TEDTalks (video)

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Each year, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. These podcasts (also available in audio format) capture the most ext

Episode	Released	Listeners
Ben Cameron: The true power of the performing arts - Ben Cameron (2010) Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the state of the live arts ...	2010-09-10	2
Carne Ross: An independent diplomat - Carne Ross (2009) After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running ...	2010-09-09	5
Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of substance and absence - Alwar Balasubramaniam (2009) Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal ...	2010-09-08	5
Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education - Sugata Mitra (2010) Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best ...	2010-09-07	8
Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things - Rachel Sussman (2010) Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain ...	2010-09-03	18
Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself - Derek Sivers (2010) After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, ...	2010-09-02	23
His Holiness the Karmapa: The technology of the heart - His Holiness the Karmapa (2009) His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of ...	2010-09-01	19
Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development - Johan Rockstrom (2010) Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances ...	2010-08-31	16
Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index - Nic Marks (2010) Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead ...	2010-08-30	21
Dan Cobley: What physics taught me about marketing - Dan Cobley (2010) Physics and marketing don't seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate ...	2010-08-27	30
Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil - Lisa Margonelli (2010) In the Gulf oil spill's aftermath, Lisa Margonelli says drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make ...	2010-08-26	24
Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark - Jim Toomey (2010) Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life ...	2010-08-25	25
Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine - Robert Lee Hotz (2010) Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy ...	2010-08-24	26
David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless (2010) David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) ...	2010-08-23	40
Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world - Seth Priebatsch (2010) By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the ...	2010-08-20	39
Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American? - Maz Jobrani (2010) A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs ...	2010-08-19	36
Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour - Jamil Abu-Wardeh (2010) Jamil Abu-Wardeh jump-started the comedy scene in the Arab world by founding the Axis of ...	2010-08-19	36
Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy - Peter Molyneux (2010) Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and ...	2010-08-18	32
Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice - Sheryl WuDunn (2010) Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. ...	2010-08-17	31
Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity - Jason Clay (2010) Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF's Jason Clay says global markets ...	2010-08-16	25
Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Everest swim - Lewis Pugh (2010) After he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. ...	2010-07-30	43
Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours - Laurie Santos (2010) Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate ...	2010-07-29	46
John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean - John Delaney (2010) Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def ...	2010-07-28	32
Susan Shaw: The oil spill's toxic trade-off - Susan Shaw (2010) Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic ...	2010-07-27	35
Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosing - Sheena Iyengar (2010) Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices -- and how we feel about the choices ...	2010-07-26	52
Kevin Stone: The bio-future of joint replacement - Kevin Stone (2010) Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- ...	2010-07-22	35
Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves - Tan Le (2010) Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control ...	2010-07-21	43
Dimitar Sasselov: How we found hundreds of potential Earth-like planets - Dimitar Sasselov (2010) Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us ...	2010-07-21	35
Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam - Naif Al-Mutawa (2010) In "THE 99," Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime ...	2010-07-20	37
Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks - Julian Assange (2010) The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, ...	2010-07-19	51
Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction - Elif Shafak (2010) Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace ...	2010-07-16	34
Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices - Ethan Zuckerman (2010) Sure, the web connects the globe, but most of us end up hearing mainly from ...	2010-07-15	30
Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex - Matt Ridley (2010) At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress ...	2010-07-14	48
Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims - Carl Safina (2010) The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it's bad. Carl Safina ...	2010-07-12	25
Hans Rosling on global population growth - Hans Rosling (2010) The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and ...	2010-07-09	41
Nalini Nadkarni: Life science in prison - Nalini Nadkarni (2010) Nalini Nadkarni challenges our perspective on trees and prisons -- she says both can be ...	2010-07-08	32
Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue - Ellen Gustafson (2010) Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides ...	2010-07-07	32
Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness - Benoit Mandelbrot (2010) At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in ...	2010-07-06	44
Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it! - Mitchell Joachim (2010) TED Fellow and urban designer Mitchell Joachim presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: eco-friendly ...	2010-07-02	43
Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe - Carter Emmart (2010) For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists ...	2010-07-01	50
Stephen Palumbi: Following the mercury trail - Stephen Palumbi (2010) There's a tight and surprising link between the ocean's health and ours, says marine biologist ...	2010-06-30	27
Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia - Ellen Dunham-Jones (2010) Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years' big sustainable design project: ...	2010-06-29	32
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world - Clay Shirky (2010) Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our ...	2010-06-28	40
Hillel Cooperman: Legos for grownups - Hillel Cooperman (2010) Lego blocks: playtime mainstay for industrious kids, obsession for many (ahem!) mature adults. Hillel Cooperman ...	2010-06-25	46
Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on learning disorders - Aditi Shankardass (2009) Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass knew that ...	2010-06-24	31
Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums - Charles Leadbeater (2010) Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in ...	2010-06-23	26
Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design - Marian Bantjes (2010) In graphic design, Marian Bantjes says, throwing your individuality into a project is heresy. She ...	2010-06-22	30
Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile - Chip Conley (2010) When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model ...	2010-06-21	41
Ananda Shankar Jayant fights cancer with dance - Ananda Shankar Jayant (2009) Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells ...	2010-06-18	20
Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs - Cameron Herold (2010) Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, ...	2010-06-17	37
Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals - Peter Tyack (2010) Peter Tyack of Woods Hole talks about a hidden wonder of the sea: underwater sound. ...	2010-06-16	22
Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright - Margaret Gould Stewart (2010) Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site ...	2010-06-15	43
Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception - Michael Shermer (2010) Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to ...	2010-06-14	42
David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve - David Byrne (2010) As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: ...	2010-06-11	33
Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? - Mark Z. Jacobson / Stewart Brand (2010) Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED ...	2010-06-10	45
Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff - Rory Sutherland (2010) It may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says ...	2010-06-09	44
John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers - John Kasaona (2010) In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect ...	2010-06-08	26
Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate - Michael Sandel (2010) Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel says -- but we're shamefully out of practice. ...	2010-06-07	37
Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music video - Adam Sadowsky (2010) The band "OK Go" dreamed up the idea of a massive Rube Goldberg machine for ...	2010-06-04	43
Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers - Brian Cox (2010) In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC ...	2010-06-03	32
Christopher "moot" Poole: The case for anonymity online - Christopher "moot" Poole (2010) The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the ...	2010-06-02	44
Brian Skerry reveals ocean's glory -- and horror - Brian Skerry (2010) Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, ...	2010-06-02	24
John Underkoffler points to the future of UI - John Underkoffler (2010) Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak -- the real-life version of ...	2010-06-01	52
Lawrence Lessig: Re-examining the remix - Larry Lessig (2010) At TEDxNYED, former "young Republican" Larry Lessig talks about what Democrats can learn about copyright ...	2010-05-31	38
Sophie Hunger plays songs of secrets, city lights - Sophie Hunger (2009) This haunting, intimate performance by European singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger features songs from her breakout debut ...	2010-05-28	25
Seth Berkley: HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy - Seth Berkley (2010) Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us ...	2010-05-27	29
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Inside a school for suicide bombers - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (2010) Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy takes on a terrifying question: How does the Taliban convince children to ...	2010-05-26	37
Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture - Johanna Blakley (2010) Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and ...	2010-05-25	28
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! - Ken Robinson (2010) In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the ...	2010-05-24	31
Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life" - Craig Venter (2010) Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing ...	2010-05-21	43
Richard Sears: Planning for the end of oil - Richard Sears (2010) As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears' ...	2010-05-20	42
Dee Boersma: Pay attention to penguins - Dee Boersma (2010) Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma -- they're on the frontlines of ...	2010-05-19	24
Graham Hill: Why I'm a weekday vegetarian - Graham Hill (2010) We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for ...	2010-05-18	35
William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer? - William Li (2010) William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, ...	2010-05-17	32
Julia Sweeney has "The Talk" - Julia Sweeney (2010) Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie ...	2010-05-14	45
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer (2010) Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, ...	2010-05-13	45
Enric Sala: Glimpses of a pristine ocean - Enric Sala (2010) Enric Sala shares glorious images -- and surprising insights and data -- from some of ...	2010-05-12	25
Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria? - Nathan Myhrvold (2010) Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind ...	2010-05-11	30
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks - Nicholas Christakis (2010) We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis ...	2010-05-10	41
Thomas Dolby: "Love Is a Loaded Pistol" - Thomas Dolby (2010) For his first studio album release in decades, musical innovator Thomas Dolby has been composing ...	2010-05-07	30
Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention - Anil Gupta (2009) Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world's unsung inventors -- indigenous entrepreneurs ...	2010-05-06	20
Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - Jeremy Jackson (2010) In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of ...	2010-05-05	28
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action - Simon Sinek (2009) Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a ...	2010-05-04	33
Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty - Esther Duflo (2010) Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises ...	2010-05-03	22
Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks) - Sebastian Wernicke (2010) In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, ...	2010-04-30	50
George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity - George Whitesides (2010) Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In ...	2010-04-28	35
Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific - Roz Savage (2010) Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. ...	2010-04-28	23
Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything - Stephen Wolfram (2010) Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- ...	2010-04-27	43
Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition - Kavita Ramdas (2009) Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk ...	2010-04-26	16
Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper - Omar Ahmad (2010) Politicians are strange creatures, says politician Omar Ahmad. And the best way to engage them ...	2010-04-23	26
Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team - Tom Wujec (2010) Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building ...	2010-04-22	30
Frederick Balagadde: Bio-lab on a microchip - Frederick Balagadde (2010) Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED ...	2010-04-21	24
James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud - James Randi (2007) Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off ...	2010-04-19	36
Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world - Edith Widder (2010) Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very ...	2010-04-19	23
Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change - Thelma Golden (2009) Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that ...	2010-04-16	23
Mike deGruy: Hooked by an octopus - Mike deGruy (2010) Underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, ...	2010-04-15	17
Catherine Mohr builds green - Catherine Mohr (2010) In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the ...	2010-04-14	27
Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world - Jonathan Klein (2010) Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein ...	2010-04-13	33
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial - Michael Specter (2010) Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear ...	2010-04-12	32
Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life - Natalie Merchant (2010) Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry ...	2010-04-09	22
Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story - Jonathan Drori (2010) Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal ...	2010-04-08	19
Dennis Hong: My seven species of robot - Dennis Hong (2009) At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn ...	2010-04-07	20
Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention - Dean Kamen (2009) Soldiers who've lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. ...	2010-04-06	21
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational - Elizabeth Pisani (2010) Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad ...	2010-04-05	23
Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids - Adora Svitak (2010) Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and ...	2010-04-01	21
Derek Sivers: How to start a movement - Derek Sivers (2010) With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: ...	2010-04-01	26
Kirk Citron: And now, the real news - Kirk Citron (2010) How many of today's headlines will matter in 100 years? 1000? Kirk Citron's "Long News" ...	2010-04-01	26
Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time - Shukla Bose (2009) Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells ...	2010-03-30	20
Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery - Kevin Bales (2010) In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a ...	2010-03-29	22
Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity - Robert Gupta (2010) Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave ...	2010-03-26	17
Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars - Joel Levine (2009) At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries ...	2010-03-25	27
