TED Talks

625–672 of 2,913 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Ian Dunbar on dog-friendly dog training 2008 · Talk · 14 min Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can… Internet Archive Beeban Kidron: The shared wonder of film 2012 · Talk · 13 min Movies have the power to create a shared narrative experience and to shape memories and worldviews. British film director Beeban Kidron invokes iconic film… Internet Archive Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked 2012 · Talk · 16 min Could someone hack your pacemaker? At TEDxMidAtlantic, Avi Rubin explains how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and warns us… Internet Archive Brian Skerry reveals ocean's glory -- and horror 2010 · Talk · 16 min Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots… Internet Archive Freeman Hrabowski: 4 pillars of college success in science 2013 · Talk · 15 min At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he's president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to… Internet Archive Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion 2008 · Talk · 18 min It’s hard to always show compassion -- even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a… Internet Archive Nathan Myhrvold: Cooking as never seen before 2011 · Talk · 10 min Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic… Internet Archive Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep 2010 · Talk · 4 min In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our… Internet Archive Christopher "moot" Poole: The case for anonymity online 2010 · Talk · 11 min The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet "memes" it has launched, and the incident… Internet Archive Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine 2010 · Talk · 9 min Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to… Internet Archive Ashton Cofer: A young inventor's plan to recycle Styrofoam 2017 · Talk · 6 min 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.… Internet Archive Benjamin Wallace on the price of happiness 2008 · Talk · 14 min Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8… Internet Archive Munir Virani: Why I love vultures 2012 · Talk · 6 min As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem -- so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? Raptor biologist… Internet Archive What we learned from 5 million books 2011 · Talk · 14 min Have you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across… Internet Archive Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence 2012 · Talk · 18 min Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour… Internet Archive David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min 2010 · Talk · 20 min In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world… Internet Archive Julie Taymor: Spider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge 2013 · Talk · 18 min Showing spectacular clips from productions such as Frida, The Tempest and The Lion King, director Julie Taymor describes a life spent immersed in theater and… Internet Archive Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity 2007 · Talk · 19 min Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative… Internet Archive John Walker re-creates great performances 2008 · Talk · 13 min Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how recordings can be analyzed for… Internet Archive Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars 2011 · Talk · 4 min How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow… Internet Archive Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral 2009 · Talk · 15 min Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the… Internet Archive Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection 2016 · Talk · 12 min We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the… Internet Archive Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists 2011 · Talk · 16 min How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself --… Internet Archive Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier 2012 · Talk · 16 min We all want customized experiences and products -- but when faced with 700 options, consumers freeze up. With fascinating new research, Sheena Iyengar… Internet Archive Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine 2006 · Talk · 18 min Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s. Internet Archive Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo 2013 · Talk · 5 min What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at… Internet Archive Liz Diller plays with architecture 2008 · Talk · 19 min In this engrossing EG talk, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R's more unusual work, including the Blur Building, whose walls are made of fog, and the… Internet Archive Liza Donnelly: Drawing on humor for change 2011 · Talk · 6 min New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life -- and talks about how humor can empower women to… Internet Archive Woody Norris invents amazing things 2009 · Talk · 13 min Woody Norris shows off two of his inventions that treat sound in new ways, and talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and education. As he puts… Internet Archive Christopher deCharms looks inside the brain 2008 · Talk · 4 min Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is… Internet Archive Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy 2011 · Talk · 6 min In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers… Internet Archive Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto 2006 · Talk · 18 min In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how… Internet Archive Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies 2017 · Talk · 18 min Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within… Internet Archive Cynthia Schneider: The surprising spread of "Idol" TV 2009 · Talk · 5 min Cynthia Schneider looks at two international "American Idol"-style shows -- one in Afghanistan, and one in the United Arab Emirates -- and shows the… Internet Archive Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science 2013 · Talk · 12 min Swiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent… Internet Archive Inara George sings 'Family Tree' 2012 · Talk · 3 min Singer Inara George and guitarist Mike Andrews play the quietly lovely love song "Family Tree." Internet Archive Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching 2012 · Talk · 9 min What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn’t too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored… Internet Archive Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice 2012 · Talk · 23 min In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths… Internet Archive Charles Hazlewood: Trusting the ensemble 2011 · Talk · 19 min Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership -- then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. He… Internet Archive Michael Shermer on strange beliefs 2006 · Talk · 13 min Why do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven"? Using video and music, skeptic Michael Shermer shows… Internet Archive Stephen Petranek: Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive 2016 · Talk · 17 min It sounds like science fiction, but journalist Stephen Petranek considers it fact: within 20 years, humans will live on Mars. In this provocative talk,… Internet Archive Paul Bennett finds design in the details 2007 · Talk · 14 min Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand… Internet Archive Evgeny Morozov: How the Net aids dictatorships 2009 · Talk · 11 min TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" -- the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy… Internet Archive James Watson on how he discovered DNA 2007 · Talk · 20 min Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. Internet Archive Pilobolus perform "Symbiosis" 2007 · Talk · 13 min Two Pilobolus dancers perform "Symbiosis." Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of symbiotic species? Music: "God Music," George… Internet Archive Fahad Al-Attiya: A country with no water 2013 · Talk · 8 min Imagine a country with abundant power -- oil and gas, sunshine, wind (and money) -- but missing one key essential for life: water. Infrastructure engineer… Internet Archive Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world 2012 · Talk · 17 min The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one… Internet Archive Malcolm London: “High School Training Ground” 2013 · Talk · 3 min Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of…