The real lever of a meaningful life isn’t intelligence or hustle — it’s personal agency, says Cate Hall, former Supreme Court attorney and once the world’s...
What if we could hear nature’s ultrasonic communication — and talk back? From a bat’s shrill speech to a peacock’s infrasound mating call, conservation technology researcher...
When someone you love is going through a difficult time, what do you say? Despite your best intentions, author Katherine May argues offering help or shying...
Clean energy visionary Lei Zhang loves the Gobi Desert — the most Mars-like place on Earth. Why? Because of the promise it holds to provide the...
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Common knowledge is the secret engine of social life, letting us coordinate everything from meet-ups to markets to international diplomacy. With wit and wisdom, he invites...
In a tour de force set, multidisciplinary artist and composer Samora Pinderhughes performs four moving songs — “Tongues,” “Gatsby,” “Masculinity” and “Process/Forgive Yourself” — accompanied by...
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If you want to get offline and [re]connect with yourself, try taking a boredom walk. In this first episode of our brand new TED original series...
Can art help us usefully address polarizing issues such as gender, abortion or race? In a performance of “Faces of X” — a series that seeks...