Alan Siegel: Let's simplify legal jargon! - Alan Siegel (2010) Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly ...	2010-03-24	21
Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil - Juliana Machado Ferre Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save ...	2010-03-23	14
Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions - Sam Harris (2010) Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But ...	2010-03-22	27
Shekhar Kapur: We are the stories we tell ourselves - Shekhar Kapur (2009) Where does creative inspiration spring from? At TEDIndia, Hollywood/Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur ("Elizabeth," "Mr. India") ...	2010-03-19	20
Ken Kamler: Medical miracle on Everest - Ken Kamler (2009) When the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest climbs occurred, Ken Kamler was ...	2010-03-18	17
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world - Jane McGonigal (2010) Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to ...	2010-03-17	26
Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe - Eric Dishman (2009) At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like ...	2010-03-16	17
Mark Roth: Suspended animation is within our grasp - Mark Roth (2010) Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting ...	2010-03-15	17
Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo - Eric Mead (2009) Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd expect, placebos ...	2010-03-12	33
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish - Dan Barber (2010) Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep ...	2010-03-10	18
Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns - Gary Lauder (2010) Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap ...	2010-03-09	24
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide - Tim Berners-Lee (2010) At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions ...	2010-03-08	39
The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ... - The LXD (2010) The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global ...	2010-03-05	19
James Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boy - James Cameron (2010) James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this ...	2010-03-04	22
Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration? - Gary Flake (2010) Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images ...	2010-03-03	20
Harsha Bhogle: The rise of cricket, the rise of India - Harsha Bhogle (2009) The tale of a major global cultural phenomenon: Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle describes the spectacular ...	2010-03-02	9
Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory - Daniel Kahneman (2010) Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman ...	2010-03-01	17
Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist - Raghava KK (2010) With endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has ...	2010-02-26	4
Pawan Sinha on how brains learn to see - Pawan Sinha (2009) Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and ...	2010-02-25	10
Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds - Temple Grandin (2010) Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- ...	2010-02-24	10
Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine - Eric Topol (2009) Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic ...	2010-02-23	11
Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system - Philip K. Howard (2010) The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard -- ...	2010-02-21	10
Kevin Kelly tells technology's epic story - Kevin Kelly (2009) In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk from TEDxAmsterdam, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in ...	2010-02-19	14
Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! - Bill Gates (2010) At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need ...	2010-02-18	22
Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity - Aimee Mullins (2009) The thesaurus might equate "disabled" with synonyms like "useless" and "mutilated," but ground-breaking runner Aimee ...	2010-02-17	5
David Cameron: The next age of government - David Cameron (2010) The leader of Britain's Conservative Party says we're entering a new era -- where governments ...	2010-02-15	14
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps - Blaise Aguera y Arcas (2010) In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality ...	2010-02-13	13
Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food - Jamie Oliver (2010) Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie ...	2010-02-11	17
Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt - Peter Eigen (2009) Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to ...	2010-02-08	16
Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum - Tom Shannon (2009) TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired ...	2010-02-05	7
David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer - David Agus (2009) Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual ...	2010-02-04	9
George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp - George Whitesides (2009) Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions ...	2010-02-03	9
Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired - Jamie Heywood (2009) When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the ...	2010-02-02	5
Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge - Sendhil Mullainathan (2009) MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set ...	2010-02-01	7
Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? - Derek Sivers (2009) "There's a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers ...	2010-01-29	15
Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives - Jane Chen (2009) In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions ...	2010-01-28	3
Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl - Eve Ensler (2009) In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl cell in us ...	2010-01-27	4
Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself - Joshua Prince-Ramus (2009) Joshua Prince-Ramus believes that if architects re-engineer their design process, the results can be spectacular. ...	2010-01-26	3
Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live - Bill Davenhall (2009) Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but ...	2010-01-25	5
Sivamani: Rhythm is everything, everywhere - Sivamani (2009) Percussionist Sivamani delivers one of TED's liveliest and most inventive performances yet. He uses traditional ...	2010-01-22	3
Anthony Atala on growing new organs - Anthony Atala (2009) Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, ...	2010-01-21	3
Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch - Ravin Agrawal (2009) Collector Ravin Agrawal delivers a glowing introduction to 10 of India's most exciting young contemporary ...	2010-01-20	1
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min - David Blaine (2009) In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it ...	2010-01-19	8
Charles Fleischer insists: All things are Moleeds - Charles Fleischer (2005) In a presentation that can only be described as epic, comedian Charles Fleischer delivers a ...	2010-01-15	6
Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies - Lalitesh Katragadda (2009) As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery ...	2010-01-13	2
Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge - Kiran Sethi (2009) Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most ...	2010-01-12	4
Kartick Satyanarayan: How we rescued the "dancing" bears - Kartick Satyanarayan (2009) Traditionally, the Kalandar community of India has survived by capturing sloth bear cubs and training ...	2010-01-11	2
Herbie Hancock's all-star set - Herbie Hancock (2009) Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock delivers a stunning performance alongside two old friends -- past ...	2010-01-08	4
Romulus Whitaker: The real danger lurking in the water - Romulus Whitaker (2009) The gharial and king cobra are two of India's most iconic reptiles, and they're endangered ...	2010-01-07	2
Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ - Dan Buettner (2009) To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the ...	2010-01-06	9
Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible - Nick Veasey (2009) Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects ...	2010-01-05	3
VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization - Vilayanur Ramachandran (2009) Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons ...	2010-01-04	4
Bertrand Piccard's solar-powered adventure - Bertrand Piccard (2009) For the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge: Find ...	2010-01-01	5
Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan - Asher Hasan (2009) One of a dozen Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, ...	2009-12-23
Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future - Steven Cowley (2009) Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to ...	2009-12-22	5
