Arts & Life

A chimpanzee hugs her newborn at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, in 2010. Over the course of his long career, primatologist Frans de Waal has become convinced that primates and other animals express emotions similar to human emotions. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Dr. Homer Venters, the former head of New York City's correctional health services, says that inmates held in solitary confinement cells, such as the Rikers Island cell shown above, have a higher risk of committing self-harm. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption

In college, Laurie Halse Anderson thought she might become a translator — and in a way, she did. "I translate imagination onto the page," she says. Randy Fontanilla/Penguin Random House hide caption

Mary Kay Place plays Diane in Diane, the debut feature film by director Kent Jones. Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption

W.S. Merwin found inspiration in his conservation work and in his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Jill Greenberg/Courtesy of Copper Canyon Press hide caption

Host Ophira Eisenberg chats with comedian Aparna Nancherla on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

Eddie Woo on the TED stage. Vincenzo Amato/TEDxSyd hide caption

Phylecia Jones on the TED stage. Ali Bibbo hide caption

Dan Finkel on the TED stage. Tim Tan hide caption