Magnes Collection

The collected works of pioneering photographer Roman Vishniac (1887-1990) have found a home in The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley. Here The Magnes’ curator, Francesco […]

Negative Numbers: An Overview

In this video, you’ll learn more about negative numbers. This video includes information on: understanding what negative numbers mean and how they work, using numbers less than zero, using number […]

TED Talks: David Dow

What happens before a murder? In looking for ways to reduce death penalty cases, David R. Dow realized that a surprising number of death row inmates had similar biographies. In […]

TED Talks: Sheikha Al Mayassa

Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, talks about how art and culture create a country’s identity — and allow every country to share its […]

TED Talks: Massimo Banzi

Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that’s inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine — from toys […]

TED Talks: Megan Kamerick

How do you tell women’s stories? Ask women to tell them. At TEDxABQ, Megan Kamerick shows how the news media underrepresents women as reporters and news sources, and because of […]

TED Talks: Ed Ulbrich

Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt’s face for ‘The Curious Case […]

TED Talks: Johanna Blakley

Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they’re becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows […]

TED Talks: Arredondo

Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in and out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a […]