Newest Talks

  1. Ethan Lisi What it's really like to have autism
    What it's really like to have autism
  2. Matt Walker Why sleep matters now more than ever
    Why sleep matters now more than ever
  3. Sonia Shah How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable
    How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable

Viruses & vaccines

  1. The quest for the coronavirus vaccine
  2. What the world can learn from China's response to the coronavirus
  3. How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic
  4. The simple power of hand-washing
  5. Why COVID-19 is hitting us now -- and how to prepare for the next outbreak
  6. How can we control the coronavirus pandemic?

Editors' picks

  1. Sleep is your superpower
  2. 3 reasons we still haven’t gotten rid of malaria
  3. The human skills we need in an unpredictable world
  4. How we can face the future without fear, together
  5. The hidden role informal caregivers play in health care
  6. There's more to life than being happy

Explore playlists

Take a (smart) break

  1. How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit
  2. How does the stock market work?
  3. Go ahead, dream about the future
  4. Art that reveals how technology frames reality
  5. Can we choose to fall out of love?
  6. The gender-fluid history of the Philippines

Women who made history

  1. The overlooked legacy of Hollywood's first female directors
  2. Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?
  3. How to take a picture of a black hole
  4. How I claimed a seat at the periodic table
  5. An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine
  6. The princess who rewrote history

Riddle us this ...

  1. Can you solve the time travel riddle?
  2. Can you solve the secret sauce riddle?
  3. Can you solve the pirate riddle?
  4. Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle?
  5. Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle?
  6. Can you solve the giant cat army riddle?

Design with everyone in mind

  1. How I helped make Lego accessible to the blind
  2. When we design for disability, we all benefit
  3. The cost of failing to design accessibly
  4. Why we need to make education more accessible to the deaf
  5. ¿Cuándo te importa mi silla de ruedas?
  6. Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. A political party for women's equality
  2. No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
  3. I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one
  4. Why your doctor should care about social justice
  5. A highly scientific taxonomy of haters
  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.