These moving, personal talks share stories of love and commitment in the LGBTQ community.

Ever since Florence Nightingale revolutionized healthcare during the Crimean War by pointing out that infection was killing as many soldiers as bullets, nurses have pushed the envelope of medical practice. But why, asks nurse entrepreneur Rebecca Love, are they rarely involved in the design of healthcare products and workflows? In this passionat...

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

These talks examine where (and how) relationships and love factor into our technologically-driven world.

A celebration of time spent in good company. (Sorry extroverts -- we love you, too.)

Love often feels inexplicable, the most unpredictable of forces. Using science, math and methodical observation, these speakers offer clues to understanding it.

To those who feel like they don't belong: there is beauty in being a misfit.

Keiichiro Hirano believes authentic self-love starts with being open to knowing all of our "selves"—whether we like them or not. In his tender talk from TEDxKyoto, Hirano suggests that with the help of our loved ones we can begin to honestly and completely love who we are. (In Japanese with English subtitles).

Is love a signal winding through your neural pathways? A cliche? A cult? Love is easy to compare but difficult to define, maybe because we're fundamentally biased; we try to define love while falling in or out of it. And love feels differently to every person who feels it, but this subjective emotion has evolutionary explanations, too. Brad Troe...

Ah, romantic love; beautiful and intoxicating, heart-breaking and soul-crushing... often all at the same time! If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor psychology has discovered it yet – but over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories. Skye C. Cleary outlines five of th...

Mandy Len Catron explores love stories.

Falling in love is intoxicating, but how do you build a lasting partnership after the high fades?

Love: it’s what makes the world go round. And also: all you need. As well as that thing, in addition to war, in which all is fair. Here, TED Talks about this most basic of human emotions.

Libraries are a magical place full of life and endless stories — both real and imagined. We're delighted to share these TED Talks as a love letter to libraries, librarians and the community they build.

Maybe a huge project just landed on your desk. Or you’re feeling like your co-workers don’t appreciate you. Whatever has you down, these talks offer the deep breath you need.

Learning doesn't end when you throw your graduation cap in the air. These talks celebrate education beyond the classroom.

A collection of wonderful, fact-loving talks that’ll encourage you to not just face the facts, but embrace them.

After watching these charming talks, it'll feel like love is always just around the corner.

Psychotherapist Esther Perel is changing the conversation on what it means to be in love and have a fulfilling sex life.

Science is about discovering the wonders of how our world works. From physics to biology to neuroscience, channel your inner Mr. Wizard as you watch these talks.

Enjoy these talks on two-dimensional art that can give joy, color and surprising honesty to our three-dimensional lives.

Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.

Elif Shafak explicitly defies definition -- her writing blends East and West, feminism and tradition, the local and the global, Sufism and rationalism, creating one of today's most unique voices in literature.

These talks are here to set the record straight and illuminate the unexpected ways formulas and fractions influence everything, from love and war to origami and coral reefs.

Jenna McCarthy writes about relationships, marriage and parenting.

Stacey Baker assigns photography for the wide-ranging vision of the weekly New York Times Magazine.

From work and happiness, to love and success (and everything else in between), these talks offer insights on some of life's biggest secrets.

Finding the right mate is no cakewalk -- but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows patterns in how we look for love, and gives her top three tips (verified by math!) for finding that special someone.

What is it like to raise a child who's different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents -- asking them: What's the line between unconditional love and unconditional acceptance?

Feel that same warmth when you see puppies, giggling babies, or elderly people in love with these uplifting talks.