Newest Talks

  1. Erika Pinheiro What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better
    What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better
  2. Sydney Jensen How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers?
    How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers?
  3. Cady Coleman What it's like to live on the International Space Station
    What it's like to live on the International Space Station

Trending

  1. Wearing nothing new
  2. How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
  3. Why you should make useless things
  4. The case for collaborative consumption
  5. Why open a school? To close a prison
  6. Haunting photos of polar ice

Editors' picks

  1. A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal
  2. How teachers can help kids find their political voices
  3. 4 questions you should always ask your doctor
  4. This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life
  5. The work that makes all other work possible
  6. Are we living in a simulation?

Craft your curiosity

  1. The case for curiosity-driven research
  2. Human-centered design
  3. The surprising science of happiness
  4. The revolutionary power of diverse thought
  5. Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology
  6. Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch

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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. Why do humans have a third eyelid?
  2. The physics of surfing
  3. The dangers of mixing drugs
  4. How does the Rorschach inkblot test work?
  5. What causes bad breath?
  6. The Opposites Game

Take a (smart) break

  1. Make love, not porn
  2. What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
  3. How do viruses jump from animals to humans?
  4. What causes an economic recession?
  5. How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems
  6. The dust bunnies that built our planet

Small thing, big idea — Designs that changed the world

  1. How the progress bar keeps you sane
  2. Why the pencil is perfect
  3. The 3,000-year history of the hoodie
  4. How the jump rope got its rhythm
  5. The genius of the London Tube Map
  6. The hidden ways stairs shape your life

Can you dig it?

  1. What I learned from digging under New York City's streets
  2. King Richard III: Solving a 500-year-old cold case
  3. What archaeology and DNA can teach us about prehistoric migration
  4. Why we should archive everything on the planet
  5. Why archaeology needs to transcend borders
  6. Humanity at the intersection of science and archaeology

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.