After years of international negotiations, Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world's largest marine protected area.

The garbage left behind from parties and Trick-or-Treating can be downright scary.

The wreck of a Clyde-built paddle steamer bought by Confederate agents during the American Civil War is designated a Marine Protection Area.

Poverty persists in Kenyan capital while violence against women is at epidemic levels

Wow! Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and smart things promise an intelligent future. > > *Today, a digital stethoscope has the ability to record and store heartbeat and respiratory sounds. Tomorrow, the stethoscope could...

There is still an inexcusably evident gap between the rich and poor, some countries obviously far worse than others. The up and coming Impact Tribe of Generation Now know it. Are we doing enough with them to be part of the change? > *there...

We think of swordfish as incredibly fast swimmers that can spear their prey on their "swords". No part of this is true

The threat of coral bleaching

Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs -- or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he thi...

Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore a...