Hans Rosling On Statistics, The Developing World & HIV – You’ve Never Seen Data Presented Like This!

If you’re like me, statistics is not the most exciting way to explore a subject. And yet here, in three great TED talks from 2006, 2007 and 2009, Hans Rolsing challenge conceptions on Poverty and the Developing world, uses data patterns to untangle the complex risk factors of HIV and creates a visual picture [...]

TEDTalks Open Translation Project Just Launched and Hebrew Up There with the Most Translated To

TED just launched the new Open Translation Project which brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
The most translated TEDTalk (24 languages!) is this exciting talk by Hans Rosling, which with the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, debunks myths [...]