Find A Spark | Ideas to inspire

A screenshot from the New York Times video showing Usain Bolt's 9.63s 100m world record vs. every 100m Olympic medal winner since 1896.

Video

Usain Bolt vs. every 100m medalist ever

The cover of the DVD of Lost in Translation, the Sofia Coppola-directed film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson

Film

Lost in Translation

Max Strom presenting his TED talk on how there is no app for happiness — the effect of technology on happiness and relationships

Video

There is No App for Happiness

The cover of the book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

Book

Moonwalking with Einstein

An ominous formation of clouds - 'bad' weather

Blog Post

Stop waiting for good weather

Article

Screened Out

The cover of the book Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews

Book

Bigger Leaner Stronger

An infographic showing the true size of a range of countries vs. the size of Africa

Infographic

The true size of Africa

The home of the Dervaes family — they manage to grow all the food they need on 1/10 of an acre, using urban agroecology

Video

Urban Agroecology

The cover of the Plastic Pollution Primer and Action Toolkit, a free resource from the Earth Day Network

Book

Plastic Pollution Primer and Action Toolkit

Adam Grant presenting his TED talk on the surprising habits of original thinkers

Video

The surprising habits of original thinkers

Fireworks above a line of trees - representing a New Year's resolution

Blog Post

An alternative New Year’s resolution

Author Rob Date 28th February 2016

Ken Robinson presenting his TED talk on how whether schools kill creativity

Video

Do schools kill creativity?

Karoliina Korppoo presenting her TED talk on how the video game Cities: Skylines could be used to design better cities

Video

How a video game might help us build better cities

Episode 148 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast #148: Josh Waitzkin returns

A screenshot from Steve Johnson's TED talk on how play can lead to great innovation and invention.

Video

The Playful Wonderland Behind Great Inventions

The cover of the DVD for Contact, the film adaptation of Carl Sagan's book on humanity's first contact with extraterrestrials

Film

Contact

A screengrab from the "What's the deal with diesel?" video by Greenpeace UK

Video

What’s the deal with diesel?

The cover of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Book

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

A woman performing a headstand, representing New Age spirituality

Blog Post

New Age spirituality — it’s missing something.