This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What I love about the annual TED gathering in ...

Editor’s Note: Beau Lotto is founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab based in London. He spoke at TEDGlobal 2012 in Edinburgh, U.K., in June. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas ...

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The organization behind the TED talks took what might have been an embarrassing bit of publicity and turned it into an opportunity to define what constitutes decent scientific information. Although ...

TED Talks: Science and Wonder premieres on PBS Wednesday, March 30, 2016. In this excerpt from the PBS special TED Talks: Science and Wonder, Pixar's Director of Photography and Lighting Danielle ...

In the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas aren’t supposed to be challenged, says Martin Robbins. By Martin Robbins I’ve long been amused by the slogan of TED, makers of ...