Many of us experience sexual problems but very few seek out the help of a physician as the topic still feels taboo. Yet tending to such a condition might save not only a relationship but also your ...
Outside.in's Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected & yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster s...
Joseph Lekuton, a member of Kenya's parliament, tells the story of his own extraordinary education, & then a parable of how Africa itself can grow. His message of hope for Kenya in particular has neve...
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions s...
As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author & scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to f...
Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological & cultural...
Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats & graphs.
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own & then taught other kids. Asking, what else can childr...