Delivering pointedly frank observations with down-home sincerity, actor Ashley Judd is building a committed activist career on intense personal experience.

Rob Legato creates surprising and creative visual illusions for movies.

Learn how these microorganisms influence everything from the air we breathe and how healthy we are, to forming life itself.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks offers thoughts on how we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage, hope and empathy. With wisdom and clarity, he speaks on leadership, fear, death, hope and how we could use this moment to build a more just world. Watch for a special, impromptu prayer about halfway through the conversation. (This virtual conv...

Jason Fried thinks deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work. He's the co-founder of 37signals, makers of Basecamp and other web-based collaboration tools, and co-author of "Rework."

A collection of talks from creative individuals striving to bring light to some of the world's most pressing issues.

Rob Harmon is an expert on energy and natural resources policy -- looking at smart ways to manage carbon, water and the energy we use every day.

Rob Dunbar looks deeply at ancient corals and sediments to study how the climate and the oceans have shifted over the past 50 to 12,000 years -- and how the Antarctic ecosystem is changing right now.

Robb Willer's political research has investigated various topics, including economic inequality, racial prejudice, masculine overcompensation and Americans' views of climate change.

Rob Cooke, a relationship manager for high net-worth individuals, investigates the cost of work-related stress -- both in our personal lives and the global economy.

Author and entrepreneur Rob Reid writes speculative fiction for Random House.

Rob Forbes founded Design Within Reach, the furniture company that brought high design to the general public.

Rob Hopkins is the founder of the Transition movement, a radically hopeful and community-driven approach to creating societies independent of fossil fuel.

Rob Knight explores the unseen microbial world that exists literally right under our noses -- and everywhere else on (and in) our bodies.

Appreciate your space in new ways with these fun, insightful talks that will help guide you in redesigning the place you call home.

Dive into these talks about water and humanity’s relationship with this life-sustaining liquid.

Insights and advice to escaping the echo chambers of social media, newsfeeds, and everyday conversation so that we may get a better, less rose-tinted grasp of the world and people around us.

Insightful talks that offer fresh, thoughtful perspectives on Black identity.

Let these talks help you come to an understanding – if not an agreement – in the face of diverging viewpoints.

The MacArthur Foundation revealed its list of 2015 Fellows this morning. Twenty-four people received the “genius grant,” a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend -- and two of them are TED Fellows: Patrick Awuah and LaToya Ruby Frazier. Patrick Awuah founded Ashesi University, a college in his home country of Ghana dedicated to educating Af...

Insightful talks that can help improve political debate so that we can build toward a better society.

Explore what may be in store for our collective future and how we can plan for the unpredictable, together.

The most notable talks of 2019, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Ever wonder how computers make films so realistic? Enjoy these fascinating talks on movie magic in the digital age.

As an experienced police investigator, Rabiaa El Garani has been deployed to many regions around the globe to investigate sexual and gender-based violence.

These talks offer uncommonly useful advice on how you can make every workday a little bit better -- for you and for your coworkers.

It's the question of our generation: Can we find a sustainable alternative to oil? Scientists, inventors and activists present stern warnings and visionary solutions for the energy of tomorrow.

With TED-Ed communicator Emilie Soffe as the leading lady, the TED staff puts on a show.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks exercised a primary influence on the thought and philosophy of people of all faiths worldwide.