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   Artist Yinka Ilori believes that joy is inherited handed down through the colors, rituals and gatherings of the people who raised you. In this...

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   Six months into a catastrophic war in Iran and with no end in sight for the war in Ukraine the world is embroiled in conflicts with no apparent exit...

   Is authoritarianism winning, or is democracy just failing to deliver? Communications strategist Sally Kohn lays out how democracy has evolved before...

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   Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and...

   Irish musician and songwriter Wallis Bird received her first guitar at six months old and has been chasing music ever since. After her TED2026...

   In a globe-trotting career that has spanned corporations, governments, nonprofits and philanthropy, Rosita Najmi has often found herself translating...

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   As a self-proclaimed radical street librarian, Storybook Maze makes books appear where they’re scarce. Through initiatives like free, public book...

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   Most of the technology powering life in Europe today chatbots, the cloud, digital infrastructure is owned by companies in the United States. Writer...

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   Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains...

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   Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like...

   When professional child actor Suki Hillier landed the title role in Matilda The Musical, she thought she would have to learn how to become someone...

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   You’ve probably heard the warnings about digital privacy: read the terms of service, think before you share, be careful what you click. But AI...

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