Newest Talks

  1. Alice Pailhès What magic tricks can reveal about free will
    What magic tricks can reveal about free will
  2. Barry Schwartz What role does luck play in your life?
    What role does luck play in your life?
  3. Liene Ozoliņa Why do we blame individuals for economic crises?
    Why do we blame individuals for economic crises?

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  1. Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world
  2. Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer
  3. The mind behind Linux
  4. Teachers need real feedback
  5. And for my next trick, a robot
  6. 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

Sleeping with science

  1. How sleep can improve your immunity
  2. How much sleep do you really need?
  3. 6 tips for better sleep
  4. How caffeine and alcohol affect your sleep
  5. Innovations in sleep
  6. A walk through the stages of sleep

Discussed on tedcircles.com

  1. How to get better at the things you care about
  2. Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail
  3. How to spark your curiosity, scientifically
  4. The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
  5. There's more to life than being happy
  6. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. Why people fall for misinformation
  2. Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut?
  3. What would happen if you didn't sleep?
  4. Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?
  5. Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained
  6. How stress affects your body

Lessons on schooling

  1. The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen
  2. How schools should respond to COVID-19
  3. How game design can help schooling
  4. Why schools should teach for the real world
  5. The case for reforming STEM education
  6. The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about black history

Viruses & vaccines

  1. 5 needs that any COVID-19 response should meet
  2. COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it
  3. Can light stop the coronavirus?
  4. How the pandemic will shape the near future
  5. New ways to understand life in a pandemic
  6. The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing

Editors' picks

  1. Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy
  2. Why wildfires have gotten worse -- and what we can do about it
  3. There's no such thing as not voting
  4. An honest look at the personal finance crisis
  5. What it takes to make change
  6. Why do people fear the wrong things?

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved
  2. Why rumors about vaccines spread -- and how to rebuild trust
  3. Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
  4. How to shift your mindset and choose your future
  5. The weird history of the "sex chromosomes"
  6. A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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.