Newest Talks

  1. Douglas Thomas How a typeface helped launch Apollo
    How a typeface helped launch Apollo
  2. Elizabeth Howell How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy
    How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy
  3. Claudia Miner A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten
    A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten

Trending

  1. What explains the rise of humans?
  2. The day I stood up alone
  3. Why you will fail to have a great career
  4. Surgery's past, present and robotic future
  5. The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited!
  6. Why bother leaving the house?

Editors' picks

  1. The secrets of learning a new language
  2. What your breath could reveal about your health
  3. How I accidentally changed the way movies get made
  4. How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without ropes
  5. The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care
  6. Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse

Take a (smart) break

  1. Where do your online returns go?
  2. How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it
  3. Your body vs. implants
  4. How to lead a conversation between people who disagree
  5. "The Road Not Taken"
  6. The mysterious science of pain

Explore playlists

Be a better you

  1. How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person
  2. Why we ignore obvious problems -- and how to act on them
  3. Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
  4. Try something new for 30 days
  5. The power of vulnerability
  6. How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others

Bring joy to your life

  1. Happy maps
  2. The hidden beauty of pollination
  3. Where joy hides and how to find it
  4. There's more to life than being happy
  5. How your brain decides what is beautiful
  6. The shared experience of absurdity

Feel like you don't belong?

  1. The beauty of being a misfit
  2. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  3. What I learned from 100 days of rejection
  4. To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful
  5. The world needs all kinds of minds
  6. Embrace your raw, strange magic

Dog days

  1. What emotions look like in a dog's brain
  2. How to read a dog's body language
  3. The secret life of dogs
  4. Why we need more dogs in hospitals
  5. Can dogs sniff out malaria?
  6. How dogs help with conservation efforts

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
  2. How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy
  3. How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions
  4. What makes technology so habit-forming?
  5. Digital humans that look just like us
  6. Are we designed to be sexual omnivores?

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.