TED Talks

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12:44

Claire Malone

The missing 96 percent of the universe

Posted Jul 2021

5:13

Lukas Rieppel

The most notorious scientific feud in history

Posted Jul 2021

5:00

Darien Satterfield

Real-life "Alien" jaws

Posted Jun 2021

5:02

Luis Zambrano

These salamanders snack on each other (but don't die)

Posted Jun 2021

5:38

Sarah Rugheimer

The search for microscopic aliens

Posted Jun 2021

5:28

Luka Seamus Wright

The sharks that hunt in forests

Posted Jun 2021

3:35

Jen Gunter

Why healthy bones are about so much more than milk

Posted Jun 2021

5:07

Susan M. Reverby

Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment

Posted Jun 2021

5:19

Aaron Morris

How your body could become its own diagnostic lab

Posted Jun 2021

4:03

Nina G. Jablonski

Why do we have hair in such random places?

Posted Jun 2021

5:02

Jen Gunter

What really happens to your body during menopause

Posted Jun 2021

4:11

Jen Gunter

Why you shouldn't worry about pooping once a day

Posted May 2021

5:56

Brittany Young

How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore

Posted May 2021

4:25

Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel

Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?

Posted May 2021

4:59

Alex Gendler

The woman who stared at the sun

Posted May 2021

6:24

Katie Mack

The death of the universe — and what it means for life

Posted May 2021

4:21

Jen Gunter

Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day

Posted May 2021

5:02

Masako Tamaki

Can you be awake and asleep at the same time?

Posted May 2021

2:10

TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

Posted May 2021

14:52

Daniel Kraft

How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine

Posted May 2021

4:43

Sara C. Mednick

How long should your naps be?

Posted Apr 2021

1h 9m

The TED Interview

The race to build AI that benefits humanity with Sam Altman

Posted Apr 2021

4:44

Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor

How do wind turbines work?

Posted Apr 2021

7:50

John Marshall

3 strategies for effectively talking about climate change

Posted Apr 2021

22:25

Lisa Genova

How your memory works — and why forgetting is totally OK

Posted Apr 2021

4:57

Justin Schmidt

The world's most painful insect sting

Posted Apr 2021

14:19

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The global cooperation that accelerated the COVID-19 vaccines

Posted Apr 2021

6:39

David Gruber

Can we learn to talk to sperm whales?

Posted Apr 2021

4:39

Alex Gendler

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?

Posted Apr 2021

39:54

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

Mantua Townshi‪p‬

Posted Apr 2021

4:45

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

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

8:42

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Possible futures from the intersection of nature, tech and society

Posted Mar 2021

4:52

Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte

The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk

Posted Mar 2021

4:37

Briana Brownell

How does artificial intelligence learn?

Posted Mar 2021