Shaffi Mather: A new way to fight corruption - Shaffi Mather (2009) Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing ...	2009-12-21	2
James Geary, metaphorically speaking - James Geary (2009) Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the ...	2009-12-17	5
Charles Anderson discovers dragonflies that cross oceans - Charles Anderson (2009) While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions ...	2009-12-17	2
Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media - Alexis Ohanian (2009) In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of ...	2009-12-15	6
Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story - Ryan Lobo (2009) Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. ...	2009-12-15	5
TEDTalks : Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate economics of terrorism - Loretta Napoleoni (2009) Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- ...	2009-12-14	3
TEDTalks : Shereen El Feki: Pop culture in the Arab world - Shereen El Feki (2009) At TEDGlobal University, Shereen El Feki shows how some Arab cultures are borrowing trademarks of ...	2009-12-11	2
TEDTalks : Thulasiraj Ravilla: How low-cost eye care can be world-class - Thulasiraj Ravilla (2009) India's revolutionary Aravind Eye Care System has given sight to millions. Thulasiraj Ravilla looks at ...	2009-12-09	1
TEDTalks : Marc Pachter: The art of the interview - Marc Pachter (2008) Marc Pachter has conducted live interviews with some of the most intriguing characters in recent ...	2009-12-09	4
TEDTalks : Rory Bremner's one-man world summit - Rory Bremner (2009) Scottish funnyman Rory Bremner convenes a historic council on the TEDGlobal stage -- as he ...	2009-12-07	3
TEDTalks : Sunitha Krishnan fights sex slavery - Sunitha Krishnan (2009) Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a ...	2009-12-07	2
TEDTalks : Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles - Scott Kim (2008) At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's ...	2009-12-04	4
TEDTalks : Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting - Anupam Mishra (2009) With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ...	2009-12-03	1
TEDTalks : Andrea Ghez: The hunt for a supermassive black hole - Andrea Ghez (2009) With new data from the Keck telescopes, Andrea Ghez shows how state-of-the-art adaptive optics are ...	2009-12-02	5
TEDTalks : Gordon Brown on global ethic vs. national interest - Gordon Brown (2009) Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity's greater good? Can a ...	2009-12-01	1
TEDTalks : Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power - Shashi Tharoor (2009) India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and ...	2009-11-30	1
TEDTalks : Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world - Mallika Sarabhai (2009) At TEDIndia, Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer/actor/politician, tells a transformative story in dance -- and argues ...	2009-11-26
TEDTalks : Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture - Magnus Larsson (2009) Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using ...	2009-11-25	1
TEDTalks : Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil - Rob Hopkins (2009) Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. ...	2009-11-24	4
TEDTalks : Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when - Hans Rosling (2009) Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia ...	2009-11-23	1
TEDTalks : Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe - Tom Wujec (2009) Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest ...	2009-11-20	2
TEDTalks : Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify - Devdutt Pattanaik (2009) Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West ...	2009-11-19	2
TEDTalks : Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership's "missing manual" - Fields Wicker-Miurin Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders ...	2009-11-18	1
TEDTalks : Mathieu Lehanneur demos science-inspired design - Mathieu Lehanneur (2009) Naming science as his chief inspiration, Mathieu Lehanneur shows a selection of his ingenious designs ...	2009-11-17	1
TEDTalks : Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology - Pranav Mistry (2009) At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the ...	2009-11-16	3
TEDTalks : Cynthia Schneider: The surprising spread of "Idol" TV - Cynthia Schneider (2009) Cynthia Schneider looks at two international "American Idol"-style shows -- one in Afghanistan, and one ...	2009-11-13	2
TEDTalks : Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil - Edward Burtynsky (2009) In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from ...	2009-11-11	2
TEDTalks : Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline - Rachel Pike (2009) In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort ...	2009-11-10	1
TEDTalks : Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust - Cameron Sinclair (2009) At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: ...	2009-11-09	1
TEDTalks : Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy - Stefana Broadbent (2009) We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows ...	2009-11-02	3
TEDTalks : Matthew White gives the euphonium a new voice - Matthew White (2009) The euphonium, with its sweet brass sound, is rarely heard outside of traditional brass bands. ...	2009-10-30
TEDTalks : Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle - Marcus du Sautoy (2009) The world turns on symmetry -- from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying ...	2009-10-29	1
TEDTalks : Becky Blanton: The year I was homeless - Becky Blanton (2009) Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, ...	2009-10-28	1
TEDTalks : Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself? - Rachel Armstrong (2009) Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture ...	2009-10-27
TEDTalks : David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation - David Deutsch (2009) For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the ...	2009-10-26	2
TEDTalks : Ian Goldin: Navigating our global future - Ian Goldin (2009) As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin ...	2009-10-23
TEDTalks : Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe - Marc Koska (2009) Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc ...	2009-10-22
TEDTalks : Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors - Itay Talgam (2009) An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. ...	2009-10-21
TEDTalks : Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital face - Paul Debevec (2009) At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a ...	2009-10-20
TEDTalks : John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer - John Gerzema (2009) John Gerzema says there's an upside to the recent financial crisis -- the opportunity for ...	2009-10-19
TEDTalks : Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us - Julian Treasure (2009) Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in ...	2009-10-16
TEDTalks : Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer - Henry Markram (2009) Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, ...	2009-10-15
TEDTalks : Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man - Rory Sutherland (2009) Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. ...	2009-10-14
TEDTalks : David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion" - David Hanson (2009) David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, ...	2009-10-13
TEDTalks : Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City - Eric Sanderson (2009) 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a ...	2009-10-12
TEDTalks : Sam Martin: The quirky world of "manspaces" - Sam Martin (2009) Author Sam Martin shares photos of a quirky world hobby that's trending with the XY ...	2009-10-09
TEDTalks : Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto (2009) Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally ...	2009-10-08
TEDTalks : Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2009) Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the ...	2009-10-07
TEDTalks : David Logan on tribal leadership - David Logan (2009) At TEDxUSC, David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form ...	2009-10-06
TEDTalks : Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities - Carolyn Steel (2009) Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But ...	2009-10-05
TEDTalks : Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off - Stefan Sagmeister (2009) Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical ...	2009-10-02
TEDTalks : Garik Israelian: How spectroscopy could reveal alien life - Garik Israelian (2009) Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out ...	2009-10-01
TEDTalks : Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule - Karen Armstrong (2009) Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion's role in the ...	2009-09-29	1
TEDTalks : Tim Brown urges designers to think big - Tim Brown (2009) Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even ...	2009-09-29
