New recordings show newborn humpback whales and mothers "whisper" to each other, to avoid predators.

In the heart of the oceans, where the waters have little to do with tourism or merchant shipping, a huge territory called "7th continent", made of hundreds millions of tons of plastics, is growing day after day.

Unbeknownst to many western dining tables until just a few decades ago, tuna has today become one of the most consumed fish in the world. The rapid rise in demand, however, has put several species of tuna on the verge of extinction, and...

Are machines going to save or destroy us? It’s a question we’ve been grappling with since we first put 1s and 0s together to create computer code. And it feels like we’re no closer to answering it; machines are growing smarter by the day, and...

Once a year, the world’s most powerful ideas are shared on the TED stage in Vancouver, BC. Watch in a special experience for cinemas, captured live.

TED2017 begins with a manifesto: “We will not sleepwalk into a future of dread. Instead, we will pursue courage, deep human connection, imagination, thrilling possibility and understanding. T…

A caterpillar that munches on plastic bags could hold the key to tackling plastic waste, say scientists.

The amount of plastic on beaches around the world could be underestimated by up to 80%. Those are the findings of new research carried out on the remote Coco...

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Mark Zuckerberg has added more detail to Facebook's long-term plan - especially for augmented reality.