For when you need to stop biting your nails and just pick a direction.

Bandi Mbubi has conflicting feelings about his cell phone. On the one hand, Mbubi -- who fled his native country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a student activist fearing for his safety -- has seen firsthand the ability of cell phones to connect people in the formerly cut-off part of the world. In this moving talk from TEDxExeter...

Not sure what to do with your one precious life? These talks help you find the path that only you could take.

As machines grow ever more intelligent, they're emerging not just as powerful tools, but close companions. These talks -- while offering some whizzy demos -- examine how robots are becoming an intimate part of our lives.

The daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Bernice Albertine King is a connector, communicator, community builder and CEO of The King Center.

Isabel Behncke applies an evolutionary lens to human questions like: Why do we play?

Charmian Gooch is the 2014 TED Prize winner. At Global Witness, she exposes how a global architecture of corruption is woven into the extraction and exploitation of natural resources.

There's something special about our busy, blue marble of a planet. These talks explore why we should make strides to preserve our shared, galactic home.

For those bleak moments when you need a reminder of how appreciated you are.

Karen Bass has traveled the world to explore and capture footage from every environment across the Earth.

The TED Fellows are an extraordinary group of 350+ artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and more — each at the beginning of a landmark career. Below, watch the most-viewed talks from these unusual trailblazers, each with a unique idea to share.

What's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? These talks, which offer unique insights on the things we play with—from teddy bears to Legos to yo-yos.

Glean interview skills and incredible insights from some of the greatest minds to sit down on the TED stage.

If you were in the marching band, jazz ensemble or choir, music is a part of you — whether you still play or not. Let these talks tap into that.

Forget about Black Friday. Step away from the mall and watch these talks on consumerism ... and why it's not always the best thing.

Masterful, riveting performances of lyric, rhythm and rhyme.

Talks on why some choices are so tough, and how we can make better ones. Some even ask: are we really in control of our choices at all?

Ready for a change? Let these talks help you move out of your comfort zone and embrace the beauty of sharing who you are with the world.

Get ready to rock out with these awesome performances that have lit up the TED stage.

Often, discussions about equality center around leaning in, or whether or not the glass ceiling has got cracks in it. But for many women, the focus is on surviving everyday violence, assault and rape -- a daily struggle that plays a part in keeping a billion people locked into poverty. Gary Haugen (TED Talk: The hidden reason for poverty the wor...

Who doesn't love love? A collection of talks for those who can't get enough of it.

Congratulations to the winners of the 72nd annual Peabody Awards! All of you have created incredible work that adds so much to the landscape of radio, television and electronic media. But TED would like to raise our glasses to toast two winners in particular. At TED2013, multimedia producer Jacky Myint shared the storytelling process that w...

Which TED Talks did you watch and share most in 2016? These talks about being a better listener, parent, person ... and, um, spam email recipient.

Sayonara 2010s! Enjoy this look back on which popular TED Talks caught our attention from 2010 to 2019.

For four years, artist Naomi Natale’s social art practice, the One Million Bones project, has used education, hands-on artmaking and public art installation to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass atrocities. On June 8, Naomi and the One Million Bones team will be joined by thousands of volunteers to lay down the one million human “b...

Thoughtful, actionable TED talks on how we might transform a seemingly impossible problem into a solvable one.

Life is long, and so is this list. A treasure trove of how-tos (from tying your shoes to finding work you love) to bookmark, download and return to again and again.

In the image above, one million handmade bones -- made by schoolchildren and artists around the world -- have been methodically laid across the National Mall in Washington, DC, from the US Capitol building all the way to the Washington Monument. The culmination of a five-year project from TED Fellow Naomi Natale (read our interview with her abou...

These speakers offer beautiful, sweeping, simple life advice — the kind to tuck in the back of your mind and let inspire you onward.

Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols made "Out & Around" to show the momentous changes in the status of LGBTQ equality -- all around the world.