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Beauty

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of beauty.

Video playlists about Beauty

Objects of desire

12 talks • 2h 45m

An iconic painting. An ancient manuscript. A cylinder with 2600 years of history. Learn about artifacts and images that have intrigued humans for centuries, and why we find them so alluring.

Natural wonder

8 talks • 1h 46m

What is nature? Follow the camera's eye to many stunning places on the planet -- from the African veldt to the Amazon rainforest to the teeming world under the Arctic ice.

Can you believe your eyes?

10 talks • 2h 30m

Magic tricks, optical illusions, death-defying feats, digital lies. Believe it or not.

11 must-see TED Talks

11 talks • 3h 19m

What is TED? This primer of 11 classic TED Talks show you the wide range of topics covered -- and introduce you to beloved speakers like Amy Cuddy, Brené Brown, Sir Ken Robinson and Chimamanda Adichie. Find your next favorite talk ...

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Talks about Beauty

Cheyenne Cochrane

A celebration of natural hair

Posted Jun 2017

Anne Lamott

12 truths I learned from life and writing

Posted Jun 2017

Justin Davidson

Why glass towers are bad for city life — and what we need instead

Posted Jun 2017

Kate Stafford

How human noise affects ocean habitats

Posted May 2017

John Koenig

Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions

Posted Mar 2017

Ani Liu

Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology

Posted Feb 2017

Jeanne Gang

Buildings that blend nature and city

Posted Jan 2017

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

To solve old problems, study new species

Posted Jan 2017

Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan

A queer vision of love and marriage

Posted Dec 2016

Roger Antonsen

Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world

Posted Nov 2016

Steven Johnson

The playful wonderland behind great inventions

Posted Nov 2016

Tim Leberecht

4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines

Posted Nov 2016

Kelli Jean Drinkwater

Enough with the fear of fat

Posted Oct 2016

Alyssa Monks

How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection

Posted Oct 2016

Trevor Copp and Jeff Fox

Ballroom dance that breaks gender roles

Posted Oct 2016

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

Posted Sep 2016

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Exclusive articles about Beauty

Gallery: The beauty of a thin film of oil

Artist Fabian Oefner works with everyday materials to create astonishing, unrecognizable images. Here’s a look at how he does it. Where most people would likely see an unassumin...

Why beauty matters

Quick: Make a list of the things you need every day. Your first thought is probably what’s practical: food, a roof over your head, your health. We value these things so much tha...

Photo Challenge: Local natural wonders

We invited Instagrammers to share photos of natural beauty in the world around — and boy, did they deliver. Check out these gorgeous images of everyday natural wonders photograp...