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This year has been marked by upheaval on a global scale — and many of us are wondering: What will happen next? Satellite archaeologist and TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak shares three examples from the ancient past that offer lessons for today.

When Michelangelo’s ambitious paintings premiered in the sixteenth century, they touched off a very modern-sounding social media scandal, says art historian Elizabeth Lev.

Beautiful water hyacinth was strangling the life out of waterside communities in Nigeria, but entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba saw potential in the plague.

17-year-old entrepreneur, Avani Singh, empowers women in New Delhi, India, to earn a living and gain financial freedom.

15-year old Julia Bluhm is a ballet dancer and body image activist. You might see a disconnect, but Julia sees an opportunity; having seen her ballet friends struggle with body issues, she decided to do something about it.

乔治·西蒙斯于2008年开设了第一门大规模开放在线课程（MOOC）。他回顾了MOOCs从狂热炒作到争议四起的历程，分析了高等教育面临的结构性挑战，并展望了企业MOOCs、个性化学习、全球化扩张及学历认证变革等未来趋势，认为这场对传统高等教育的冲击值得被欢迎。

We tend to think of AI as faster and better versions of human brains, but if we want technology to progress by leads and bounds, we must make AI that is like nothing else on Earth, says digital visionary Kevin Kelly.

Copenhagener Ole Kassow launched a program to help elderly Danes get back on bicycles. Now volunteer pilots in 29 countries are taking their passengers on the road.

So many of us say we’ll start writing “as soon as” — as soon as we feel like it, as soon as we retire, as soon as we win the lottery. Here are thirteen pieces of advice to help you sit down and do it, shared by essayist and novelist Anne Lamott.

Micro-mechanician Bill Robertson builds sophisticated, fully working replicas of rare tools, gadgets and houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. His exquisite creations put history’s hidden details in the palms of our hands.