Lessons from TED2013 and TEDActive 2013
We’ll be updating the blog all week with lessons created by TED2013 and TEDActive 2013 attendees. Alex Dainis: Caffeine!! – Bite Sci-zed Usman Riaz: Sheet Music Made Easy Sarah Parcak: The Search For...
View ArticleAsha de Vos meets a puppet of herself
Blue whale researcher and TED Senior Fellow Asha de Vos unveiled her TED-Ed lesson today on the TED Fellows stage. The video — “Why are blue whales so enormous?” — stars a puppet version of de Vos,...
View ArticleHow to become a dinosaur hunter
Like many kids, German-Moroccan paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim nursed a fascination for dinosaurs from a young age. The difference is, he grew up and actually found one. Ibrahim vividly remembers...
View Article5 of our favorite TED-Ed Lessons written by #WomenInSTEM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Around the world, there are many excellent role models — both male and female! — for students interested in science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleHow to protect your online privacy
At the American Civil Liberties Union, privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian (TED Talk: How to avoid surveillance … with the phone in your pocket) spends much of his time thinking about how...
View ArticleHow much do you know about the women who shaped modern physics?
Theoretical physicist (and TED Fellow) Shohini Ghose has two great passions: physics, and advocating for gender equity in the sciences. “There are still relatively few women in physics — and the...
View ArticlePhotos: the most beautiful bacteria you’ll ever see
Synthetic biologist Tal Danino manipulates microorganisms in his lab to create eye-catching, colorful patterns. Here’s a look at the process he uses to turn “Oh, yuck” into “Oh, wow.” Synthetic...
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