Newest Talks

  1. Angelicque White What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate
    What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate
  2. Marilyn Waring The unpaid work that GDP ignores -- and why it really counts
    The unpaid work that GDP ignores -- and why it really counts
  3. Erin Sullivan Does photographing a moment steal the experience from you?
    Does photographing a moment steal the experience from you?

Trending

  1. To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
  2. The role of human emotions in science and research
  3. The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet
  4. Bring on the female superheroes!
  5. How equal do we want the world to be? You'd be surprised
  6. How octopuses battle each other

Editors' picks

  1. In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers?
  2. A few ways to fix a government
  3. The agony of trying to unsubscribe
  4. What time is it on Mars?
  5. My journey from Marine to actor
  6. The urgency of intersectionality

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines)
  2. The myth behind the Chinese zodiac
  3. The mysterious life and death of Rasputin
  4. How memories form and how we lose them
  5. How statistics can be misleading
  6. Why do we dream?

Explore playlists

Take a (smart) break

  1. A brief history of alcohol
  2. What it's like to live on the International Space Station
  3. The physics of surfing
  4. Why you should shop at your local farmers market
  5. The profound power of an authentic apology
  6. How does chemotherapy work?

New year, new you

  1. Embrace your raw, strange magic
  2. Try something new for 30 days
  3. The profound power of an authentic apology
  4. How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others
  5. Why winning doesn't always equal success
  6. Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

Time for a hobby?

  1. Trash or historical artifact?
  2. How record collectors find lost music and preserve our cultural heritage
  3. Why we collect things
  4. What birdspotting can teach us about conservation
  5. How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time
  6. The joys of amateur aviation

Get thrifty

  1. To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift
  2. Ink made of air pollution
  3. How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza
  4. Creative houses from reclaimed stuff
  5. When I die, recompose me
  6. A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
  2. What ping-pong taught me about life
  3. How music makes me a better neuroscientist
  4. Why your doctor should care about social justice
  5. What the discovery of gravitational waves means
  6. The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must end

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.