How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together
Tracie Keesee / Law enforcement professional
Yes, there's litter in space

TED Talk: Our orbital environment is breathtakingly beautiful and our gateway to exploration — it's up to us to keep it that way

How your brain constructs reality

Playlist: Do we experience the world as it really is? Find out with these talks that explain why we see the world the way we do

Newest Talks

  1. How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together
  2. The simple genius of a good graphic
  3. How I became part sea urchin
  4. "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
  5. Why museums are returning cultural treasures
  6. How we could teach our bodies to heal faster

Trending

  1. What's next in 3D printing
  2. The roots of plant intelligence
  3. "La Vie en Rose"
  4. Our loss of wisdom
  5. Teach statistics before calculus!
  6. The emergence of "4D printing"

Recommended today

  1. Why Brexit happened -- and what to do next
  2. Hooked by an octopus
  3. Once upon a time, my mother ...
  4. Aliens, love -- where are they?
  5. How I fell in love with a fish
  6. A call to men

Explore playlists

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose
  2. The mystery of chronic pain
  3. The problem with race-based medicine
  4. His and hers ... health care
  5. How to make choosing easier
  6. Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce

A blueprint for diversity in the workplace

  1. How diversity makes teams more innovative
  2. How language shapes the way we think
  3. How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  4. Why diversity matters
  5. The power of diversity within yourself
  6. Lead like the great conductors

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. The myth of Hercules
  2. Can you solve the alien probe riddle?
  3. Could the Earth be swallowed by a black hole?
  4. Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?
  5. What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?
  6. How do cigarettes affect the body?

House & home: ideas from TEDx

  1. I hate McMansions -- and you should too
  2. America's most invisible communities -- mobile home parks
  3. Should teachers get free housing?
  4. Home renters are powerless. Here's how to fix that
  5. How prefab homes can transform affordable housing
  6. Home is where the art is

what's it like to be a baby?

  1. What do babies think?
  2. The linguistic genius of babies
  3. The surprisingly logical minds of babies
  4. A warm embrace that saves lives
  5. In our baby's illness, a life lesson
  6. What we don't know about mother's milk

What is genius?

  1. Your elusive creative genius
  2. The linguistic genius of babies
  3. The untapped genius that could change science for the better
  4. The deadly genius of drug cartels
  5. The emergent genius of ant colonies
  6. The gentle genius of bonobos

live your best life

  1. 12 truths I learned from life and writing
  2. The life-long learner
  3. Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
  4. Things I've learned in my life so far
  5. The danger of a single story
  6. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

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.