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An initiative of TOMS Shoes, One Day Without Shoes is a day to spread awareness about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life. They ask people to go the day, part of the day...

An initiative of TOMS Shoes, One Day Without Shoes is a day to spread awareness about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life. They ask people to go the day, part of the day...

In 2008, a few of the astonishing objects from Jay Walker's Library of Human Imagination provided the backdrop to the TED main stage -- and Jay Walker conducted a fun, three-part show-and-tell. Now, for the first time, he has allowed...

In 2008, a few of the astonishing objects from Jay Walker's Library of Human Imagination provided the backdrop to the TED main stage -- and Jay Walker conducted a fun, three-part show-and-tell. Now, for the first time, he has allowed...

We asked our Twitter fans on @missionblue to share their ideas for saving the ocean. Here's a sampling of what they replied: @galapa_gal: Placing GPS units on all registered vessels like they are doing now in Galapagos good idea...

We asked our Twitter fans on @missionblue to share their ideas for saving the ocean. Here's a sampling of what they replied: @galapa_gal: Placing GPS units on all registered vessels like they are doing now in Galapagos good idea...

Kristina Gjerde: How do we monitor the open ocean? Using technology from space exploration. Barton Seaver: Just because there's cod at the counter, doesn't mean there's enough cod in the sea. Damien Rice: "We have 12 minutes 37 seconds...

Kristina Gjerde: How do we monitor the open ocean? Using technology from space exploration. Barton Seaver: Just because there's cod at the counter, doesn't mean there's enough cod in the sea. Damien Rice: "We have 12 minutes 37 seconds...

Barbara Block: We know very little about tuna. It's the 21st century but we really have just begun studying the oceans. Brian Skerry: The ocean's not a grocery store; we can't keep taking and not paying. Daniel Pauly: Ocean...

Barbara Block: We know very little about tuna. It's the 21st century but we really have just begun studying the oceans. Brian Skerry: The ocean's not a grocery store; we can't keep taking and not paying. Daniel Pauly: Ocean...

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship....

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes -- and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship....

As attendees of the Mission Blue Voyage were having their breakfast, they were treated to one of the rarer sightings in the Galapagos -- a couple of orcas swimming close to the Endeavor. Luckily, Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole...

As attendees of the Mission Blue Voyage were having their breakfast, they were treated to one of the rarer sightings in the Galapagos -- a couple of orcas swimming close to the Endeavor. Luckily, Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole...

At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to...

At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to...

At the end of the first day of the Mission Blue Voyage, seven Idea Champions with marine and environmental expertise across disciplines pitched their big ideas for ocean protection and restoration. These ideas will form the building blocks for actions...

At the end of the first day of the Mission Blue Voyage, seven Idea Champions with marine and environmental expertise across disciplines pitched their big ideas for ocean protection and restoration. These ideas will form the building blocks for actions...

Yesterday began the Mission Blue Voyage -- a first-of-its-kind conference hosted by TED. Marine scientists, deep-sea explorers, tech innovators, policy makers and cultural icons will come aboard the National Geographic Endeavor and sail to the Galapagos Islands. For four days,...

Yesterday began the Mission Blue Voyage -- a first-of-its-kind conference hosted by TED. Marine scientists, deep-sea explorers, tech innovators, policy makers and cultural icons will come aboard the National Geographic Endeavor and sail to the Galapagos Islands. For four days,...