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  3. Janelle Shane The danger of AI is weirder than you think
    The danger of AI is weirder than you think

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  1. Architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders
  2. The power of cartoons
  3. The career advice you probably didn’t get
  4. What it feels like to see Earth from space
  5. Augmented-reality maps
  6. Play this word game to come up with original ideas

Editors' picks

  1. How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA
  2. Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local
  3. Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?
  4. The laws that sex workers really want
  5. How I named, shamed and jailed
  6. Why ordinary people need to understand power

TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

  1. What causes an economic recession?
  2. The surprising reason our muscles get tired
  3. Why do we hiccup?
  4. Why do cats act so weird?
  5. How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable
  6. A brief history of melancholy

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Take a (smart) break

  1. A brief history of chess
  2. Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda
  3. How augmented reality is changing activism
  4. What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
  5. How do crystals work?
  6. A brief history of cannibalism

The future of food

  1. The scientific now of space food
  2. Want to help save the world? Eat more insects
  3. Antibiotics changed our food. Here's how to change it back
  4. Why our future relies on the genetic diversity of food
  5. Data-driven farming could transform agriculture
  6. Why we should end animal agriculture

What should I do with my life?

  1. Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
  2. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  3. The power of believing that you can improve
  4. Your elusive creative genius
  5. How great leaders inspire action
  6. Why you will fail to have a great career

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. What the discovery of gravitational waves means
  2. My stroke of insight
  3. The search for planets beyond our solar system
  4. What is so special about the human brain?
  5. A neural portrait of the human mind
  6. How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies

Keep your brain healthy

  1. Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
  2. How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it
  3. How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
  4. Sleep is your superpower
  5. The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help
  6. How does income affect childhood brain development?

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.