THE GENIUS AMONG US
Approaching midnight, on November 19, 2012, when Tusker founder Eddie Frank’s father, Mike, passed away peacefully at Eddie’s home, with Eddie and his wife Amy by his side – as they tell it, with a grin on his face –
DEADLY BEAUTIFUL
Legendary female Samurai warrior Tomoe Gozen paved the way for the highly successful women of modern-day Japan. As beautiful as she was deadly, Tomoe was a woman not to be messed with.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
In Kenya, 85 percent of the population has no electricity. Riots recently erupted in Pakistan over ten hour power cuts. India and China turn to often environmentally disastrous dams to feed their underpowered grids. The grid will likely not reach the
MAD SCIENTISTS
Modern science didn’t come as far as it has simply by mixing chemicals in test tubes and injecting them into monkeys. The controversial tradition of self-experimentation has led to many breakthrough discoveries, but not without its often fatal risks.
TED BOOSTS GLOBAL CONSERVATION
Three environmental heroes toil quietly in Namibia, Brazil and India to save wildlife, but their innovative and daring ideas as well as their life experiences have been spread globally through TED.
VIVA LA VINO!
African wine connoisseurs are no longer concentrated only in South Africa. The popularity and production of wine is increasing rapidly throughout the continent.