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The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research

In this special TED Membership interview, psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, the head of one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever conducted, shares insights into how to identify and strengthen the relationships that impact your well-being most

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Jen Gunter

Do you really need 8 hours of sleep every night?

3 minutes 53 seconds
Stacy Kauk

The billion-dollar pollution solution humanity needs right now

13 minutes 9 seconds
Frances S. Chance

Are insect brains the secret to great AI?

9 minutes 32 seconds
Jessie Christiansen

What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe

6 minutes
Nithya Vaduganathan

5 hiring tips every company (and job seeker) should know

8 minutes 9 seconds
Jesse Ilhardt

How play helps a kid's brain grow

11 minutes 59 seconds
Tameka Montgomery

5 parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids

17 minutes 32 seconds
TED-Ed

How will AI change the world?

5 minutes 39 seconds
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Clementine Jacoby

How bad data traps people in the US justice system

6 minutes 10 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Manu Peni

The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design

11 minutes 54 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Ben Gran

Why nurses are key to medical innovation

16 minutes 12 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Robert Waldinger

The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research

28 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Jessie Christiansen

What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe

6 minutes
Posted Jan 2023
Colin Averill

How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi

12 minutes 7 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Paul Catchlove

The habit that could improve your career

10 minutes 58 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
KC Davis

How to do laundry when you're depressed

12 minutes 57 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

How to design climate-resilient buildings

14 minutes 11 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Adetayo Bamiduro

Africa's path to clean mobility -- driven by motorcycles

5 minutes 12 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Clive Loseby

The internet's accessibility problem -- and how to fix it

13 minutes 32 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Joel Baraka

The board game getting kids excited about school

11 minutes 15 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Frances S. Chance

Are insect brains the secret to great AI?

9 minutes 32 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Miguel Goncalves

How millennials and Gen Z can invest in a better future

9 minutes 15 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Jesse Ilhardt

How play helps a kid's brain grow

11 minutes 59 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Xavier Cortada

A creative approach to community climate action

10 minutes 31 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Nithya Vaduganathan

5 hiring tips every company (and job seeker) should know

8 minutes 9 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
Gautam Shah

Can the metaverse bring us closer to wildlife?

5 minutes 47 seconds
Posted Dec 2022
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Deepa Narayan

7 beliefs that can silence women -- and how to unlearn them

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Matt Walker

How caffeine and alcohol affect your sleep

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Why gender-based marketing is bad for business

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Pratik Shah

How AI is making it easier to diagnose disease

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Susan Pinker

The secret to living longer may be your social life

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Matt Walker

What's the connection between sleep and Alzheimer's disease?

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Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas

Why great leaders take humor seriously

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Steven Pinker

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

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Shweta Narayan

It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet

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Neil Pasricha

The 3 A's of awesome

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Maurice Conti

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI

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Jessica Garza

How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people

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The colorful, shapeshifting wonder of the Amazon's praying mantises

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Jonathan Foley

The other inconvenient truth

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Astro Teller

The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure

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Chad Frischmann

100 solutions to reverse global warming

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The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

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How AI will shape the future

Holly Herndon

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

9 minutes 24 seconds
Anicka Yi

Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature

10 minutes 13 seconds
Jeanette Winterson

Is humanity smart enough to survive itself?

18 minutes 24 seconds
Sofia Crespo

AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination

9 minutes 16 seconds
Frances S. Chance

Are insect brains the secret to great AI?

9 minutes 32 seconds
Andrew Ng

How AI could empower any business

11 minutes 16 seconds
Briana Brownell

How does artificial intelligence learn?

4 minutes 37 seconds
David Gruber

Can we learn to talk to sperm whales?

6 minutes 30 seconds
Kevin Roose

The value of your humanity in an automated future

10 minutes 39 seconds
Jeff Dean

AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could be

18 minutes 21 seconds
The TED Interview

The race to build AI that benefits humanity with Sam Altman (from April 2021)

1 hour 9 minutes 14 seconds
Lucy Farey-Jones

A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI

6 minutes 17 seconds
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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

TED-Ed

Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

5 minutes 26 seconds
TED-Ed

Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?

5 minutes 2 seconds
TED-Ed

Is capitalism actually broken?

6 minutes 23 seconds
Soraya Field Fiorio

How did they build the Great Pyramid of Giza?

5 minutes 32 seconds
Iseult Gillespie

The myth of Pegasus and the chimera

5 minutes 22 seconds
Alex Gendler

The original ring of power

5 minutes 18 seconds
Noah Charney

Can you guess what's wrong with these paintings?

5 minutes 24 seconds
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Countdown: Take action on climate

TED Countdown

Is there a role for carbon credits in the transition to a fair, net-zero future?

36 minutes 25 seconds
Johan Rockström

10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet

7 minutes 36 seconds
Vaitea Cowan

How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era

9 minutes 14 seconds
Huma Yusuf

A new social contract for global climate justice

10 minutes 40 seconds
Yuval Noah Harari

The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown

10 minutes 25 seconds
Jim Hagemann Snabe

Dreams and details for a decarbonized future

11 minutes 37 seconds
Olivia Lazard

The blind spots of the green energy transition

18 minutes 1 second
Ozawa Bineshi Albert

Climate action needs new frontline leadership

13 minutes 58 seconds
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

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

8 minutes 11 seconds
Tzeporah Berman

The bad math of the fossil fuel industry

13 minutes 20 seconds
Nemonte Nenquimo

The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it

8 minutes 2 seconds
Shankar Vedantam

You don't actually know what your future self wants

14 minutes 8 seconds
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Hidden gems from TEDx

Linden Vazey

Can you be yourself at work?

12 minutes 32 seconds
Francis Sanzaro

The case for keeping the wilderness wild

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Faheem Curtis-Khidr

How the higher education system fails Black educators

8 minutes 51 seconds
Mike Merrill

How I became the world's first publicly traded person

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Laura Gassner Otting

Why doesn't success bring happiness?

12 minutes 36 seconds
Gloria Chan Packer

Work is not your family

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Lindsey Schneider

Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back movement

9 minutes 26 seconds
Craig Richard

The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR

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Sean Sherman

Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?

17 minutes 58 seconds
Sophie Williams

The rigged test of leadership

13 minutes 15 seconds
Margaret Levi

How labor unions shape society

17 minutes 4 seconds
Niro Sivanathan

The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive

10 minutes 40 seconds
Nirupa Rao

An illustrated kingdom of real, fantastical plants

8 minutes 44 seconds
Liu Thai Ker

The architectural mastermind behind modern Singapore

15 minutes 19 seconds
Trish Millines Dziko

How schools can nurture every student's genius

15 minutes 40 seconds
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Heard on TED Radio Hour

Wendy Suzuki

The brain-changing benefits of exercise

12 minutes 53 seconds
Wendy De La Rosa

Can't stick to a budget? Try these tweaks instead

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Catherine Price

Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

12 minutes 33 seconds
Sandra Aamodt

Why dieting doesn't usually work

12 minutes 28 seconds
Pico Iyer

The art of stillness

15 minutes 27 seconds
A.J. Jacobs

How healthy living nearly killed me

8 minutes 25 seconds
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Meet the TED Audio Collective

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The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

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How to Rethink a Bad Decision

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TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry

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Introducing: Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

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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.