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Art made of the air we breathe | Emily Parsons-Lord
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the sod...
Buildings that blend nature and city | Jeanne Gang
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A skyscraper that channels the breeze ... a building that creates community around a hearth ... Jeanne Gang uses architecture to build relationships. ...
Where is cybercrime really coming from? | Caleb Barlow
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cybercrime netted a whopping $450 billion in profits last year, with 2 billion records lost or stolen worldwide. Security expert Caleb Barlow calls ou...
What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids | Deeyah Khan
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the child of an Afghan mother and Pakistani father raised in Norway, Deeyah Khan knows what it's like to be a young person stuck between your commu...
Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late | Sarah Parcak
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to disc...
My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story | Sue Klebold
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and a teac...
Our story of rape and reconciliation | Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Thordis Elva shared a teenage romance with Tom Stranger, an exchange student from Australia. After a school dance, Tom raped Thordis, after w...
4 ways to make a city more walkable | Jeff Speck
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning...
What it's like to be a parent in a war zone | Aala El-Khani
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do parents protect their children and help them feel secure again when their homes are ripped apart by war? In this warm-hearted talk, psychologis...
How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help | Miriam Zoila Pérez
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Racism is making people sick -- especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship bet...
How to practice safe sexting | Amy Adele Hasinoff
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sexting, like anything that's fun, runs its risks -- but a serious violation of privacy shouldn't be one of them. Amy Adele Hasinoff looks at problema...
3 ways to fix a broken news industry | Lara Setrakian
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Something is very wrong with the news industry. Trust in the media has hit an all-time low; we're inundated with sensationalist stories, and consisten...
How jails extort the poor | Salil Dudani
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we jail people for being poor? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are lock...
The racial politics of time | Brittney Cooper
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural theorist Brittney Cooper examines racism through the lens of time, showing us how historically it has been stolen from people of color, resul...
A few ways to fix a government | Charity Wayua
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her g...
The data behind Hollywood's sexism | Stacy Smith
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Where are all the women and girls in film? Social scientist Stacy Smith analyzes how the media underrepresents and portrays women -- and the potential...
This app makes it fun to pick up litter | Jeff Kirschner
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The earth is a big place to keep clean. With Litterati -- an app for users to identify, collect and geotag the world's litter -- TED Resident Jeff Kir...
What I learned from 2,000 obituaries | Lux Narayan
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lux Narayan starts his day with scrambled eggs and the question: "Who died today?" Why? By analyzing 2,000 New York Times obituaries over a 20-month p...
Stories from a home for terminally ill children | Kathy Hull
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the G...
To raise brave girls, encourage adventure | Caroline Paul
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up -- and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to s...
Why women should tell the stories of humanity | Jude Kelly
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Ke...
Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions | John Koenig
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization th...
A burial practice that nourishes the planet | Caitlin Doughty
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a question we all have to answer sooner or later: What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Funeral director Caitlin Doughty explor...
What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure | Peggy Orenstein
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why do girls feel empowered to engage in sexual activity but not to enjoy it? For three years, author Peggy Orenstein interviewed girls ages 15 to 20 ...
Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer | Peter Weinstock
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifel...
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness | Michele L. Sullivan
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We all go through challenges -- some you can see, most you can't, says Michele L. Sullivan. In a talk about perspective, Sullivan shares stories full ...
Why civilians suffer more once a war is over | Margaret Bourdeaux
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a war, it turns out that violence isn't the biggest killer of civilians. What is? Illness, hunger, poverty -- because war destroys the institutions...
Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election? | Simon Anholt
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wish you could vote in another country's election? Simon Anholt unveils the Global Vote, an online platform that lets anybody, anywhere in the world, ...
A young inventor's plan to recycle Styrofoam | Ashton Cofer
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled....
Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one | Michael Botticelli
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Only one in nine people in the United States gets the care and treatment they need for addiction and substance abuse. A former Director of National Dr...
Know your worth, and then ask for it | Casey Brown
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Your boss probably isn't paying you what you're worth -- instead, they're paying you what they think you're worth. Take the time to learn how to shape...
How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too clos...
How racism makes us sick | David R. Williams
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond...
3 ways to plan for the (very) long term | Ari Wallach
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains -- an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn...
How do you build a sacred space? | Siamak Hariri
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination -- from the temple's form, which captures the movement...
How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies | Natasha Hurley-Walker
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our universe is strange, wonderful and vast, says astronomer Natasha Hurley-Walker. A spaceship can't carry you into its depths (yet) -- but a radio t...
