TED Talks

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David M. Howard

Can we recreate the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy?

Posted Jun 2023

11:56

Martin Lockley

The dinosaur detectives of real-life Jurassic parks

Posted May 2023

5:52

Joëlle Rollo-Koster

Why were there three popes at the same time?

Posted May 2023

5:01

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire

Posted May 2023

9:19

Sonia Park

Why are schools more segregated now than in the 1980s?

Posted Apr 2023

4:38

Audra A. Diptée

Why did the British Empire burn, sink, and hide these documents?

Posted Apr 2023

4:35

Nigel Rothfels

Can zoos actually save species from extinction?

Posted Apr 2023

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Damon Gameau

The story that shapes your relationship with nature

Posted Apr 2023

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Margaret Hall

How modern audiences can talk about aging art

Posted Apr 2023

5:20

Andrew Smith

Why do we eat popcorn at the movies?

Posted Apr 2023

4:53

Stephanie Honchell Smith

Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer?

Posted Apr 2023

8:08

Prosanta Chakrabarty

The new natural history

Posted Apr 2023

8:13

Chinyanta Kabaso

The dazzling diversity of African dance — in 14 moves

Posted Apr 2023

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Lindsey A. Sherrill

Are you an ethical true crime fan? 4 questions to ask

Posted Apr 2023

5:03

TED-Ed

The most important century in human history

Posted Apr 2023

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John Paget

How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town

Posted Mar 2023

4:40

Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn

A day in the Islamic Golden Age

Posted Mar 2023

14:37

Nathalia Holt

The history (and future) of women in STEM

Posted Mar 2023

5:36

William T. Taylor

How horses changed history

Posted Mar 2023

4:31

Stephanie Honchell Smith

6 myths about the Middle Ages that everyone believes

Posted Mar 2023

4:52

Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

The continents are moving. When will they collide?

Posted Mar 2023

13:14

Sharif El-Mekki

Reviving the legacy of the Black teaching tradition

Posted Feb 2023

5:03

TED-Ed

What if you experienced every human life in history?

Posted Feb 2023

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Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons

Ancient Pompeii's hidden messages, preserved in graffiti

Posted Feb 2023

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Vincent Yeow Lim

The nostalgia behind your favorite Chinese food

Posted Feb 2023

5:02

Raymond Adkins

How do airplanes actually fly?

Posted Feb 2023

5:12

Keenan Norris

One of the most "dangerous" men in American history

Posted Feb 2023

5:10

Karlos Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio

When did slavery actually end in the United States?

Posted Feb 2023

8:05

Channing Gerard Joseph

How Black queer culture shaped history

Posted Feb 2023

9:49

Luisa Neubauer

The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry — and a better climate story

Posted Jan 2023

14:45

Melaku Belay

The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance

Posted Jan 2023

6:12

Vivian Jiang

Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult

Posted Jan 2023

5:52

Frank Cogliano

History vs. Thomas Jefferson

Posted Jan 2023

10:54

Bettye Kearse

The history of a name

Posted Dec 2022

5:07

Marc Adam Hertzman and Flavio dos Santos Gomes

The kingdom hidden in Brazil

Posted Dec 2022

5:33

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love

Posted Dec 2022