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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American At TED Education, we're obsessed with ...

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 ...

A year ago, University of Alabama professor Sarah Parcak won a $1 million TED Prize for her work in "space archaeology" -- using satellite imagery beamed down from space to search for archaeological ...