TEDTalks : Parag Khanna maps the future of countries - Parag Khanna (2009) Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says ...	2009-09-28
TEDTalks : Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid - Jacqueline Novogratz (2009) The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust ...	2009-09-25
TEDTalks : Taryn Simon photographs secret sites - Taryn Simon (2009) Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography -- to reveal worlds and people we ...	2009-09-24
TEDTalks : William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind - William Kamkwamba (2009) At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power ...	2009-09-23
TEDTalks : Evgeny Morozov: How the Net aids dictatorships - Evgeny Morozov (2009) TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" -- the assumption ...	2009-09-22
TEDTalks : Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness - Jonathan Zittrain (2009) Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. ...	2009-09-21
TEDTalks : Imogen Heap plays "Wait It Out" - Imogen Heap (2009) Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of "Wait It Out," from her new record, ...	2009-09-18
TEDTalks : Oliver Sacks: What hallucination reveals about our minds - Oliver Sacks (2009) Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnett syndrome -- when visually ...	2009-09-17
TEDTalks : John Lloyd inventories the invisible - John Lloyd (2009) Nature's mysteries meet tack-sharp wit in this hilarious, 10-minute mix of quips and fun lessons, ...	2009-09-16
TEDTalks : Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales - Bjarke Ingels (2009) Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not ...	2009-09-15
TEDTalks : Misha Glenny investigates global crime networks - Misha Glenny (2009) Journalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, ...	2009-09-14
TEDTalks : Vishal Vaid's hypnotic song - Vishal Vaid (2006) Vishal Vaid and his band explore a traditional South Asian musical form in this mesmerizing ...	2009-09-11
TEDTalks : Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds - Rebecca Saxe (2009) Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how ...	2009-09-10
TEDTalks : Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole - Lewis Pugh (2009) Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy ...	2009-09-09
TEDTalks : James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss - James Balog (2009) Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of ...	2009-09-08
TEDTalks : Steve Truglia: A leap from the edge of space - Steve Truglia (2009) At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of ...	2009-09-04
TEDTalks : Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics - Evan Grant (2009) Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. ...	2009-09-03
TEDTalks : Geoff Mulgan: Post-crash, investing in a better world - Geoff Mulgan (2009) As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout ...	2009-09-02
TEDTalks : Josh Silver demos adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses - Joshua Silver (2009) Josh Silver delivers his brilliantly simple solution for correcting vision at the lowest cost possible ...	2009-09-01
TEDTalks : Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food - Cary Fowler (2009) The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a ...	2009-08-31
TEDTalks : Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure - Natasha Tsakos (2009) Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one-woman, multimedia show, "Upwake." As the character Zero, she ...	2009-08-28
TEDTalks : Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset - Hans Rosling (2009) Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software ...	2009-08-27
TEDTalks : Eric Giler demos wireless electricity - Eric Giler (2009) Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers ...	2009-08-25
TEDTalks : Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation - Dan Pink (2009) Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social ...	2009-08-24
TEDTalks : Does happiness have a price tag? - Benjamin Wallace (2008) Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive ...	2008-12-17
TEDTalks : How we are deceived by our own miscalculations of the future - Dan Gilbert (2005) Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising ...	2008-12-16	1
TEDTalks : The design of the universe - George Smoot (2008) At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and ...	2008-11-20
TEDTalks : The powerful link between creativity and play - Tim Brown (2008) At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between ...	2008-11-06
TEDTalks : Products (and toys) from the future - Keith Schacht / Zach Kaplan (2005) The Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how ...	2008-10-30
TEDTalks : Why societies collapse - Jared Diamond (2003) Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter ...	2008-10-27	1
TEDTalks : Creativity, fulfillment and flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004) Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us ...	2008-10-23
TEDTalks : A brief digression on matters of lost time - John Hodgman (2008) Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the ...	2008-10-21	1
TEDTalks : Healing and other natural wonders - Dean Ornish (2004) Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's ...	2008-10-17
TEDTalks : A beautiful new theory of everything - Garrett Lisi (2008) Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that -- ...	2008-10-14	1
TEDTalks : Sound stylings by a human beatbox - James Burchfield (2003) Human beatbox James "AudioPoet" Burchfield performs an intricate three-minute breakdown -- sexy, propulsive hip-hop rhythms ...	2008-10-10
TEDTalks : Will videogames become better than life? - David Perry (2006) Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the ...	2008-10-06
TEDTalks : Stefan Sagmeister: Things I have learned in my life so far - Stefan Sagmeister (2008) Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising ...	2008-09-30
TEDTalks : Chalking it up to the blank slate - Steven Pinker (2003) Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate ...	2008-09-26
TEDTalks : How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes - Philip Zimbardo (2008) Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this ...	2008-09-23	1
TEDTalks : The real difference between liberals and conservatives - Jonathan Haidt (2008) Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political ...	2008-09-17
TEDTalks : The deep oceans: a ribbon of life - David Gallo (1998) With vibrant video clips captured by submarines, David Gallo takes us to some of Earth's ...	2008-09-11
TEDTalks : A digital library, free to the world - Brewster Kahle (2007) Brewster Kahle is building a truly huge digital library -- every book ever published, every ...	2008-09-10
TEDTalks : Why we don't understand as much as we think we do - Jonathan Drori (2007) Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), ...	2008-09-05	1
TEDTalks : Talking and squawking TED2006 - Einstein the Parrot (2006) This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her ...	2008-08-29
TEDTalks : Can kids teach themselves? - Sugata Mitra (2007) Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young ...	2008-08-27
TEDTalks : Close-up card magic - Lennart Green (2005) Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick ...	2008-08-20
TEDTalks : Photography connects us with the world - David Griffin (2008) The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect ...	2008-08-19	1
TEDTalks : Idea + square = origami - Robert Lang (2008) Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and ...	2008-07-30
TEDTalks : Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web - Kevin Kelly (2007) At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, ...	2008-07-28
TEDTalks : The art of collecting stories - Jonathan Harris (2007) At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which ...	2008-07-24	1
TEDTalks : What positive psychology can help you become - Martin Seligman (2004) Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works ...	2008-07-21
TEDTalks : Brain magic - Keith Barry (2004) First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a ...	2008-07-18
TEDTalks : My year of living biblically - A.J. Jacobs (2007) Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks ...	2008-07-17
TEDTalks : Technology, faith and human shortcomings - Billy Graham (1998) Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives ...	2008-07-16
TEDTalks : The brain in love - Helen Fisher (2008) Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die ...	2008-07-15
TEDTalks : Institutions vs. collaboration - Clay Shirky (2005) In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give ...	2008-07-10
TEDTalks : A girl, a photograph, a homecoming - Rick Smolan (2007) Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, ...	2008-07-02
TEDTalks : Classical music with shining eyes - Benjamin Zander (2008) Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped ...	2008-06-25
TEDTalks : Are children's carseats necessary? - Steven Levitt (2005) Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in ...	2008-06-24
