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  1. Beauty, truth and ... physics?
  2. The beautiful future of solar power
  3. The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla
  4. The jobs we'll lose to machines -- and the ones we won't
  5. The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes
  6. A short history of trans people's long fight for equality

Editors' picks

  1. How to live before you die
  2. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  3. 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion
  4. A better way to talk about abortion
  5. What new power looks like
  6. An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall

Believe in you

  1. Your elusive creative genius
  2. The power of vulnerability
  3. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  4. Embrace the near win
  5. The power of believing that you can improve
  6. What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it?

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Spark your creativity

  1. Want to be more creative? Go for a walk
  2. The surprising habits of original thinkers
  3. Play this word game to come up with original ideas
  4. How frustration can make us more creative
  5. Go ahead, make up new words!
  6. How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. Why incompetent people think they're amazing
  2. The mysterious science of pain
  3. Who am I? A philosophical inquiry
  4. The Infinite Hotel Paradox
  5. How playing an instrument benefits your brain
  6. The chemistry of cookies

This is what your brain does when ...

  1. When you're making a deal, what's going on in your brain?
  2. Sleep is your superpower
  3. This is your brain on communication
  4. Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might
  5. How your brain tells you where you are
  6. You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

Art empowers

  1. Why I ask strangers to draw their memories
  2. A new way to define self-worth
  3. How I turned my Tourette's tics into art
  4. Theater healed my community after Hurricane Katrina
  5. How I define beauty
  6. Poetry that frees the soul

Let's talk about sex

  1. How to have a healthier, positive relationship to sex
  2. What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure
  3. The way we think about biological sex is wrong
  4. The laws that sex workers really want
  5. Our treatment of HIV has advanced. Why hasn't the stigma changed?
  6. A little-told tale of sex and sensuality

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.