Newest Talks

  1. Lauren Sallan A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)
    A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)
  2. Yve Blake For the love of fangirls
    For the love of fangirls
  3. Debbie Millman How symbols and brands shape our humanity
    How symbols and brands shape our humanity

Trending

  1. Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish
  2. You have no idea where camels really come from
  3. How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction
  4. A dive into the reef's Twilight Zone
  5. Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures
  6. Swim with the giant sunfish

Editors' picks

  1. The racial politics of time
  2. How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others
  3. The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
  4. How I'm fighting bias in algorithms
  5. Sleep is your superpower
  6. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry
  2. Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating
  3. The sexual deception of orchids
  4. What is love?
  5. How to speed up chemical reactions (and get a date)
  6. The evolution of animal genitalia

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Little-known big history

  1. A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
  2. Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
  3. Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?
  4. A brief history of chess
  5. An unsung hero of the civil rights movement
  6. How a typeface helped launch Apollo

The fantastic world of film

  1. Why humor is key to creativity
  2. How I bring imagined worlds to life
  3. The art and science of special effects
  4. ¿Como será el cine del futuro?
  5. Why I became an actor
  6. How I accidentally changed the way movies get made

Riddle us this ...

  1. Can you solve "Einstein's Riddle"?
  2. Can you solve the three gods riddle?
  3. Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle?
  4. Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle?
  5. Can you solve the famously difficult green-eyed logic puzzle?
  6. Can you solve the jail break riddle?

Poetry in motion

  1. How my mom inspired my approach to the cello
  2. "Wild Women"
  3. An electrifying acoustic guitar performance
  4. A human-robot dance duet
  5. The danger of silence
  6. The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic

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.