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'Get yourself a bike, mate!': how cycling is challenging Santiago's social barriers
Back in 1980, a Chilean bank ran a TV advert in which a man cycles across Santiago to meet his sweetheart. As he wobbles through the traffic, a bouquet of flowers in his hand, motorists, builders and school kids ridicule him. “Cómprate un auto, perico!” they shout – Read More...
Fighting climate change with cloning 3000-year old trees
California’s sequoia trees can be 3,000 years old, and scientists believe their size and robustness make them ideal for absorbing greenhouse gases that drive climate change on the planet. Some compare them to people who drink and smoke all their lives, yet thrive well into their 90s. That’s why Read More...
This startup uses tiny antennas to turn heat into electricity
The ongoing development of technology allows for ever more innovative ways to generate energy. That’s why the world may very well succeed in halting global warming trends. Who could have thought that it would be possible to capture the waste heat from power plants and factories with antennas that Read More...
NASA has a new mission: Improving food security in Africa
NASA is offering its earth-observing satellites to help nations in Africa manage crop production as well as natural disasters. The program is initially focused on the Sahel region in West Africa. The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change, where rising Read More...
In the most efficient economy people live longer and happier lives
The Happy Planet Index ranks countries based on how efficiently their residents can live long, happy lives right now, and in the future. The index challenges the conventional wisdom that wealth equates to delivering a successful economy: Most advanced nations don’t have a place in the top 20 of Read More...
Basic food rules for a long, healthy life
If you knew exactly what makes a basic ideal diet—and my intention is that you will in about five minutes' time—you would have great power to take control of your own health. Most people don't know, unfortunately, because what makes an ideal diet isn't common knowledge. Nutrition isn't Read More...
What should you read this summer? A mega reading list
Okay, so it’s not summer everywhere right now. But whatever the weather, it’s always time to read a good book. So we compiled summer reading recommendations from TED speakers, and then organized them according to the various situations in which you might find yourself now or throughout Read More...
Why clean-tech and driverless cars are the future of ‘German engineering’
The day when intelligent, automated cars will ferry many of us around is still a long way off. But even partly automated vehicles, such as Tesla’s Model S, have recently raised questions about their safety and reliability. And amid mounting scrutiny over this technology, German officials are Read More...
Electric car sales could overtake fossil fuels by 2027
Electric power could be the dominant form of propulsion for all new cars sold in the UK as early as 2027, with more than 1.3 million electric cars registered each year, according to forecast analysis by Go Ultra Low, the government and industry-backed campaign. This means that, according to Go Read More...
Painting peace in the Middle East
This Arabic artist fuses calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted across 50 buildings in Manshiyat Naser, a district of Cairo, Read More...