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Bill Gates 2018 books

Bill Gates On Coronavirus vs. Economy: ‘There Is Really No Middle Ground’

"The sooner you do it in a tough way, the sooner you can undo it and go back to normal," Gates said of coronavirus shutdown.
By Sissi Cao

Woodstock Is Coming Back, but This Time It’s High-Tech

The original festival was all about peace, love and understanding. In 2019, it'll also feature 'talks from leading futurists.'
By Helen Holmes

The Future of Job Hunting Is a ‘Black Mirror’ Hellscape You Can’t Avoid

It’s based on artifice, intrigue, a lack of self awareness, and mistrust on all sides.
By A.M. Kopf
Billy Graham.

Billy Graham’s 1998 TED Talk Shows He Had Faith in Tech Too

By John Bonazzo
Esther Perel speaks at the Summit of Greatness

What Being a Couples Therapist Has Taught Esther Perel About Her Own Marriage

By Sherry Amatenstein
Pope Francis.

Two Key Takeaways From the Pope’s TED Talk

By Massimo Faggioli
Most telescopes can't actually see much at all.

A New Telescope Makes It Possible to View 300,000 Formerly Unseen Galaxies in Detail

By Sage Lazzaro
circa 1955: Mathematical physicist Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) delivers one of his recorded lectures.

Science: It Works—Except When It Doesn’t

By Brady Dale
Lawrence English

Sound Artist Lawrence English on the Power of Radical Listening

By Ryan Burleson
A scientist does science.

4 TED Talks Explain Scientists’ New Consensus Around Human Gene Modification

By Brady Dale
Concept art of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket

The Biggest Space Stories of 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Weird

By John Bonazzo
APDS instructor Dylan Alban introduces an APDS tablet to an inmate in the San Francisco County Jail.

Can Giving Prisoners Android Tablets Save Taxpayers Money?

By John Bonazzo
Caricature of Billy Collins by Pablo Lobato

Billy Collins Gleefully Needles Opaque Poets

By Daniel Asa Rose
An impromptu conversation is a political act.

To Combat Xenophobia, Do Talk to Strangers

By Kio Stark
Europa (Jupiter's moon) Europa has an under the ice crust ocean and plumes of water spraying from the cracks of the southern hemisphere, just like Enceladus. But again, this moon is not in the traditional habitable part of the solar system. “This is a fabulous set of discoveries because these moons have been in this environment like that for billions of years,” Green said. “Life started here on earth after about the first 500 million, and look where we are.”

NASA Director Reveals the 4 Places Most Likely to Have Alien Life in Our Solar System

By Sage Lazzaro
Feedback's Tristram Stuart spoke about the campaign at Union Square on Tuesday, May 10th, 2016.

Table for 5000: Food Waste Campaign Feeds Union Square

By Sonja Hansen
TED Talks' curator/Jedi, Chris Anderson

TED’s Curator Chris Anderson Details How He Avoids Drinking His Own Kool-Aid

By David Wallis
Stephan Petranek speaks about surviving on Mars at TED2015.

These 7 Steps Will Make It Possible for Humans to Live on Mars

By Sage Lazzaro
What our most innovative thinkers have in common isn't what you'd expect.

4 Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers

By Sage Lazzaro
TED attendees watch a live-stream of the conference from bean-bag chairs in a pool filled with balls on February 16, 2016 in Vancouver. The global TED Conference features speakers on trends, challenges and innovations shaping the world.

TED 2016: High Tech, Humblebrag and Gee-Whiz Converge to Share Big Ideas

By Rich Jaroslovsky

Kickstart Your Day with Some Eye-Opening Insight Into the Artistic Brain

By Jessica Paindiris and Gaia Banovich
(Photo: Ted.com)

How One Genius Comedian Trolled His Spam Emailer

By Sage Lazzaro
House of Cards Final Season Kevin Spacey

Netflix Purposely Designed ‘House of Cards’ to Be a Major Hit—Here’s How They Did It

By Sage Lazzaro
(Screengrab: Ted.com)

Is an Internet Without Wi-Fi the Future?

By Sage Lazzaro
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