With cutting-edge nanotech, Michael Pritchard's Lifesaver water-purification bottle could revolutionize water-delivery systems in disaster-stricken areas around the globe.

These speakers embrace and express who they are, what they stand for, and by living their truth invite you to do the same.

Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline -- and what we can learn by taking a broad look across many kinds of societies.

Marina Abramović (TED Talk: An art made of trust, vulnerability and connection) is talking about the role of humor in her life and work. Now, that’s not necessarily a topic you might expect to chat about with the grande dame of the performance art world. Her work is powerful, austere, often overwhelming … but funny? “People know my work and the...

Allan Savory isn’t afraid to own up to the “greatest blunder” of his life. In his incredible talk from TED2013, Savory shares his life’s work managing grasslands in Africa, weaving a gripping tale out of what seems like an unlikely topic.  In the 1950s, Savory helped create large national parks in Africa. But as people left this land to make way...

Tim Harford's writings reveal the economic ideas behind everyday experiences.

Like the legendary love potion that the Toloache flower is used for in Mexico, the ladies of Flor de Toloache cast a spell over their audiences with soaring vocals and physical elegance. Their album "Indestructible" will be released on May 31, 2019.

Valorie Kondos Field is the retired head coach of the seven-time NCAA Champion, 22-time Regional Champion and 18-time Pac 12 Champion UCLA Women's Gymnastics team.

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them develop and foster diverse and inclusive work.

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.

The Chief Economist at General Electric, Marco Annunziata is a financial virtuoso with a passion for technology.

Sometimes, things get a little buried in our archive of 2,800+ TED Talks. Check out some great ones, unearthed for your viewing pleasure.

Dermatologist Richard Weller wants to know: Why are Scots so sick?

In 2004, Ben Saunders became the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole. In 2013, he set out on another record-breaking expedition, this time to retrace Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole on foot.

About this event: "Society obsessed about success, not appreciating real value of failure" The sentence above tells us about the dark side of Korean society. Korean society is too harsh to one's failures. Although it remains a valuable experience at last, people say "Failure is just failure." Even the venture businesses where failure is necessary abhor failure...

When it comes to aging well, having “good genes” (or rather, mutant ones) is key, says Cynthia Kenyon. She unlocked the genetic secret of longevity in roundworms — and now she’s working to do the same for humans.

Guy Winch asks us to take our emotional health as seriously as we take our physical health -- and explores how to heal from common heartaches.

The former Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou, takes the stage as the first speaker at TEDGlobal 2013. It's already been a long morning, with a few dozen protesters earlier objecting to his presence in Edinburgh outside  the conference center. And Papandreou cuts something of a pensive figure as he tells us he's set to give a speech u...

About this event: TEDxBristol was held on Monday 11th November 2013 at Bristol’s iconic Colston Hall, the event sold out with 1,000 delegates attending. Our theme this year: Failure. From science to circus acts, relationships to videogames, fitness to space – we invited our speakers to plumb the depths of their varied and extensive experiences, with each story...

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Ian Bremmer helps business leaders, policymakers and the general public make sense of the world around them.

About this event: Successful Failure

Sandeep Jauhar is a practicing cardiologist passionate about communicating medicine in all its glorious, quirky, inescapable humanity.

About this event: Two pilgrims journey from their village, seeking the advice of a famous sage. After many days, they reach the place of the sage. He asks them why they have come. To gain wisdom, they reply. The sage meditates. To gain wisdom, the sage says, you must make good decisions. And how do we make good decisions? the pilgrims ask. By first making bad one...

"I am a magnificent failure," Ashton Kutcher announced on the TEDYouth stage in New Orleans earlier today. "I screw up so much it hurts." The star of television show Two and a Half Men said this not to be self-deprecating or to beat up on himself, but to drive home the point that failure is a part of life -- and one that can prompt profou...

Malian singer Rokia Traore blends the traditions of her Bamana heritage with a modern singer-songwriter's approach to music-making.

About this event: Did you know that humans have around 6.5 thoughts per minute or about 6,000 thoughts per day assuming 8 hours of sleep? Our thoughts are the catalyst for self-perpetuating cycles. What we think directly influences how we feel and how we behave. So, if we think we are a failure, we will feel like a failure. Then, we will act like a failure, wh...

About this event: Is there some success in failure? Pablo Foncillas says Yes. According to him, we are too much focused on success and do not accept failure. Looking only at success and not reflecting about the mistakes we have done can kill innovation. Thus, we need urgently a culture which accepts success as well as failure and sees failure as part of the creat...

About this event: "Society obsessed about success, not appreciating real value of failure" The sentence above tells us about the dark side of Korean society. Korean society is too harsh to one's failures. Although it remains a valuable experience at last, people say "Failure is just failure." Even the venture businesses where failure is necessary abhor failure...

About this event: Failure can take many forms and sometimes we have to pay a high price for our mistakes. By looking at what we can learn from failure and how we should approach it, with this event we intend to highlight stories of “failures worth spreading”. So, let’s embrace failure and listen to the dos and don’ts generously shared by the people who have faile...