This conversation between the head of TED, Chris Anderson and NYU professor Scott Galloway explores the widespread impact of Galloway's recent TED talk, which received both overwhelmingly positive feedback and constructive pushback....

What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

Black history in the US is rich, profound -- and at risk of being lost forever, if not for the monumental efforts of Julieanna L. Richardson. As the founder of The HistoryMakers -- the largest national archive of African American...

Hank summarizes the exciting news about Planetary Resources, a company with plans to mine near-earth asteroids for precious metals and water, and what these plans might mean for humanity's future in space.

With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.

Over the next 200 years, we can expect all of the Earth's glaciers to disappear -- unless we act now, says writer Andri Snær Magnason. Telling the story of the Okjökull glacier in Iceland, the first glacier lost to climate change,...

The past is different from the future. Why?

Jessi got a nose bleed while playing outside. In order to make it less scary, Jessi and Squeaks explain why they happen, and how to take care of them.

Civilization rests upon the existence of language, says language creator David Peterson. In a talk that's equal parts passionate and hilarious, he shows how studying, preserving and inventing new languages helps us understand our...

Howcast - Learn how to say the days and months in English in this Howcast tutorial with ESL teacher Megan Brach.

Howcast - Find out how to be a better you by learning the secrets of self-actualization from life coach Stephanie Florman in this Howcast video.

Howcast - Check out part 21 of this L.A. Noire walkthrough and beat "The Fallen Idol" with this online demo.

Howcast -Check out part 41 of this walkthrough for the open world brawler, Batman: Arkham City and infiltrate the Sionis Steel Mill (again).

British actor Himesh Patel speaks with The Independent on working with comedy legend Armando Iannucci and director Sam Mendes on new HBO comedy series The Franchise. In the show, Patel plays first assistant director in a crew working on...

Pupil outcome: I can use yesterday and tomorrow to describe events. Key learning points: - To explain when events happen in a week we can use yesterday and tomorrow.

Rap song all about the simple tense

Meet Alex Carozza, the cherished accordion repairman of New York, sharing his lifelong dedication and the deep bonds formed through music.

Why did Twitter recently impose a rate limit for all users? The official reason is to combat web scrapers and bots, but others have speculated it's related to issues managing cloud resources.

OpenAI just announced Sora, a state-of-the-art video generation AI model. Let's find out how Sora works and predict the ways it will change the world.

Let's take a first look at Claude 3, the latest LLM from Anthropic and see how it compares to GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra. Is Claude Opus the best AI tool for writing code?

The Digital Markets Act in the EU has caused widespread changes in big tech at companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, and Meta. Recently, Apple banned Epic Games in the EU and possibly broke the law by violating DMA.

OpenAI recently announced a new model called GPT-4o, just days before Google I/O. Let's recap the announcements at Google I/O and determine who is currently winning the artificial intelligence race

At WWDC 2024, Apple announced it's first major AI feature "Apple Intelligence", which brings a suite of new tools to the iPhone and Mac. Apple has it's own foundation models, but will also rely on OpenAI in the cloud for certain AI jobs.

What changed in the tech industry over the last year? Let's look at 10 trends in tech, AI, programming, hardware, and more for the year 2024.