Newest Talks

  1. Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Revelations from a lifetime of dance
    Revelations from a lifetime of dance
  2. Shannon Lee What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully
    What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully
  3. Laura Boykin How we're using DNA tech to help farmers fight crop diseases
    How we're using DNA tech to help farmers fight crop diseases

Trending

  1. How brains learn to see
  2. Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs?
  3. Why design should include everyone
  4. The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet
  5. A dance of "Symbiosis"
  6. A queer vision of love and marriage

Editors' picks

  1. The laws that sex workers really want
  2. How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA
  3. Why ordinary people need to understand power
  4. An underwater art museum, teeming with life
  5. Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?
  6. A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Take a (smart) break

  1. A brief history of chess
  2. Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda
  3. How augmented reality is changing activism
  4. What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
  5. How do crystals work?
  6. A brief history of cannibalism

Explore playlists

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. How stress affects your body
  2. Why should you read Dante's "Divine Comedy"?
  3. History vs. Christopher Columbus
  4. The Opposites Game
  5. Is math discovered or invented?
  6. Are we living in a simulation?

Is reality a myth?

  1. Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
  2. How language shapes the way we think
  3. Do we see reality as it is?
  4. 3 ways the brain creates meaning
  5. What reality are you creating for yourself?
  6. How I made friends with reality

Keep your brain healthy

  1. Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
  2. How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it
  3. How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
  4. Sleep is your superpower
  5. The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help
  6. How does income affect childhood brain development?

Young scientists & inventors

  1. What creating a toxin-free plastic taught me about problem-solving
  2. Award-winning teenage science in action
  3. How ancient technology inspired my award-winning inventions
  4. Porque le enseño a niños como yo a programar
  5. A 13-year-old's plan for removing plastic from the oceans
  6. An app that predicts the impact of global climate change

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. What the discovery of gravitational waves means
  2. My stroke of insight
  3. The search for planets beyond our solar system
  4. What is so special about the human brain?
  5. A neural portrait of the human mind
  6. How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies

About TED

TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.