TEDTalks : A new vision for refrigeration - Adam Grosser (2007) Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- ...	2008-06-23	1
TEDTalks : How engineers learn from evolution - Robert Full (2002) Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many ...	2008-06-19
TEDTalks : Your genes are not your fate - Dean Ornish (2008) Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a ...	2008-06-16
TEDTalks : Picturing excess - Chris Jordan (2008) Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His ...	2008-06-16
TEDTalks : Stories from the birth of the computer - George Dyson (2003) Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its ...	2008-06-16	1
TEDTalks : Do all languages have a common ancestor? - Murray Gell-Mann (2007) After speaking at TED2007 on elegance in physics, the amazing Murray Gell-Mann gives a quick ...	2008-06-11
TEDTalks : The worldwide web of belief and ritual - Wade Davis (2008) Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us ...	2008-06-10
TEDTalks : Memes and "temes" - Susan Blackmore (2008) Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. ...	2008-06-03
TEDTalks : 4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom billion" - Paul Collier (2008) Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. ...	2008-05-28	1
TEDTalks : Creating objects that tell stories - Yves Behar (2008) Designer Yves Behar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects ...	2008-05-21	2
TEDTalks : Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds - Robert Ballard (2008) Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where ...	2008-05-20
TEDTalks : What's wrong with what we eat - Mark Bittman (2007) In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in ...	2008-05-15	2
TEDTalks : Why we know less than ever about the world - Alisa Miller (2008) Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to ...	2008-05-14	1
TEDTalks : The amazing intelligence of crows - Joshua Klein (2008) Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in ...	2008-05-13
TEDTalks : Juggling rhythm and motion - Michael Moschen (2002) Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an ...	2008-05-08	1
TEDTalks : 6 ways mushrooms can save the world - Paul Stamets (2008) Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning ...	2008-05-06
TEDTalks : An inside tour of the world's biggest supercollider - Brian Cox (2008) "Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. ...	2008-04-29
TEDTalks : The universe on a string - Brian Greene (2005) Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in ...	2008-04-23
TEDTalks : Where does creativity hide? - Amy Tan (2008) Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers ...	2008-04-22
TEDTalks : Open-source economics - Yochai Benkler (2005) Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of ...	2008-04-16
TEDTalks : Releasing the music in your head - Tod Machover / Dan Ellsey (2008) Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from ...	2008-04-15
TEDTalks : Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote - Johnny Lee (2008) Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote ...	2008-04-11
TEDTalks : New thinking on the climate crisis - Al Gore (2008) In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of ...	2008-04-08
TEDTalks : Asking big questions about the universe - Stephen Hawking (2008) In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about ...	2008-04-04
TEDTalks : Rethinking the music video - Jakob Trollback (2007) What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely ...	2008-04-03
TEDTalks : The true face of Leonardo Da Vinci? - Siegfried Woldhek (2008) Mona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize ...	2008-04-01
TEDTalks : 18 minutes with an agile mind - Clifford Stoll (2006) Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides -- ...	2008-03-26
TEDTalks : Looking inside the brain in real time - Christopher deCharms (2008) Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain ...	2008-03-24
TEDTalks : Building on the green agenda - Norman Foster (2007) Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design ...	2008-03-24
TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein - Neil Turok (2008) Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved ...	2008-03-20
TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassion - Karen Armstrong (2008) People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a ...	2008-03-19
TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School - Dave Eggers (2008) Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively ...	2008-03-18
TEDTalks : My stroke of insight - Jill Bolte Taylor (2008) Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had ...	2008-03-12
TEDTalks : From 1984, 4 predictions about the future (3 of them correct) - Nicholas Negroponte (1984 With surprising accuracy, Nicholas Negroponte predicts what will happen with CD-ROMs, web interfaces, service kiosks, ...	2008-03-11
TEDTalks : On the verge of creating synthetic life - Craig Venter (2008) "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" Craig Venter asks. His answer ...	2008-03-06
TEDTalks : A powerful idea about teaching ideas - Alan Kay (2007) With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better ...	2008-03-04
TEDTalks : WorldWide Telescope - Roy Gould / Curtis Wong (2008) Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope, ...	2008-02-28
TEDTalks : Welcome to Vaudeville 2.0 - Raspyni Brothers (2002) Illustrious jugglers the Raspyni Brothers show off their uncanny balance, agility, coordination and willingness to ...	2008-02-22
TEDTalks : The Jill and Julia Show - Julia Sweeney / Jill Sobule (2007) Two TED favorites, Jill Sobule and Julia Sweeney, team up for a delightful set that ...	2008-02-20
TEDTalks : What makes a building unique? - Moshe Safdie (2002) Looking back over his long career, architect Moshe Safdie delves into four of his design ...	2008-02-18
TEDTalks : Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn - George Dyson (2002) Author George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could ...	2008-02-14
TEDTalks : Theremin, the untouchable music - Pamelia Kurstin (2002) Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin performs and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played ...	2008-02-13
TEDTalks : Way-new collaboration - Howard Rheingold (2005) Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- ...	2008-02-11
TEDTalks : The omnivore's next dilemma - Michael Pollan (2007) What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are ...	2008-02-07
TEDTalks : All roads lead to Rome Antics - David Macaulay (2002) David Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, ...	2008-02-06
TEDTalks : A 4-minute medley on the music wars - David Pogue (2007) New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the ...	2008-01-24
TEDTalks : The story of a passionate life - Ben Dunlap (2007) Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor ...	2008-01-23
TEDTalks : Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time - Bill Strickland (2002) Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely ...	2008-01-21
TEDTalks : Nice building. Then what? - Frank Gehry (2002) In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his ...	2008-01-17
TEDTalks : Underwater astonishments - David Gallo (2007) David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly ...	2008-01-11
TEDTalks : The mystery box - J.J. Abrams (2007) J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in ...	2008-01-10
TEDTalks : How do ants know what to do? - Deborah Gordon (2003) With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in ...	2008-01-08
TEDTalks : Help fight local warming - Yossi Vardi (2007) Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a careful lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, ...	2008-01-04
TEDTalks : Tales of passion - Isabel Allende (2007) Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of ...	2008-01-03
TEDTalks : 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do - Gever Tulley (2007) Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let ...	2007-12-21
TEDTalks : Why aren't we all Good Samaritans? - Daniel Goleman (2007) Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the ...	2007-12-18
TEDTalks : Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic" - Arthur Benjamin (2005) In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out ...	2007-12-13	1
TEDTalks : We must win the oil endgame - Amory Lovins (2005) In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US ...	2007-12-11
TEDTalks : Beauty and truth in physics - Murray Gell-Mann (2007) Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some ...	2007-12-06	1
TEDTalks : Why design? - Philippe Starck (2007) Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching ...	2007-12-04
TEDTalks : African fractals, in buildings and braids - Ron Eglash (2007) 'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is ...	2007-11-29
