TED Talks: Moschen
Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don’t think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion.
TED Talks: Kary Mullis
Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and […]
TED Talks: Norman Foster
Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and ‘basically pollution-free.’ From the 2007 DLD Conference, in Munich. […]
TED Talks: Burtynsky
Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images — stunning landscapes that document humanity’s impact on the world — help persuade millions to join […]
TED Talks: Philip Rosedale
Why build a virtual world? Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second Life, and its underpinnings in human creativity. It’s a place so different that anything could […]
TED Talks: Lennart Green
Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, ‘Pick a card, any card.’ But what he does with those cards is pure magic — […]
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: Petranek
How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race.
TED Talks: Eisen
Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes — both the pathogens that make us sick and the ‘good’ microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping […]
TED Talks: Tim Brown
From the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown from Ideo talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play.