TED Talks: Jay Silver
Why can’t two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn’t you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge […]
TED Talks: Bill Gates
Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: ‘satisfactory.’ And with no feedback, no coaching, there’s just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even […]
TED Talks: Meg Jay
Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because […]
TED Talks: Juan Enriquez
What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the […]
TED Talks: Rose George
It’s 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there’s no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably […]
TED Talks: Laura Snyder
In 1812, four men at Cambridge University met for breakfast. What began as an impassioned meal grew into a new scientific revolution, in which these men who called themselves ‘natural […]
TED Talks: Eric Dishman
When Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago. One rectified diagnosis and a transplant later, […]
TED Talks: Branson
Richard Branson talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences — and reveals some of […]
TED Talks: Rebecca Onie
Rebecca Onie asks audacious questions: What if waiting rooms were a place to improve daily health care? What if doctors could prescribe food, housing and heat in the winter? At […]
TED Talks: Parcak
In this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of ‘space archeology’ — using satellite images to search for clues to the lost sites of past civilizations. Sarah […]