Newest Talks

  1. Jen Gunter Why can't we talk about periods?
    Why can't we talk about periods?
  2. Rachel Kleinfeld A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
    A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
  3. Priti Krishtel Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system
    Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system

Trending

  1. Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents'
  2. A magical search for a coincidence
  3. The dream we haven't dared to dream
  4. Why the universe seems so strange
  5. Symmetry, reality's riddle
  6. Science versus wonder?

Editors' picks

  1. My journey from Marine to actor
  2. The urgency of intersectionality
  3. A new way to heal hearts without surgery
  4. How does laser eye surgery work?
  5. A few ways to fix a government
  6. How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. What causes headaches?
  2. A brief history of alcohol
  3. The left brain vs. right brain myth
  4. How to stay calm under pressure
  5. How to choose your news
  6. The science of symmetry

Explore playlists

New year, new you

  1. Embrace your raw, strange magic
  2. Try something new for 30 days
  3. The profound power of an authentic apology
  4. How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others
  5. Why winning doesn't always equal success
  6. Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

Time for a hobby?

  1. Trash or historical artifact?
  2. How record collectors find lost music and preserve our cultural heritage
  3. Why we collect things
  4. What birdspotting can teach us about conservation
  5. How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time
  6. The joys of amateur aviation

Get thrifty

  1. To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift
  2. Ink made of air pollution
  3. How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza
  4. Creative houses from reclaimed stuff
  5. When I die, recompose me
  6. A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

What should I do with my life?

  1. Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
  2. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  3. The power of believing that you can improve
  4. Your elusive creative genius
  5. How great leaders inspire action
  6. Why you will fail to have a great career

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
  2. What ping-pong taught me about life
  3. How music makes me a better neuroscientist
  4. Why your doctor should care about social justice
  5. What the discovery of gravitational waves means
  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.