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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

Having fun isn't just enjoyable -- it's essential to a happy and healthy life. Science journalist Catherine Price proposes a new definition of "fun" and shares easy, evidence-backed ways to weave playfulness, flow and connection into your everyday life

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Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser

The science of extreme weather — and how to reduce the harm

5 minutes 59 seconds
Isabelle Boemeke

Nuclear power is our best hope to ditch fossil fuels

11 minutes 44 seconds
Svante Pääbo

DNA clues to our inner neanderthal

16 minutes 44 seconds
Anthony Fauci

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated

28 minutes 28 seconds
Vaitea Cowan

How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era

9 minutes 14 seconds
Katherine Mangu-Ward

What capitalism gets right -- and governments get wrong

11 minutes 24 seconds
Sergiu P. Pasca

How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab

12 minutes 34 seconds
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Jen Gunter

How your sense of smell helps you savor flavor

2 minutes 54 seconds
Posted Oct 2022
Adjany Costa

Lasting conservation, led by Indigenous heritage

5 minutes 40 seconds
Posted Oct 2022
Tameka Montgomery

5 parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids

17 minutes 32 seconds
Posted Oct 2022
Bree Jones

How to revitalize a neighborhood -- without gentrification

6 minutes 10 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Okong'o Kinyanjui

The online community supporting queer Africans

8 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Gloria Chan Packer

Work is not your family

15 minutes 29 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Andrew Ng

How AI could empower any business

11 minutes 16 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Melodie Yashar

How to build for human life on Mars

10 minutes 41 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Nicholas Leeper

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease?

15 minutes 20 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Anthony Fauci

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated

28 minutes 28 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Majora Carter

You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one

17 minutes 9 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Sara Lomelin

Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy

13 minutes 28 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Isabelle Boemeke

Nuclear power is our best hope to ditch fossil fuels

11 minutes 44 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Ryan Heffington

How dance can unleash your inner joy

8 minutes 56 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Zach King

The trick to regaining your childlike wonder

7 minutes 59 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Megan Reitz

How to lead in the new era of employee activism

16 minutes 10 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Enzo Romero

The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future

5 minutes 3 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
Albert Fox Cahn

The shift we need to stop mass surveillance

6 minutes 14 seconds
Posted Sep 2022
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Olympia Della Flora

Creative ways to get kids to thrive in school

13 minutes 13 seconds
Kio Stark

Why you should talk to strangers

11 minutes 42 seconds
Jen Gunter

Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day

4 minutes 21 seconds
Steven Pinker

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

18 minutes 22 seconds
Hamdi Ulukaya

The anti-CEO playbook

17 minutes 8 seconds
James Hansen

Why I must speak out about climate change

17 minutes 34 seconds
Monica Araya

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

15 minutes 42 seconds
LaToya Ruby Frazier

A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

11 minutes 39 seconds
Bill Gates

Innovating to zero!

27 minutes 32 seconds
Emma Marris

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it

15 minutes 42 seconds
Terry Moore

How to tie your shoes

2 minutes 42 seconds
Nilofer Merchant

Got a meeting? Take a walk

3 minutes 14 seconds
Mandë Holford

The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life

9 minutes 6 seconds
Thomas Insel

Toward a new understanding of mental illness

12 minutes 49 seconds
Hannah Brencher

Love letters to strangers

4 minutes 35 seconds
Lisa Godwin

How teachers can help students navigate trauma

15 minutes 11 seconds
Safwat Saleem

Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent

10 minutes 38 seconds

Great minds think alike — or do they?

Find out in our new podcast series, ReThinking with Adam Grant, featuring some of the world’s most fascinating minds!

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How to shape the future of work

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Debbie Lovich

3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right

12 minutes 4 seconds
Margaret Heffernan

The human skills we need in an unpredictable world

15 minutes 43 seconds
Martin Danoesastro

What are you willing to give up to change the way we work?

13 minutes 2 seconds
Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper

The best career path isn't always a straight line

9 minutes 17 seconds
Sylvain Duranton

How humans and AI can work together to create better businesses

14 minutes 1 second
David Lee

Why jobs of the future won't feel like work

9 minutes 56 seconds
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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

TED-Ed

Can the economy grow forever?

5 minutes 50 seconds
Shannon Zhao

The myth of the original star-crossed lovers

4 minutes 50 seconds
Judy Grisel

How does alcohol cause hangovers?

4 minutes 34 seconds
TED-Ed

The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity

5 minutes 3 seconds
Luka Seamus Wright

These animals are also plants ... wait, what?

4 minutes 52 seconds
Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini

Why a sausage can do what your gloves cannot

4 minutes 48 seconds
Sarah Stroud

Ethical dilemma: Would you lie?

4 minutes
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Countdown: Take action on climate

Vaitea Cowan

How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era

9 minutes 14 seconds
Yuval Noah Harari

The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown

10 minutes 25 seconds
Ozawa Bineshi Albert

Climate action needs new frontline leadership

13 minutes 58 seconds
Eleni Myrivili

A 3-part plan to take on extreme heat waves

14 minutes 34 seconds
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air

8 minutes 11 seconds
Olivia Lazard

The blind spots of the green energy transition

18 minutes 1 second
Tzeporah Berman

The bad math of the fossil fuel industry

13 minutes 20 seconds
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Heard on TED Radio Hour

Gabby Rivera

The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

11 minutes 7 seconds
Susan Cain

The power of introverts

18 minutes 47 seconds
Hrishikesh Hirway

What you discover when you really listen

15 minutes 4 seconds
Allyson Felix

An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear

9 minutes 17 seconds
Gala Marija Vrbanic

The new reality of fashion is digital

4 minutes 44 seconds
Holly Herndon

What if you could sing in your favorite musician's voice?

9 minutes 24 seconds
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Art that inspires

Rayma Suprani

Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing them

16 minutes 33 seconds
Katie Paterson

The mind-bending art of deep time

6 minutes 29 seconds
Mounia Akl

How film captures the space between hope and despair

12 minutes 34 seconds
Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey

Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?

4 minutes 1 second
Refik Anadol

Art in the age of machine intelligence

11 minutes 52 seconds
Cecilia Aragon

The creativity and community behind fanfiction

14 minutes 56 seconds
Smita Sharma

Powerful photos that honor the lives of overlooked women

10 minutes 15 seconds
Sam Hester

How visual storytelling creates better health care

10 minutes 18 seconds
Wendy MacNaughton

The art of paying attention

13 minutes 9 seconds
Oskar Eustis

Why theater is essential to democracy

13 minutes
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Work smarter with TED@Work

Morra Aarons-Mele

3 steps to stop remote work burnout

4 minutes 9 seconds
Douglas Rushkoff

How to be "Team Human" in the digital future

12 minutes 13 seconds
Debbie Lovich

3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right

12 minutes 4 seconds
Margaret Heffernan

The human skills we need in an unpredictable world

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Patty McCord

4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance

7 minutes 40 seconds
Linda Hill

How to manage for collective creativity

17 minutes 7 seconds
Martin Danoesastro

What are you willing to give up to change the way we work?

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Jodi-Ann Burey

The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work

15 minutes 22 seconds
Betsy Kauffman

4 tips to kickstart honest conversations at work

9 minutes 18 seconds
Shawn Achor

The happy secret to better work

12 minutes 3 seconds
Charlie Jane Anders

Go ahead, dream about the future

11 minutes 45 seconds
Tim Harford

Trial, error and the God complex

17 minutes 49 seconds
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Meet the TED Audio Collective

Far Flung

Virtual Worlds

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The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

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WorkLife with Adam Grant

How to Rethink a Bad Decision

37 minutes 34 seconds
TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

2 minutes 10 seconds
How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry

27 minutes 29 seconds
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Introducing: Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

2 minutes 25 seconds

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.