An Indonesian university has won the accolade of being the first in the world to offer a Masters program in anti-aging medicine. According to Professor Wimpie Pangkahila, chairman of the program at the Udayana University in Bali, "The anti-aging medicine [Masters] program, which was started in 2007, is noted as the first in the world by ...

Video games that energize players and induce a positive mood could also enhance creativity, according to media researchers. However, the study also finds that players who were not highly energized and had a negative mood, registered the highest creativity. "You need defocused attention for being creative," said S. ...

Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open their own volunteer-driven, wildly creative writing labs. But you don't need to go that ...

Big Think Link Launched in early January 2008, Big Think is a site with short video clips of leading thinkers in business and society. The New York based start-up, founded by former Charlie Rose producers Victoria Brown and Peter Hopkins, has been getting plenty of buzz this week from The New York Times, the Telegraph and TechCrunch.

A (promotional) documentary film celebrating a new way of teaching math and science to young children using computers with computer pioneer Dr. Alan Kay.

Bishop Harries and Richard Dawkins have collaborated on several occasions to promote the proper teaching of science in UK classrooms. This is the full unedited interview, which was originally filmed by IWC for the Channel Four documentary 'Root or All Evil?'

From California - Sleep is essential to rejuvinating brain cells, and new research also shows that sleep may be important to preventing emotional problems. A study evaluating functional MRIs in sleep deprived subjects has show increased activity in the amygdala, one of the brain's stuctures that is important in emotions. The findings may link ...

Not all campers are spending time outdoors this summer. Many youngsters are turning to technology camps to get their summer camp fix. Danielle Lerner takes us inside one Chicago camp's ''Mission to Mars.''

One effort to combat the unfortunate side effect of No Child Left Behind: lack of funds and effort for the top tier students.

Richard Dawkins further discusses Atheism, the role of religion in politics in America, and the relationship of science and religion. Courtesy the TED conferences.