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    Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
  2. Danielle N. Lee How hip-hop helps us understand science
    How hip-hop helps us understand science
  3. Sheperd Doeleman Inside the black hole image that made history
    Inside the black hole image that made history

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  1. Biomimicry's surprising lessons from nature's engineers
  2. What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you
  3. The quantified self
  4. Using our practical wisdom
  5. How to grow fresh air
  6. Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

Editors' picks

  1. A simple way to break a bad habit
  2. Zombie roaches and other parasite tales
  3. Why must artists be poor?
  4. On tennis, love and motherhood
  5. Mind-blowing, magnified portraits of insects
  6. A summer school kids actually want to attend

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. How we can start to heal the pain of racial division
  2. How to overcome apathy and find your power
  3. What new power looks like
  4. Activism needs introverts
  5. Re-imagine the future
  6. Why we laugh

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best of ted-ed animations

  1. How does the Rorschach inkblot test work?
  2. The wars that inspired Game of Thrones
  3. The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
  4. Why do cats act so weird?
  5. How to practice effectively...for just about anything
  6. Questions no one knows the answers to

keep your brain healthy

  1. The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it
  2. The brain-changing benefits of exercise
  3. What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's
  4. Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
  5. Why we laugh
  6. The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help

hidden gems of tedx

  1. How uncomfortable conversations can save lives
  2. Why medieval politics was nothing like Game of Thrones
  3. Where in the world is it easiest to get rich?
  4. How colorism shapes our standards of beauty
  5. The importance of visual literacy
  6. Why forgiveness is worth it

amazing scientific discoveries

  1. A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD
  2. How to take a picture of a black hole
  3. The science of cells that never get old
  4. The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain
  5. A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe
  6. How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

greats of ted2018

  1. Why the secret to success is setting the right goals
  2. Four billion years of evolution in six minutes
  3. You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)
  4. How to build (and rebuild) trust
  5. How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without ropes
  6. The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system

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.