TEDTalks : Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches - Robert Full (2005) Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at ...	2007-11-27
TEDTalks : The case for informed optimism - Larry Brilliant (2007) We've known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org ...	2007-11-21	4
TEDTalks : Why can't we grow new energy? - Juan Enriquez (2007) Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not ...	2007-11-15
TEDTalks : A surprising idea for "solving" climate change - David Keith (2007) Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What ...	2007-11-13	1
TEDTalks : Casting spells with DNA - Paul Rothemund (2007) Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley ...	2007-11-08
TEDTalks : How creativity is being strangled by the law - Larry Lessig (2007) Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ...	2007-11-06	2
TEDTalks : Habits of happiness - Matthieu Ricard (2004) What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu ...	2007-11-01	1
TEDTalks : My history of electroshock therapy - Sherwin Nuland (2001) Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for ...	2007-10-30
TEDTalks : A journey to the center of your mind - Vilayanur Ramachandran (2007) Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue ...	2007-10-21	2
TEDTalks : Our cell phones, ourselves - Jan Chipchase (2007) Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him ...	2007-10-18	5
TEDTalks : The illustrated woman - Maira Kalman (2007) Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for ...	2007-10-16	3
TEDTalks : Robots that are "self-aware" - Hod Lipson (2007) Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to ...	2007-10-11	3
TEDTalks : Life at 30,000 feet - Richard Branson (2007) Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his ...	2007-10-09	8
TEDTalks : Hip-hop dance and a little magic - Kenichi Ebina (2007) Kenichi Ebina moves his body in a manner that appears to defy the limits imposed ...	2007-10-03	3
TEDTalks : Fly me to the moons of Saturn - Carolyn Porco (2007) Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its ...	2007-10-01	7
TEDTalks : Flying on solar wings - Paul MacCready (2003) Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his ...	2007-09-26	9
TEDTalks : 10 ways the world could end - Stephen Petranek (2002) How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in ...	2007-09-25	2
TEDTalks : Simplicity patterns - John Maeda (2007) The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a ...	2007-09-20	1
TEDTalks : A brief history of violence - Steven Pinker (2007) Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues ...	2007-09-10
TEDTalks : The stuff of thought - Steven Pinker (2005) In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at ...	2007-09-09
TEDTalks : The art of creating creatures - Theo Jansen (2007) Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and ...	2007-09-06
TEDTalks : Redefining the dictionary - Erin McKean (2007) Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer ...	2007-08-30
TEDTalks : New prosthetic arm for veterans - Dean Kamen (2007) Inventor Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm he’s developing at the request of the US ...	2007-08-28
TEDTalks : Making movies that make change - Jeff Skoll (2007) Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and ...	2007-08-21
TEDTalks : Tackling poverty with "patient capital" - Jacqueline Novogratz (2007) Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- ...	2007-08-12
TEDTalks : Educating a new generation of African leaders - Patrick Awuah (2007) Patrick Awuah makes the case that a liberal arts education is critical to forming true ...	2007-08-03
TEDTalks : How I built my family a windmill - William Kamkwamba (2007) When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an ...	2007-07-31
TEDTalks : Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa's future - George Ayittey (2007) Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa ...	2007-07-30
TEDTalks : Fantastic voyage inside a cell - David Bolinsky (2007) Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life ...	2007-07-22
TEDTalks : Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? - Rives (2007) Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences ...	2007-07-17
TEDTalks : Toys that make worlds - Will Wright (2007) In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to ...	2007-07-17
TEDTalks : What do we really know about the spread of AIDS? - Emily Oster (2007) Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches ...	2007-07-12
TEDTalks : The Web's secret stories - Jonathan Harris (2007) Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep ...	2007-07-09
TEDTalks : Why can't we grow new body parts? - Alan Russell (2006) Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, ...	2007-07-04
TEDTalks : Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes - Dan Dennett (2002) Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo ...	2007-07-03
TEDTalks : Journey to the center of the Earth ... and beyond! - Bill Stone (2007) Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth’s deepest abysses, discusses his efforts ...	2007-06-27
TEDTalks : New insights on poverty and life around the world - Hans Rosling (2007) Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves ...	2007-06-25
TEDTalks : The Pentagon's new map for war and peace - Thomas Barnett (2005) In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution ...	2007-06-14
TEDTalks : Becoming Buddha -- on the Web - Robert Thurman (2006) In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist ...	2007-06-06
TEDTalks : BumpTop desktop is a beautiful mess - Anand Agarawala (2007) Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a ...	2007-06-05
TEDTalks : John Doerr sees salvation and profit in greentech - John Doerr (2007) "I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr says in an emotional talk ...	2007-05-27
TEDTalks : Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo - Blaise Aguera y Arcas (2007) Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the ...	2007-05-27
TEDTalks : Swim with giant sunfish in the open ocean - Tierney Thys (2003) Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world ...	2007-05-21
TEDTalks : Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing - Jeff Hawkins (2003) Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- ...	2007-05-21
TEDTalks : The future of design is human-centered - David Kelley (2002) IDEO’s David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and ...	2007-05-15
TEDTalks : The tragedy of suburbia - James Howard Kunstler (2004) In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and ...	2007-05-12
TEDTalks : "Black Men Ski" - Stew (2006) What happens when a black man visits Aspen? Singer/songwriter Stew and his band are about ...	2007-05-07
TEDTalks : Inside the Google machine - Sergey Brin and Larry Page (2004) Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin offer a peek inside the Google machine, sharing ...	2007-05-03
TEDTalks : Technology's Long Tail - Chris Anderson (Wired) (2004) Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: ...	2007-04-27
TEDTalks : "La Vie en Rose" - Thomas Dolby / Rachelle Garniez (2004) Featuring the vocals and mischievous bell-playing of accordionist and singer Rachelle Garniez, the TED House ...	2007-04-16
TEDTalks : A comic send-up of TED2006 - Tom Rielly (2006) Satirist Tom Rielly delivers a wicked parody of the 2006 TED conference, taking down the ...	2007-04-16
TEDTalks : An atheist's call to arms - Richard Dawkins (2002) Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the ...	2007-04-16
TEDTalks : How could God have allowed the tsunami? - Tom Honey (2005) In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey ...	2007-04-16
TEDTalks : After the gold rush, there's innovation ahead - Jeff Bezos (2003) The dot-com boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush. But Amazon.com founder ...	2007-04-10
TEDTalks : The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough (2005) Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like ...	2007-04-06
TEDTalks : How to listen to music with your whole body - Evelyn Glennie (2003) In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much ...	2007-04-06
TEDTalks : Can we know our own minds? - Dan Dennett (2003) Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own ...	2007-04-06
