomatli’s new album, Fire Away. Fire Away drops today as the band celebrates its 15-year anniversary — April 23, in fact, is […]
(Photo: TED / Asa Mathat) SETI Institute, an interdisciplinary scientific organization that explores the nature of life throughout the universe, announced that starting today it will make large quantities of astronomical radio telescope data accessible to astronomers and other scientists as part of an effort to build a global community of searchers for evidence of […]
A choir as big as the Internet 185 voices from 12 countries join a choir that spans the globe: “Lux Aurumque,” composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre, merges hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube. It’s an astonishing illustration of how technology can connect us. Watch Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir perform “Lux Aurumque” […]
How to describe what happened last week? A Galapagos sea-voyage of 100 people (including Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, Steve Case, Ted Waitt, Bill Joy, Jackson Browne, Damien Rice, Chevy Chase, Jean-Michel Cousteau and 30 of the world’s leading marine scientists) turned into an epic event that may have significant […]
Just before Session 7, Ecuador’s vice president, Lenín Moreno, boarded the Endeavor to address the Mission Blue gathering. Lenín Moreno: “The animals of Galapagos have learned to live in peace. This small island should be an example to the world.” Greg Stone has been called the “Indiana Jones of the Pacific.” He talks about how […]
Session 6 of Mission Blue Voyage wasn’t a traditional TED speaker session — instead, it was a time for people in the audience to get up and champion their own ideas. Back on the first night of Mission Blue, seven “idea champions” stood up to pitch an idea. (An eighth champion came on board the […]
Shark diver Mike Rutzen: Sharks form a social hierarchy better than any military. Edith Widder: Bioluminescence has evolved 40 to 50 separate times in history. What makes it so important to animals? Fred Grassle: The rate of discovery of new species in sea mud is a steep graph up. Mike deGruy: “I first fell in […]
Rob Dunbar: We need ocean targets for climate change. Most oceanographers say 450 CO2 is too high. Stephen Palumbi: “We’re making the ocean unhappy. And if the ocean ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Chevy Chase: “I don’t fish, just never have. But if fish could scream, I don’t think anyone would fish.” Dee Boersma: “I’ve […]
An initiative of TOMS Shoes, One Day Without Shoes is a day to spread awareness about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life. They ask people to go the day, part of the day or even just a few minutes, barefoot, to experience a life without shoes first-hand — […]
In 2008, a few of the astonishing objects from Jay Walker‘s Library of Human Imagination provided the backdrop to the TED main stage — and Jay Walker conducted a fun, three-part show-and-tell. Now, for the first time, he has allowed video cameras inside. We’re pleased to give you this sneak peek: Last week, TED Blog […]
We asked our Twitter fans on @missionblue to share their ideas for saving the ocean. Here’s a sampling of what they replied: @galapa_gal: Placing GPS units on all registered vessels like they are doing now in Galapagos good idea however pirates still fish @oceanuni: fund research in healthcare to reduce amount of plastics/ improve disposal/ […]
Kristina Gjerde: How do we monitor the open ocean? Using technology from space exploration. Barton Seaver: Just because there’s cod at the counter, doesn’t mean there’s enough cod in the sea. Damien Rice: “We have 12 minutes 37 seconds to write a song. Give me a chord and name an emotion.” Enric Sala: In a […]
Barbara Block: We know very little about tuna. It’s the 21st century but we really have just begun studying the oceans. Brian Skerry: The ocean’s not a grocery store; we can’t keep taking and not paying. Daniel Pauly: Ocean simluations draw gasps now, because we know we are seeing what we have lost. Dianna Cohen: […]
As attendees of the Mission Blue Voyage were having their breakfast, they were treated to one of the rarer sightings in the Galapagos — a couple of orcas swimming close to the Endeavor. Luckily, Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute managed to snap a few close-ups of the giant beauties. Keep following all […]
At the end of the first day of the Mission Blue Voyage, seven Idea Champions with marine and environmental expertise across disciplines pitched their big ideas for ocean protection and restoration. These ideas will form the building blocks for actions pursued by the Mission Blue team in the months to come, as they continue in […]