A video game to cope with grief | Amy Green
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Amy Green's young son was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor, she made up a bedtime story for his siblings to teach them about cancer. What result...
How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison | Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Financial literacy isn't a skill -- it's a lifestyle. Take it from Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll. As an incarcerated individual, Carroll knows the powe...
How fake news does real harm | Stephanie Busari
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On April 14, 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Around the world, the c...
On tennis, love and motherhood | Serena Williams and Gayle King
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-three Grand Slam titles later, tennis superstar Serena Williams sits down with journalist Gayle King to share a warm, mischievous conversation ...
Behind the lies of Holocaust denial | Deborah Lipstadt
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies," says historian Deborah Lipstadt, telling the remarkable story of her research into Holocaus...
There's no shame in taking care of your mental health | Sangu Delle
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental hea...
A summer school kids actually want to attend | Karim Abouelnaga
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year. This "summer sl...
A tribute to nurses | Carolyn Jones
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation's bi...
A climate solution where all sides can win | Ted Halstead
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we so deadlocked on climate, and what would it take to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers to progress? Policy entrepreneur Ted Hal...
Walking as a revolutionary act of self-care | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"When black women walk, things change," say T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, the founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek. They're on a mission ...
Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about ...
Why I speak up about living with epilepsy | Sitawa Wafula
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Once homebound by epilepsy, mental health advocate Sitawa Wafula found her strength in writing about it. Now, she advocates for others who are yet to ...
Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them | Garry Kasparov
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We must face our fears if we want to get the most out of technology -- and we must conquer those fears if we want to get the best out of humanity, say...
Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform | Marlon Peterson
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For a crime he committed in his early twenties, the courts sentenced Marlon Peterson to 10 years in prison -- and, as he says, a lifetime of irrelevan...
What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood | Naomi McDougall-Jones
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What we see in movies matters: it affects our hobbies, our career choices, our emotions and even our identities. Right now, we don't see enough women ...
I don't want children -- stop telling me I'll change my mind | Christen Reighter
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One in five women in the United States will not have a biological child, and Christen Reighter is one of them. From a young age, she knew she didn't k...
A pro wrestler's guide to confidence | Mike Kinney
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You are more than you think you are, says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney -- you just have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage....
The powerful stories that shaped Africa | Gus Casely-Hayford
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are ...
A precise, three-word address for every place on earth | Chris Sheldrick
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With what3words, Chris Sheldrick and his team have divided the entire planet into three-meter squares and assigned each a unique, three-word identifie...
Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be | Uldus Bakhtiozina
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With her gorgeous, haunting photographs, artist Uldus Bakhtiozina documents dreams, working with daily life as she imagines it could be. She creates e...
The new age of corporate monopolies | Margrethe Vestager
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Margrethe Vestager wants to keep European markets competitive -- which is why, on behalf of the EU, she's fined Google $2.8 billion for breaching anti...
We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer | Elizabeth Wayne
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After decades of research and billions spent in clinical trials, we still have a problem with cancer drug delivery, says biomedical engineer Elizabeth...
What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? | Kristin Poinar
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Greenland ice sheet is massive, mysterious -- and melting. Using advanced technology, scientists are revealing its secrets for the first time, and...
How I became an entrepreneur at 66 | Paul Tasner
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner -- after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own sta...
3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true | Sara DeWitt
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day -- but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ruining childhood? Not accordi...
Why jobs of the future won't feel like work | David Lee
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard that robots are going to take our jobs -- but what can we do about it? Innovation expert David Lee says that we should start designing...
The forgotten art of the zoetrope | Eric Dyer
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Eric Dyer spent years working at a computer to produce images for the screen. Longing to get his hands back on his work, he began exploring the...
Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school c...
How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress | Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu wants to see Africans unleash their suppressed creative and innovative energies by acknowledging the significance of their indige...
How to seek truth in the era of fake news | Christiane Amanpour
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leader...
A global food crisis may be only a decade away | Sara Menker
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some start...
Don't suffer from your depression in silence | Nikki Webber Allen
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness -- they mean we're human, says producer and activist Nikki Webber Allen. Even after being diagnosed with anxi...
Mind-blowing, magnified portraits of insects | Levon Biss
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Levon Biss was looking for a new, extraordinary subject when one afternoon he and his young son popped a ground beetle under a microscope...
The magic of Khmer classical dance | Prumsodun Ok
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For more than 1,000 years, Khmer dancers in Cambodia have been seen as living bridges between heaven and earth. In this graceful dance-talk hybrid, ar...
Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and health...
