Newest Talks

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  3. Jennifer Zhu Scott Why you should get paid for your data
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Trending

  1. Hope and justice for women who've survived ISIS
  2. A few ways to fix a government
  3. Never, ever give up
  4. The ocean's glory -- and horror
  5. Economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it
  6. The global power shift

Editors' picks

  1. Embrace your raw, strange magic
  2. Do politics make us irrational?
  3. This could be why you're depressed or anxious
  4. "You Have the Rite"
  5. Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art
  6. Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. Vultures: the acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem
  2. How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
  3. How do blood transfusions work?
  4. How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it)
  5. Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?
  6. Are we living in a simulation?

Explore playlists

Little-known big history

  1. How whistle-blowers shape history
  2. The first and last king of Haiti
  3. How we're honoring people overlooked by history
  4. The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel
  5. Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
  6. A visual history of social dance in 25 moves

Celebrating Black History Month

  1. How I claimed a seat at the periodic table
  2. The language of ballroom culture
  3. The real story of the Black Panther Party
  4. My quest to sleep in every former slave dwelling in the US
  5. The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about black history
  6. The ecology of inequality

Riddle us this ...

  1. Can you solve the famously difficult green-eyed logic puzzle?
  2. Can you solve the jail break riddle?
  3. Can you solve the giant cat army riddle?
  4. Can you solve the time travel riddle?
  5. Can you solve "Einstein's Riddle"?
  6. Can you solve the three gods riddle?

Poetry in motion

  1. How my mom inspired my approach to the cello
  2. "Wild Women"
  3. An electrifying acoustic guitar performance
  4. A human-robot dance duet
  5. The danger of silence
  6. The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. A political party for women's equality
  2. No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
  3. I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one
  4. Why your doctor should care about social justice
  5. A highly scientific taxonomy of haters
  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.