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Christiana Figueres

The case for stubborn optimism on climate

Tali Sharot

The optimism bias

Shameran Abed

4 steps to ending extreme poverty

Manoush Zomorodi

How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Steven Pinker

Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers

Ethan Hawke

Give yourself permission to be creative

Christopher Robichaud

How I used Dungeons & Dragons to teach ethics

Theaster Gates

How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art

Julia Galef

Why you think you're right -- even if you're wrong

Robert Sapolsky

The biology of our best and worst selves

Chetan Bhatt

Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are

Laurie Santos

A monkey economy as irrational as ours

Betty Hart

How compassion could save your strained relationships

Julia Dhar

How to disagree productively and find common ground

Jonas Gahr Støre

In defense of dialogue

Isabel Behncke

Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

Brian A. Pavlac

What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials

Keith Eggener

The fascinating history of cemeteries

Scott Peeples

Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?

Dan Adams

A brief history of goths

Silvia Moreno-García

Titan of terror: the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft

Mel Rosenberg

What causes cavities?

Ami Angelowicz

The terrors of sleep paralysis

Dan Finkel

Can you solve the secret werewolf riddle?

Brian A. Pavlac

Ugly History: Witch Hunts

Nicole Avena

How sugar affects the brain

Alex Gendler

Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?

Gerd Gigerenzer

Why do people fear the wrong things?

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The trans story includes you

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How to stop languishing and start finding flow

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The inaccurate link between body ideals and health

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The art of paying attention

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Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future

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The untapped energy source that could power the planet

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3 ways community creates a healthy life

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John Doerr

Why the secret to success is setting the right goals

Tanya Menon

The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet

Roger Antonsen

Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world

Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

The secret language of trees

Susan Pinker

The secret to living longer may be your social life

Phil Plait

The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes

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The happy secret to better work

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The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

Tony Fadell

The first secret of design is ... noticing

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Food for thought

Sean Sherman

Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?

Aparna Pallavi

What foods did your ancestors love?

Germán Santillán

A taste of Mexico's ancient chocolate-making tradition

Jen Gunter

A cleanse won't detox your body -- but here's what will

Jonathan J. O'Sullivan and Grace E. Cunningham

Which type of milk is best for you?

Cedric Habiyaremye

How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition

Amanda Little

Climate change is becoming a problem you can taste

Eric Sannerud

Without farmers, you'd be hungry, naked and sober

Carolyn Freiwald

The hidden history found in your teeth

Paola Antonelli

Why pasta comes in all shapes and sizes

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WorkLife with Adam Grant

The real reason you procrastinate

Far Flung

An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru

The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

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What your sleep patterns say about your relationship

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A stock market for social justice

Design Matters

Brené Brown

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

The Trans Ban

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Shari Davis

What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds?

Eli Pariser

What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?

Jimmy Wales

The birth of Wikipedia

Matthew Mazzotta

Playful, wondrous public spaces built for community and possibility

Emily Quinn

The way we think about biological sex is wrong

Molly Webster

The weird history of the "sex chromosomes"

Lisa Mosconi

How menopause affects the brain

Karissa Sanbonmatsu

The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

David Byrne

How architecture helped music evolve

Es Devlin

Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

Siamak Hariri

How do you build a sacred space?

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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.

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How we could eat real meat without harming animals

How long does it take to get over a breakup?

Why paternity leave benefits everyone

The global treaty to phase out fossil fuels

The first step towards more inclusive dermatology

What you discover when you really listen

The billion-dollar campaign to electrify transport

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How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century

A more accurate way to calculate emissions

The brain science of obesity

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Dangerous memes

Aliens, love -- where are they?

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The function and fashion of eyeglasses

How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

In praise of slowness

The lost art of letter-writing

Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school -- and how to change that

The case for collaborative consumption

A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins

Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?

The hidden beauty of pollination

The magic washing machine

Could your language affect your ability to save money?

Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

How to resolve racially stressful situations

An essential guide to start-up success

The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed

How businesses can serve everyone, not just shareholders

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The case for co-ops, the invisible giant of the economy

How online marketplaces can help local economies, not hurt them

The small business hustle

How humans and AI can work together to create better businesses

How to build a business that lasts 100 years

How to build a company where the best ideas win

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