What I learned as a prisoner in North Korea | Euna Lee
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2009, North Korean soldiers captured journalist Euna Lee and her colleague Laura Ling while they were shooting a documentary on the border wi...
What teen pregnancy looks like in Latin America | Christian Rodriguez
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Rodríguez is a photographer and filmmaker -- and the son of a teenage mother. For the past five years, he has documented teen pregnancy in ...
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings | Anna Heringer
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"There are a lot of resources given by nature for free -- all we need is our sensitivity to see them and our creativity to use them," says architect A...
Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere | Julio Gil
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Don't believe predictions that say the future is trending towards city living. Urbanization is actually reaching the end of its cycle, says logistics ...
Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow | Nabila Alibhai
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Divisions along religious lines are deepening, and we're doubting more and more how much we have in common. How can we stand boldly and visibly togeth...
The fascinating secret lives of giant clams | Mei Lin Neo
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you think about the deep blue sea, you might instantly think of whales or coral reefs. But spare a thought for giant clams, the world's largest l...
The boost students need to overcome obstacles | Anindya Kundu
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can disadvantaged students succeed in school? For sociologist Anindya Kundu, grit and stick-to-itiveness aren't enough; students also need to deve...
How a video game might help us build better cities | Karoliina Korppoo
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With more than half of the world population living in cities, one thing is undeniable: we are an urban species. Part game, part urban planning sketchi...
What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish | Radhika Nagpal
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction visions of the future show us AI built to replicate how our minds work -- but what if we modeled it instead on the other kinds of inte...
The most Martian place on Earth | Armando Azua-Bustos
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can you study Mars without a spaceship? Head to the most Martian place on Earth -- the Atacama Desert in Chile. Astrobiologist Armando Azua-Bustos...
What we're missing in the debate about immigration | Duarte Geraldino
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Between 2008 and 2016, the United States deported more than three million people. What happens to those left behind? Journalist Duarte Geraldino picks...
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again | Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can Africa, the home to some of the largest bodies of water in the world, be said to have a water crisis? It doesn't, says Olúfẹ́mi Táíwo...
How digital DNA could help you make better health choices | Jun Wang
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could know exactly how food or medication would impact your health -- before you put it in your body? Genomics researcher Jun Wang is work...
Living sculptures that stand for history's truths | Sethembile Msezane
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the century-old statues that dotted Cape Town, Sethembile Mzesane didn't see anything that looked like her own reality. So she became a living scul...
Fun home experiments that teach you physics | Helen Czerski
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Physics doesn't just happen in a fancy lab -- it happens when you push a piece of buttered toast off the table or drop a couple of raisins in a fizzy ...
The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing | Augie Picado
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Me...
A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper | Pierre Thiam
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Forget quinoa. Meet fonio, an ancient "miracle grain" native to Senegal that's versatile, nutritious and gluten-free. In this passionate talk, chef Pi...
What really motivates people to be honest in business | Alexander Wagner
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of d...
How our friendship survives our opposing politics | Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can you still be friends with someone who doesn't vote the same way as you? For Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge, two best friends who think ver...
What it feels like to see Earth from space | Benjamin Grant
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What the astronauts felt when they saw Earth from space changed them forever. Author and artist Benjamin Grant aims to provoke this same feeling of ov...
How to build a company where the best ideas win | Ray Dalio
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical tran...
How young people join violent extremist groups -- and how to stop them | Erin Marie Saltman
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Terrorists and extremists aren't all naturally violent sociopaths -- they're deliberately recruited and radicalized in a process that doesn't fit into...
A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs | Daan Roosegaarde
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daan Roosegaarde uses technology and creative thinking to produce imaginative, earth-friendly designs. He presents his latest projects -- from the sid...
TED's secret to great public speaking | Chris Anderson
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's no single formula for a great talk, but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED curator Chris Anderson shares ...
Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are | Chetan Bhatt
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal narratives that give us a sense of security and belonging. But sometimes our small-group ide...
How your pictures can help reclaim lost history | Chance Coughenour
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures -- your pictures -- to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. Aft...
How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you | Jennifer Granick
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What's stopping the American government from recording your phone calls, reading your emails and monitoring your location? Very little, says surveilla...
Can a robot pass a university entrance exam? | Noriko Arai
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Todai Robot, an AI project that performed in the top 20 percent of students on the entrance exam for the University of Tokyo -- without actually ...
Why we need to end the era of orphanages | Tara Winkler
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Could it be wrong to help children in need by starting an orphanage? In this eye-opening talk about the bad consequences of good intentions, Tara Wink...