TED Talks

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4:45

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

Posted Apr 2021

11:33

Jens Burchardt

How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything

Posted Apr 2021

15:34

Esther Perel

How to welcome surprise and mystery into your post-pandemic life

Posted Apr 2021

4:49

TED-Ed

Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death— and how to rescue them

Posted Apr 2021

16:49

Katherine M. Gehl

US politics isn't broken. It's fixed

Posted Apr 2021

5:27

Elizabeth Cox

Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy?

Posted Apr 2021

10:11

Tim Nevius

The exploitation of US college athletes

Posted Apr 2021

4:55

Jacques S. Abramowicz

How does ultrasound work?

Posted Apr 2021

19:36

Michael Levin

The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life

Posted Mar 2021

13:14

Archie Crowley

Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Posted Mar 2021

4:39

Kayla Wolf

Why every world map is wrong

Posted Mar 2021

4:46

Brian A. Pavlac

A brief history of the devil

Posted Mar 2021

6:27

Andrew Youn

The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty

Posted Mar 2021

5:27

Dennis E. Shasha

Can you solve the fantasy election riddle?

Posted Mar 2021

10:19

Amber McReynolds

An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first

Posted Mar 2021

13:29

Caroline Catlin

Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss

Posted Mar 2021

5:24

Kayla Wolf

Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition

Posted Mar 2021

8:42

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Possible futures from the intersection of nature, tech and society

Posted Mar 2021

4:20

TED-Ed

What's the best fuel for your car?

Posted Mar 2021

48:21

Bill Gates

The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster

Posted Mar 2021

4:39

Neil R. Jeyasingam

How do antidepressants work?

Posted Mar 2021

13:56

Tyler Dewitt

Online learning could change academia — for good

Posted Mar 2021

10:40

Julia Dhar

How to have constructive conversations

Posted Mar 2021

4:26

TED-Ed

How much land does it take to power the world?

Posted Mar 2021

11:07

Emily Leproust

How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials

Posted Mar 2021

4:52

Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte

The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk

Posted Mar 2021

9:43

Leslie Herod

What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?

Posted Mar 2021

7:50

Patty McCord

4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance

Posted Mar 2021

4:37

Briana Brownell

How does artificial intelligence learn?

Posted Mar 2021

10:59

Antoine Gourévitch

What is deep tech? A look at how it could shape the future

Posted Mar 2021

12:50

Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action

Posted Mar 2021

4:41

TED-Ed

How much electricity does it take to power the world?

Posted Mar 2021

5:57

Lisa Krause

Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered?

Posted Mar 2021

15:32

Jodi-Ann Burey

The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work

Posted Mar 2021

1:29

Sir Ken Robinson

How would you finish the sentence, "Imagine if..."?

Posted Mar 2021

6:46

Al Gore, Gloria Kasang Bulus, Nana Firman, Ximena Loría and Tim Guinee

Climate change is our reality. Here's how we're taking action

Posted Mar 2021