Try on these talks about the traits that make you who you are.

The most notable talks of 2018, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson.

These talks offer a crash course on what it means to have privilege -- from race and class to education, health and beyond.

Learn all the hubbub going on with the big Red Planet in these insightful and utterly fascinating talks.

NASA engineer Bobak Ferdowsi helped the Curiosity rover land on Mars -- and he's curated these talks that deepen our understanding of the world around us.

As Wittgenstein wrote, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Watch talks by linguists, data analysts and word nerds.

What's out there waiting to make contact?

Bono picks 8 talks that express powerful ideas -- and shares exactly why each needs to be spread far and wide.

While it may not be simple or easy, these fascinating talks make aerospace engineering a little more accessible to the average person.

We all love parsing the twists and folds of a good old-fashioned mystery -- of all kinds.

Sharpen your pencils! It’s time to hit the books again, with these TED Talks that take you through a busy day of math, history, gym, lunch, English, science and art. No finals required.

With technical advancement comes great ethical responsibility. In these talks, amazing, life-altering feats of science make us ask: How could we mess this up?

It's not the end of the world, but as we know, it never hurts to be prepared.

A great teacher can change the trajectory of your life. Here, talks from teachers you'll wish you had.

Mars is humanity's next destination. We keep talking about it, but what would it really be like to live there?

Death is a topic that is relevant to us all, and yet it simply isn’t pleasant to talk about. These speakers offer subtle reframes to help us face this fact of life more thoughtfully and with greater compassion.

Mikko Hypponen lays it out: "The talks I chose for my playlist are about technology, security or privacy. Because geeks. Then I added the talk from Dan Barber. Because fish."

A surprising collection of TED Talks to delight and ensnare you for hours and hours.

Green, leafy, often delicious: Plants are all around us and make the ecosystem work. Hear from gardeners, vegetarians, designers and conservationists on the wonderful world of plants and vegetables.

A collection of histories textbooks leave out.

Sometimes, things get a little buried in our archive of 3,000+ TED Talks. Check out some great ones, unearthed for your viewing pleasure.

These brilliant people have shaped their fields -- from inventing the World Wide Web to changing the world of dance. They share their work in their own words.

Maps don't just tell you which street to turn left on. Maps convey information that shapes our lives, deepen our understanding of problems and our ability to create solutions, and whisk our imaginations to new lands. See what we mean, below.

Spellbinding, stimulating, seductive ... science? Here, the 10 most-watched science talks on TED.com. See why.

Travel across the universe (or is it universes?) to see stunning images of Saturn's rings, hear haunting sounds from distant black holes and catch an infectious sense of wonder about galaxies far, far away.

A selection of fascinating TED Talks for when you need to feed your intellectual curiosity (in 10 minutes or less).

What. A. Year. These 25 TED Talks helped us make better decisions, taught us some fascinating science, gave us some hope for humanity and showed us what it's like to climb 3,000 feet ... without a rope.

As important as they are eloquent, these four talks are poet Malcolm London’s idea of how to truly cause a stir.

It’s aaalive! Behold, these advancements in science and tech allow us to create human body parts.