TED Talks Daily
Episodes
An electrifying acoustic guitar performance | Rodrigo y Gabriela
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela combine furiously fast riffs and dazzling rhythms to create a style that draws on both flamenco guitar and heavy metal i...
New nanotech to detect cancer early | Joshua Smith
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if every home had an early-warning cancer detection system? Researcher Joshua Smith is developing a nanobiotechnology "cancer alarm" that scans f...
The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems tha...
What time is it on Mars? | Nagin Cox
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox works on the team that manages the United S...
How to get better at the things you care about | Eduardo Briceño
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Working hard but not improving? You're not alone. Eduardo Briceño reveals a simple way to think about getting better at the things you do, whether th...
Why you should love statistics | Alan Smith
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is...
A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Deepika Kurup has been determined to solve the global water crisis since she was 14 years old, after she saw kids outside her grandparents' house in I...
The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that wi...
How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control | Ashley Judd
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Enough with online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups. It's time to take the global crisis o...
What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose | Jennifer Brea
17 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, TED Fellow Jennifer Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debili...
To solve old problems, study new species | Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nature is wonderfully abundant, diverse and mysterious -- but biological research today tends to focus on only seven species, including rats, chickens...
Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet | Dan Bricklin
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use eve...
The next step in nanotechnology | George Tulevski
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly every other year the transistors that power silicon computer chip shrink in size by half and double in performance, enabling our devices to bec...
Are you a giver or a taker? | Adam Grant
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these perso...