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TED Countdown

TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Carbon credits [Session 1]

Posted Nov 2022

3:49

Jen Gunter

Do you really need 8 hours of sleep every night?

Posted Nov 2022

26:55

Heidi Hammel and Nadia Drake

The marvels and mysteries revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope

Posted Nov 2022

0:00

Alan Jamieson

Meet the mysterious "monsters" of the deep sea

Posted Oct 2022

11:03

Jason W. Chin

A virus-resistant organism — and what it could mean for the future

Posted Oct 2022

13:47

Francis Sanzaro

The case for keeping the wilderness wild

Posted Oct 2022

3:30

Jen Gunter

Can exercise actually "boost" your metabolism?

Posted Oct 2022

2:54

Jen Gunter

How your sense of smell helps you savor flavor

Posted Oct 2022

10:37

Melodie Yashar

How to build for human life on Mars

Posted Sep 2022

15:16

Nicholas Leeper

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease?

Posted Sep 2022

9:11

Vaitea Cowan

How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era

Posted Sep 2022

14:56

Dean R. Lomax

A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed

Posted Sep 2022

10:16

Leo Lanna and Lvcas Fiat

The colorful, shapeshifting wonder of the Amazon's praying mantises

Posted Sep 2022

5:15

TED-Ed

Would you pass the wallet test?

Posted Aug 2022

4:03

Barbara Thorne

Coneheads, egg stacks and anteater attacks: The reign of a termite queen

Posted Aug 2022

12:32

Sergiu P. Pasca

How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab

Posted Aug 2022

5:19

Fabio Pacucci

The Boltzmann brain paradox

Posted Aug 2022

9:30

Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez

The problem with plastics — and how they're changing the environment

Posted Aug 2022

4:42

Kenny Coogan

This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms

Posted Jul 2022

10:47

Dan Widmaier

The future of fashion — made from mushrooms

Posted Jul 2022

12:30

Catherine Price

Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

Posted Jul 2022

5:04

TED-Ed

The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity

Posted Jul 2022

14:31

Eleni Myrivili

A 3-part plan to take on extreme heat waves

Posted Jul 2022

4:43

Liesbeth Demuyser

What causes yeast infections, and how do you get rid of them?

Posted Jul 2022

4:46

Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge

The world's slimiest animal

Posted Jul 2022

52:49

Lucy Cooke

What can animals teach us about sex and gender?

Posted Jul 2022

14:52

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The search for the invisible matter that shapes the universe

Posted Jul 2022

5:36

Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet

Meet the microbes that could eat your trash

Posted Jul 2022

58:31

Jill Bolte Taylor

How to tap into your whole brain

Posted Jul 2022

4:34

Judy Grisel

How does alcohol cause hangovers?

Posted Jul 2022

9:58

Jane Zelikova

The hidden wonders of soil

Posted Jun 2022

4:43

Grace Smith-Viduarre and Tim Wright

Why can parrots talk?

Posted Jun 2022

13:19

Jennifer Heldmann

SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket — and the future of galactic exploration

Posted Jun 2022

10:22

Yuval Noah Harari

The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown

Posted Jun 2022

4:52

Luka Seamus Wright

These animals are also plants ... wait, what?

Posted Jun 2022

4:44

Victoria Hwang

What is the rarest color in nature?

Posted Jun 2022