Dan Clay was worried about being dismissed as "too gay" at work, so he dialed down his personality. But then his alter ego, Carrie Dragshaw, went viral online. Here's what happened next.

We're not done with anatomy. We know a tremendous amount about genomics, proteomics and cell biology, but as Diane Kelly makes clear at TEDMED, there are basic facts about the human body we're still learning. Case in point: How does the mammalian erection work?

The problem with music, says Tim Exile, is that it's so perfect. For those of us who didn't grow up playing an instrument, we're often too afraid to try because it doesn't sound like the masterful music we hear. In a talk-performance hybrid, Exile demos a software instrument that he designed to allow anyone, whether they have musical training or...

While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.

Outside.in's Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere, life goes on.

Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

Lo street artist vede il muro con una prospettiva diversa. Quello che per gli altri è una barriera per un artista può diventare l'opportunità per riflettere e per lanciare dei messaggi. Ma i muri non sono solo fisici e Tony Gallo ci racconta i muri della sua vita che grazie all'arte non solo sono diventati più chiari, ma in alcuni casi sono stat...

Danny Kelly explains and discusses how 5G will open up endless possibilities for technology in all sectors.

“The only normal people are those we don't know well." This quote from Adler is an inspiration to Tina Kelley's research-based poem about the “average” American. Tina's poem is heart felt, provoking and funny - and encapsulates both global themes and those she encounters in her own suburban town in New Jersey, which at times is anything but normal.

Why is it that we tend to overvalue the cost of things we own, like our homes, but undervalue the most personal things about us, like our time, our self-worth, our self-view? Citing a career in real estate and pricing homes as context for our own self-valuation, entrepreneur Tina Caul delivers a heart-felt and funny talk, asking "are you a shack...

The search for paranormal is normal. We don't want to let go of loved ones; we hear and see phenomena that are strange and eerie. But is the search internal or external? What does a paranormal experience say about ourselves?