Laurel Braitman Reads Pets’ Minds: The author of “Animal Madness” explores the psychology of animals and explains how they are just as much individuals as humans are

Laurel Braitman Reads Pets' Minds


Senior TED fellow and science historian Laurel Braitman delivered one of the most engaging talks at TED’s 2014 conference. Her topic? Animal psychology…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : An obituary for the Great Barrier Reef, vintage Nike ads, life as a professional line-sitter and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. The Modern Day Pantheon One of the most memorable talks from this year’s TED conference in Vancouver was from Bran Ferren who spoke about combining art and engineering to create a modern-day Pantheon. The former…

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TED 2014: Earth and Space: A closer look at Planet Labs’ earth mapping project and the Large Synoptic Sky Survey

TED 2014: Earth and Space


In years past, the topic of space has remained a constant theme at TED conferences, and at last week’s 30th anniversary series of talks in Vancouver, BC, the expansive and always awe-inspiring topic remained on the table. While much talk has centered around a certain legendary singing Canadian astronaut,…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Casey Neistat’s Stylish Travels With effortless style and a comedic adventurous spirit, filmmaker Casey Neistat documents 17 travel tips—while wearing J. Crew’s Ludlow Traveler suit—in a three-minute, action-packed YouTube video. The suit holds up…

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TED Fellows 2014: Fifth Anniversary Talks: Five fledgling projects from the annual event, held this year in Vancouver

TED Fellows 2014: Fifth Anniversary Talks


Earlier this week, we had the privilege to witness the fifth anniversary of the TED Fellows program, one that traditionally kicks off the week of TED with a boom. While last year brought the greater creative community to…

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