Ted articles

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  Article

  Watch this: how the letter 'x' came to represent the unknown

  By Matt Brian on May 8, 2013 07:28 am + 53 comments

  In mathematics, the letter 'x' is used to denote an independent variable. It also once described the Continue reading…

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  Article

  TED withdraws support for upcoming TEDx event, didn't meet guidelines for 'solid science'

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 1, 2013 04:58 pm + 14 comments

  TED has revoked a license it provided to organizers of the TEDxWestHollywood event, which allowed Continue reading…

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  Article

  Woolly mammoth rising: can we bring extinct animals back to life?

  By Russell Brandom on March 18, 2013 12:22 pm + 167 comments

  Ben Novak wants to bring back the passenger pigeon. The last living specimen died in 1914, but they Continue reading…

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  Video

  Inside TED

  on March 5, 2013 11:16 am

  For more details on TED, check out our complete feature here. Continue reading…

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  Feature

  Inside TED: the smartest bubble in the world

  By Joshua Topolsky on March 5, 2013 11:10 am + 201 comments

  Imagine, if you will, a snow globe. Wait, the snow globe is in California — Long Beach to be Continue reading…

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  Article

  Vint Cerf envisions an interspecies internet for communicating with animals and aliens

  By Bryan Bishop on February 28, 2013 10:03 pm + 24 comments

  In a TED talk this evening, internet pioneer Vint Cerf took the stage to describe how the internet Continue reading…

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  Feature

  Beyond televangelism: inside TED's new gospel

  By Trent Wolbe on February 27, 2013 04:34 pm + 69 comments

  A year ago today the avalanche of Prometheus viral marketing began with a YouTube video from Continue reading…

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  Article

  Sergey Brin on the touchscreen: 'it's kind of emasculating'

  By Russell Brandom on February 27, 2013 01:24 pm + 299 comments

  Google's Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at the TED conference for ten minutes this morning, s Continue reading…

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  Article

  Online education wins big as TED awards $1 million to pioneer Sugata Mitra

  By Adi Robertson on February 27, 2013 12:10 pm + 11 comments

  "Big ideas" conference TED has awarded its 2013 prize to Sugata Mitra, a longtime educational expert Continue reading…

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  Article

  SpaceTop 3D interface lets you reach inside your computer screen

  By Amar Toor on February 26, 2013 07:56 am + 28 comments

  A graduate student at MIT has developed a 3D computer interface that could radically alter the way Continue reading…