From outbreaks of measles in the United States and cholera in Haiti to patterns of lead poisoning near gold mines in Nigeria, medical geographers play an important role in tracking disease in the landscape. Today, we're going to look at...

At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets...

When historians talk about the atrocities of the 20th century, we often think of those that took place during and between the two World Wars. But two months before the Rape of Nanking in China, and a year before Kristallnacht in Germany,...

What did the world learn from the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010? That shoddy buildings and bad planning can make a terrible situation even worse. "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas. "It was...

Zombies have a distinct lineage— one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands. There, a religion known as vodou developed, along with the...

Today we're going to talk about SPAAAAAACE, but not like stars and satellites and stuff. Instead, we're going to talk about geographic space. In geography, we can look at the world and the places and spaces we inhabit with four distinct...

Solar-powered LED lightbulbs could transform the lives of rural Haitians, but as Daniel Schnitzer found, they don't simply sell themselves. At TEDxPittsburgh, he shows how smart health and energy products for the developing world are...

Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas...

The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extraordinary examples of social media and...

Michael McDaniel designed housing for disaster relief zones -- inexpensive, easy to transport, even beautiful – but found that no one was willing to build it. Persistent and obsessed, he decided to go it alone. At TEDxAustin, McDaniel...

The Harlem Renaissance produced many remarkable artists, writers, and thinkers. Today we'll talk about one of the most interesting minds of the time, Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was an anthropologist by training, and spent much of her...

The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on the soul in front of it, they'll get...

Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That's the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is...

The royal couple of Haiti rode into their coronation to thunderous applause. After receiving his ornate crown, Henry Christophe ascended his throne, towering 20 meters in the air. But little did the cheering onlookers know that the first...

Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas...

Earlier this year, NASA put out a call for names for features on Pluto and its moons based on an established set of rules. Now, it's finally time to put those names on the map.

The American and French Revolutions change the power dynamics of the world. Part 2 of our educational timeline of History's Greatest Revolutions.

Sail through the beautiful islands of the Caribbean and discover a rich and complex history. Long before explorers arrived, Indigenous peoples like the Taíno and Carib lived on these islands with unique cultures and traditions. Later,...

Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Two countries that share an island, and little else. Because while Haiti has been making international headlines of late surrounding its current anarchy, the Dominican Republic is an otherwise pretty...

Las ciudades cercanas a las líneas de falla presentan un elevado riesgo de terremotos. ¿Se pueden predecir los terremotos? ¿cómo se pueden preparar estas comunidades para lo peor?
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Cities near fault lines are at high risk of earthquakes. Can earthquakes be predicted, and how can these communities prepare for the worst? Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. Cities near fault lines are at high risk of...

Although aid is usually helpful to a country in need, the type of aid can affect a country's recovery. What are the arguments for and against different forms of aid? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. International aid...

In 2010, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. But the Haiti people suffered most in the aftermath of the earthquake due to their limited capacity, as a Less Economically Developed Country, to respond to the disaster. Earth Science...

Discover more about different forms of emergency and development aid, and the advantages and disadvantages of their use. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. There are six different types of aid: emergency, development,...