TEDTalks : What separates us from the apes? - Jane Goodall (2002) Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : 12 sustainable design ideas from nature - Janine Benyus (2005) In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Sliced bread and other marketing delights - Seth Godin (2003) In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Art with wire, thread, sugar, chocolate - Vik Muniz (2003) Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : A lyrical view of life on Earth - Frans Lanting (2005) In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : The double helix and today's DNA mysteries - James Watson (2005) Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Humanity's biggest problems aren't what you think they are - Nick Bostrom (2005) Oxford philosopher and transhumanist Nick Bostrom examines the future of humankind and asks whether we ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Design is in the details - Paul Bennett (2005) Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Yes, design can make you happy - Stefan Sagmeister (2004) Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Inspired ideas for a sustainable future - Alex Steffen (2005) Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man - Susan Savage-Rumbaugh (2004) Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Measuring the fastest animal on earth - Sheila Patek (2004) Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Your brain is badly wired -- enjoy it! - Al Seckel (2004) Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : Decoding the future with genomics - Juan Enriquez (2003) Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to ...	2007-04-05
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Let's build a health care system in Rwanda - Bill Clinton (2007) Accepting the 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton asks for help in bringing health care to ...	2007-04-03
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Help build the Encyclopedia of Life - E.O. Wilson (2007) As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of ...	2007-04-03
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Share a vital story with the world - James Nachtwey (2007) Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his life’s work and asks ...	2007-04-03
TEDTalks : Slowing down in a world built for speed - Carl Honore (2005) Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality ...	2007-02-28
TEDTalks : A performance merging dance and biology - Pilobolus (2005) Two Pilobolus dancers perform "Symbiosis." Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the ...	2007-02-09
TEDTalks : The rise of the amateur professional - Charles Leadbeater (2005) In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just ...	2007-01-31
TEDTalks : Earth in its final century? - Martin Rees (2005) Speaking as both an astronomer and "a concerned member of the human race," Sir Martin ...	2007-01-17
TEDTalks : How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict - Robert Wright (2006) Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness" -- the network of linked fortunes and cooperation that has ...	2007-01-17
TEDTalks : Cultures at the far edge of the world - Wade Davis (2003) With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of ...	2007-01-09
TEDTalks : Our priorities for saving the world - Bjorn Lomborg (2005) Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish ...	2007-01-02
TEDTalks : The world now eats (and dies) like Americans - Dean Ornish (2006) Stop wringing your hands over AIDS, cancer and the avian flu. Cardiovascular disease kills more ...	2006-12-14
TEDTalks : "If I controlled the Internet" (a poem) - Rives (2006) How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a ...	2006-12-14
TEDTalks : Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes - Richard St. John (2005) Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. ...	2006-12-14
TEDTalks : How technology's accelerating power will transform us - Ray Kurzweil (2005) Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, ...	2006-11-14
TEDTalks : Why people believe strange things - Michael Shermer (2006) Why do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics ...	2006-11-08
TEDTalks : How juries are fooled by statistics - Peter Donnelly (2005) Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and ...	2006-11-08
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Share the story of Earth's manufactured landscapes - Edward Burtynsky (20 Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- ...	2006-10-31
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Finding new cures for migraine, depression, malpractice - Robert Fischell Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes: redesigning a portable device ...	2006-10-31
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Join my call to action on Africa - Bono (2005) Musician and activist Bono accepts the 2005 TED Prize with a riveting talk, arguing that ...	2006-10-31
TEDTalks : Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight - Burt Rutan (2006) In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program ...	2006-10-25
TEDTalks : Investing in Africa's own solutions - Jacqueline Novogratz (2005) Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for ...	2006-10-10
TEDTalks : My dream about the future of medicine - Eva Vertes (2005) Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward ...	2006-10-02
TEDTalks : Why we age and how we can avoid it - Aubrey de Grey (2005) Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a ...	2006-10-02
TEDTalks : Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy? - Dan Gilbert (2004) Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if ...	2006-09-26
TEDTalks : The paradox of choice - Barry Schwartz (2005) Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. ...	2006-09-26
TEDTalks : What we can learn from spaghetti sauce - Malcolm Gladwell (2004) Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti ...	2006-09-19
TEDTalks : Why do crack dealers still live with their moms? - Steven Levitt (2004) Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to ...	2006-09-19
TEDTalks : The universe is queerer than we can suppose - Richard Dawkins (2005) Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the ...	2006-09-12
TEDTalks : What is our place in the cosmos? - David Deutsch (2005) Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more ...	2006-09-12
TEDTalks : The science of love, and the future of women - Helen Fisher (2006) Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, ...	2006-09-06
TEDTalks : Finding happiness in body and soul - Eve Ensler (2004) Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," shares how a discussion about menopause with her ...	2006-09-06
TEDTalks : What's so funny about the Web? - Ze Frank (2004) Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us ...	2006-08-25
TEDTalks : Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning - Richard Baraniuk (2006) Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. ...	2006-08-21
TEDTalks : How a ragtag band created Wikipedia - Jimmy Wales (2005) Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for ...	2006-08-21
TEDTalks : The power and beauty of organic design - Ross Lovegrove (2005) Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of ...	2006-08-15
TEDTalks : Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist - Sirena Huang (2006) Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, ...	2006-08-08
TEDTalks : Magical improv from 14-year-old pianist - Jennifer Lin (2004) Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity ...	2006-08-08
TEDTalks : The vision behind One Laptop Per Child - Nicholas Negroponte (2006) Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child ...	2006-08-01
TEDTalks : Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design - Jeff Han (2006) Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may ...	2006-08-01
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the world - Cameron Sinclair (2006) Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond ...	2006-07-25
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Unite the world on Pangea Day, a global day of film - Jehane Noujaim (200 In this hopeful talk, Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the ...	2006-07-25
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic - Larry Brilliant (2006) Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from ...	2006-07-25
TEDTalks : A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren - Dan Dennett (2006) Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, ...	2006-07-18
TEDTalks : Living a life of purpose - Rick Warren (2006) Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, reflects on his own crisis of purpose ...	2006-07-18
TEDTalks : "Letting Go of God" (an excerpt) - Julia Sweeney (2006) Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show ...	2006-07-10
TEDTalks : Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better - Tony Robbins (2006) Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions -- and high-fives Al Gore ...	2006-06-28
TEDTalks : Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen - Hans Rosling (2006) You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, ...	2006-06-28
TEDTalks : 15 ways to avert a climate crisis - Al Gore (2006) With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells ...	2006-06-27
TEDTalks : When it comes to tech, simplicity sells - David Pogue (2006) New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides ...	2006-06-27
TEDTalks : Greening the ghetto - Majora Carter (2006) In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice ...	2006-06-27
TEDTalks : Do schools kill creativity? - Ken Robinson (2006) Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system ...	2006-06-27
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