The Green Dam (2006): The Green Dam is where South Africa's poorest whites are living, SABC Special Assignment went to find out more about their plight. For ...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We have medicine cabinets for common physical injuries like cuts an...

"Mind Over Money" - an entertaining and penetrating exploration of why mainstream economists failed to predict the crash of 2008 and why we so often make irrational financial decisions. The program reveals how our emotions interfere with our decision-making and explores controversial new arguments about the world of finance.

In the face of the recent crash, can a new science that aims to incorporate human psychology into finance - behavioral economics - help us make better financial decisions?

After having won and lost the 100 metres Olympic Gold Medal 25 years ago, Ben Johnson has returned to Seoul. The 1988 final has been called the Olympic's dir...

http://www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist whe...

Mr Jos Delbeke, Director General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action ("DG CLIMA") gave this lecture on 23rd April 2013 as par...

How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media -- even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thoughtful response to escalating political divisiveness. Make time (just over an hour) for this fascinating discussion between Harari and TED curator Chris Anderson.

In April 2015 Kirsty Cockburn found herself in the middle of one of the most devastating natural disasters of recent times, when the ground shook beneath her...