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  1. The design of the universe
  2. The courage to live with radical uncertainty
  3. Political common ground in a polarized United States
  4. Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me
  5. The Great Migration and the power of a single decision
  6. We need better drugs -- now

Highlights from Countdown

  1. Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they?
  2. India's historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy
  3. To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism
  4. The 15-minute city
  5. The city planting a million trees in two years
  6. The case for stubborn optimism on climate

Discussed on tedcircles.com

  1. How to shift your mindset and choose your future
  2. Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
  3. The link between climate change, health and poverty
  4. How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming
  5. How to get better at the things you care about
  6. Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail

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Fight racism

  1. Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally
  2. How racial bias works -- and how to disrupt it
  3. The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist
  4. The lie that invented racism
  5. Scenes from a Black trans life
  6. How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing

Editors' picks

  1. There's no such thing as not voting
  2. The era of blind faith in big data must end
  3. Fake videos of real people -- and how to spot them
  4. An honest look at the personal finance crisis
  5. How repaying loans with social service transforms communities
  6. Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy

Lessons on schooling

  1. Why students should have mental health days
  2. The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen
  3. Why schools should teach for the real world
  4. How schools should respond to COVID-19
  5. How game design can help schooling
  6. The case for reforming STEM education

Viruses & vaccines

  1. 5 needs that any COVID-19 response should meet
  2. COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it
  3. Can light stop the coronavirus?
  4. How the pandemic will shape the near future
  5. New ways to understand life in a pandemic
  6. The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved
  2. Why rumors about vaccines spread -- and how to rebuild trust
  3. Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
  4. How to shift your mindset and choose your future
  5. The weird history of the "sex chromosomes"
  6. A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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.