TED Fellows Program

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TED Fellows on the Ideas blog

11 book and music recommendations that will ignite your imagination

Want to get your creative juices flowing? We’ve got just the thing for you. Filmmaker and writer Wanuri Kahiu and sci-fi author Charlie Jane Anders know more than a thing or two ab...

A scientist explores: What if we could inoculate people against depression and trauma?

When approaching diseases, scientists usually look for two things — ways to cure them and ways to prevent them. But with mental illnesses, we have neither. For example, SSRIs are ...

Not ready to be vegan? Here are 5 tweaks to make your diet more Earth-friendly

Feeding the world’s 7.6 billion people is taking a serious toll on the planet. Global food production accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, and agricultural sys...

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