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Bren Smith wants to create thousands of decent jobs, transform how we harvest food from the oceans, and blunt the effects of climate change and marine degradation — all at the same time. His big idea: small-scale marine farms.

New research highlights the nonverbal cues that lead to increased likability in first encounters.

We can let our rage scorch us slowly from the inside out — or we can channel it and express it in powerful and beautiful new ways, says writer and activist Soraya Chemaly.

Half the vaccines that are manufactured each year don’t make it to their destination, getting lost or damaged along the way between manufacturer and remote health clinics. That means that each year, 1.5 million children in the developing world die needlessly. Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Catharine Young explains a novel approach she thinks can fix the problems.

Losing yourself in a task helps you to get more done — and there’s no need to wait for inspiration to strike, says violinist Diane Allen.

Here’s how the dancer, teacher and dance historian Andrew Nemr is trying to make tap dance relevant again.

Do you think your country’s political system is broken? Simon Anholt has a solution: the Good Country Party, which looks beyond borders to include everyone from everywhere.

Positive psychologist advocate Shawn Achor thinks that the key to success is being happy, not the other way around. Dig into his must-reads books and articles.

What makes texting an unlikely vehicle for solving interpersonal problems? The absence of nonverbal cues can lead to misunderstanding about the sender's motives and meaning.

Economist Robin Hanson thinks the era of ems — robots with artificial copies of human brains — could occur in the next century. Read his astonishing predictions … and prepare for your jaw to drop.