[+] Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning ...

[-] Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day," Tammet shares his art and his passion for languages in this glimpse into his beautiful mind

[+] A Moment of Science Soap has been used for cleaning ...

[-] A Moment of Science Soap has been used for cleaning for many years, but it wasn't until modern chemists began to understand its structure that anyone knew how soap worked.

[+] Jane Goodall, the primatologist, speaks a little bit about her ...

[-] Jane Goodall, the primatologist, speaks a little bit about her work with chimpanzees in the wild, but mainly about the dangers Earth is suffering as a result of human action.

[+] A TED Talk where the scientist Susan Savage-Rumbaugh describes her ...

[-] A TED Talk where the scientist Susan Savage-Rumbaugh describes her work with Kanzi, the bonobo (a species of apes) that understand oral English, and other bonobos.

[+] Butte College in California hosts a massive solar array, which ...

[-] Butte College in California hosts a massive solar array, which allows it to produce more electricity than it uses. David Biello reports

[+] In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools ...

[-] In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating "the optimum TEDTalk" based on user ratings. How do you rate it? "Jaw-dropping"? "Unconvincing"? Or just plain "Funny"?

[+] Extreme runner Ray Zahab shares an enthusiastic account of his ...

[-] Extreme runner Ray Zahab shares an enthusiastic account of his record-breaking trek on foot to the South Pole -- a 33-day sprint through the snow.

[+] It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster. Designer ...

[-] It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster. Designer Thomas Thwaites found out the hard way, by attempting to build one from scratch: mining ore for steel, deriving plastic from oil ... it's frankly amazing he got as far as he got. A parable of our interconnected society, for designers and consumers alike.

[+] TED was founded in 1984, and the conference was held ...

[-] TED was founded in 1984, and the conference was held annually from 1990 in Monterey, California. TED's early emphasis was largely technology and design, consistent with a Silicon Valley center of gravity. They address an increasingly wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, educator Salman Khan, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners.