Newest Talks

  1. Cornelia Geppert A video game that helps us understand loneliness
    A video game that helps us understand loneliness
  2. Kelsey Johnson The problem of light pollution -- and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
    The problem of light pollution -- and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
  3. Kara Logan Berlin 3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser
    3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser

Trending

  1. Our natural sleep cycle is nothing like what we do now
  2. The sibling bond
  3. Why we love, why we cheat
  4. What happened when I open-sourced my brain cancer
  5. A video game to cope with grief
  6. Psychedelic science

Editors' picks

  1. The power to think ahead in a reckless age
  2. How I accidentally changed the way movies get made
  3. A love story for the coral reef crisis
  4. What I learned from 100 days of rejection
  5. A young poet tells the story of Darfur
  6. Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work?

Climate change realities

  1. The disarming case to act right now on climate change
  2. Why you should be a climate activist
  3. The case for optimism on climate change
  4. How climate change affects your mental health
  5. How climate change could make our food less nutritious
  6. Why climate change is a threat to human rights

Explore playlists

Take a (smart) break

  1. How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems
  2. What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
  3. What causes an economic recession?
  4. How we're helping local reporters turn important stories into national news
  5. Hawking's black hole paradox explained
  6. Make love, not porn

Steer your career

  1. How to find work you love
  2. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  3. Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience
  4. Know your worth, and then ask for it
  5. How to speak up for yourself
  6. How to build (and rebuild) trust

A TEDx guide to parenting

  1. Why most parenting advice is wrong
  2. How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood
  3. Why we need to stop stigmatizing mothers who do sex work
  4. What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad
  5. What it's like to be a transgender dad
  6. How technology can reconnect parents and kids

Small thing, big idea — Designs that changed the world

  1. How the progress bar keeps you sane
  2. Why the pencil is perfect
  3. The 3,000-year history of the hoodie
  4. How the jump rope got its rhythm
  5. The genius of the London Tube Map
  6. The hidden ways stairs shape your life

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. What the discovery of gravitational waves means
  2. My stroke of insight
  3. The search for planets beyond our solar system
  4. What is so special about the human brain?
  5. A neural portrait of the human mind
  6. How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies

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.