TED Talks

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9:44

Laurel Braitman

The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers

Posted May 2020

7:27

Skylar Tibbits

A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines

Posted May 2020

6:05

Janet Iwasa

The wonders of the molecular world, animated

Posted Apr 2020

6:26

Lucy Farey-Jones

A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI

Posted Mar 2020

6:04

Matt Cutts

What happens when a Silicon Valley technologist works for the government

Posted Mar 2020

4:48

Ellen Agler

Parasitic worms hold back human progress. Here's how we can end them

Posted Jan 2020

4:41

Christopher Bahl

A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins

Posted Jan 2020

21:09

Nick Bostrom

How civilization could destroy itself — and 4 ways we could prevent it

Posted Dec 2019

13:53

Edward Tenner

The paradox of efficiency

Posted Dec 2019

6:16

Cady Coleman

What it's like to live on the International Space Station

Posted Nov 2019

11:32

Peter Beck

Small rockets are the next space revolution

Posted Nov 2019

10:40

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin

A historical musical that examines Black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

Posted Nov 2019

6:17

Jess Kutch

What productive conflict can offer a workplace

Posted Oct 2019

5:14

Leila Pirhaji

The medical potential of AI and metabolites

Posted Oct 2019

5:02

Andrew Nemr

The sounds and sights of tap dance

Posted Oct 2019

5:04

Hiromi Ozaki

How I bring myth and magic to life

Posted Oct 2019

5:27

Alexis Gambis

Why we need more (real) science in fiction

Posted Oct 2019

14:48

Beau Lotto and Cirque du Soleil

How we experience awe — and why it matters

Posted Oct 2019

12:11

Claire Wardle

How you can help transform the internet into a place of trust

Posted Oct 2019

5:39

Ashwin Naidu

The link between fishing cats and mangrove forest conservation

Posted Oct 2019

14:21

Jon M. Chu

The pride and power of representation in film

Posted Oct 2019

10:28

Janelle Shane

The danger of AI is weirder than you think

Posted Oct 2019

8:06

Bjarke Ingels

An architect's guide to living on Mars

Posted Oct 2019

13:50

Julie Cordua

How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet

Posted Oct 2019

15:10

David Deutsch

After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up

Posted Oct 2019

12:27

First Aid Kit

"King of the World" / "Nothing Has to Be True" / "My Silver Lining"

Posted Oct 2019

11:43

Adena Friedman

What's the future of capitalism?

Posted Oct 2019

17:05

Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Revelations from a lifetime of dance

Posted Oct 2019

4:45

Gangadhar Patil

How we're helping local reporters turn important stories into national news

Posted Oct 2019

12:00

Herman Narula

The transformative power of video games

Posted Oct 2019

5:16

Moreangels Mbizah

How community-led conservation can save wildlife

Posted Oct 2019

13:51

Sarah Sze

How we experience time and memory through art

Posted Sep 2019

11:56

Muthoni Drummer Queen

Creativity builds nations

Posted Sep 2019

9:59

Safeena Husain

A bold plan to empower 1.6 million out-of-school girls in India

Posted Sep 2019

12:04

Richard Bona

"Tumba La Nyama" / "Mulema"

Posted Sep 2019

5:17

Federica Bianco

How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems

Posted Sep 2019