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What it's like to be a war refugee

Writer and refugee advocate Zarlasht Halaimzai articulates the lingering trauma of being forcibly displaced by conflict -- and shares how belonging to a community can help bring back feelings of long-lost safety.

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Lilly Singh

"A seat at the table" isn't the solution for gender equity

19 minutes 55 seconds
Ashley M. Grice

The power of purpose in business

9 minutes 36 seconds
Xiaowei R. Wang

Why entrepreneurship flourishes in the countryside

8 minutes 11 seconds
Jimmie Briggs

3 things men can do to promote gender equity

9 minutes 11 seconds
Emma Hart

Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution

10 minutes 6 seconds
Diana Adams

Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family

18 minutes 8 seconds
Selina Neirok Leem

Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality

6 minutes 6 seconds
Cameron Webb

How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Anna Malaika Tubbs

The critical role of Black mothers -- and how to support all moms

21 minutes 33 seconds
Maja Bosnic

How to share public money fairly

12 minutes 4 seconds
Christina Tosi

My secret to creating real magic

13 minutes 14 seconds
Ermias Kebreab

What seaweed and cow burps have to do with climate change

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Elizabeth Strickler

NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art

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Live drawings of the human experience

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Shai Weiss

A vision for sustainability in aviation

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Jennifer Holmgren

How we're turning carbon waste into jet fuel (and everything else)

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Marcia Belsky

The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space -- and other absurd songs

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Zarlasht Halaimzai

What it's like to be a war refugee

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Hyeonmi Kim

How webtoons are changing movies and TV

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Paula Stone Williams

What my gender transition taught me about womanhood

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Goats, blockchain and the future of money

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Damien Riehl

Why all melodies should be free for musicians to use

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Vera Songwe

The African swamp protecting Earth's environment

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Kevin Kelly

The future will be shaped by optimists

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The hidden power of sad songs and rainy days

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Smita Sharma

Powerful photos that honor the lives of overlooked women

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Why entrepreneurship flourishes in the countryside

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The deep sea's medicinal secrets

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Ashley M. Grice

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Selina Neirok Leem

Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality

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Brian Greene

Making sense of string theory

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Your brain on video games

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Let's not use Mars as a backup planet

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Why we should trust scientists

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Understanding Ukraine

Ian Bremmer

War in Ukraine -- and what it means for the world order

49 minutes 9 seconds
R. Alan Brooks

When the world is burning, is art a waste of time?

12 minutes 44 seconds
Aala El-Khani

What it's like to be a parent in a war zone

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Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman

What does it mean to be a refugee?

5 minutes 27 seconds
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

How to be fearless in the face of authoritarianism

5 minutes 44 seconds
Olga Yurkova

Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire

5 minutes 16 seconds
Emma Belcher

3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons

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Lilly Singh

"A seat at the table" isn't the solution for gender equity

19 minutes 55 seconds
Al Gore

How to make radical climate action the new normal

15 minutes 46 seconds
Loretta J. Ross

Don't call people out -- call them in

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Yifat Susskind

In uncertain times, think like a mother

10 minutes 24 seconds
Rebecca Henderson

To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism

7 minutes 47 seconds
Derek Sarno

The many reasons to eat a plant-based diet

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The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love

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Brené Brown

Listening to shame

20 minutes 38 seconds
Casey Gerald

The gospel of doubt

18 minutes 19 seconds
Michael Tubbs

The political power of being a good neighbor

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Shonda Rhimes

My year of saying yes to everything

18 minutes 44 seconds
Lisa Genova

How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK

22 minutes 25 seconds
Roman Krznaric

How to be a good ancestor

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Thomas Crowther

The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity

11 minutes 24 seconds
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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

How pigeons took over the world

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Lukas Rieppel

The most notorious scientific feud in history

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The movement that inspired the Holocaust

Fabio Pacucci

Hawking's black hole paradox explained

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Cynthia Fay Davis

The myth of the moon goddess

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Alex Gendler

Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge

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Why is pneumonia so dangerous?

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Richard Browning

How do jetpacks work? And why don't we all have them?

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Countdown: Take action on climate

Solitaire Townsend

Are ad agencies, PR firms and lobbyists destroying the climate?

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Climate action needs new frontline leadership

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The "greenhouse-in-a-box" empowering farmers in India

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Rachel Kyte

Sustainable cooling that doesn't warm the planet

10 minutes 20 seconds
Maria Gallucci

The carbonless fuel that could change how we ship goods

7 minutes 19 seconds
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Art that inspires

Rayma Suprani

Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing them

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Katie Paterson

The mind-bending art of deep time

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Mounia Akl

How film captures the space between hope and despair

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Art in the age of machine intelligence

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The art of paying attention

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Oskar Eustis

Why theater is essential to democracy

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Trial, error and the God complex

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