TED Talks

817–864 of 2,913 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 Jim Hemerling: 5 ways to lead in an era of constant change 2016 · Talk · 13 min Who says change needs to be hard? Organizational change expert Jim Hemerling thinks adapting your business in today's constantly-evolving world can be… Internet Archive Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics 2007 · Talk · 16 min Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions… Internet Archive Nellie McKay sings "The Dog Song" 2008 · Talk · 3 min Animal fan Nellie McKay sings a sparkling tribute to her dear dog. She suggests we all do the same: "Just go right to the pound/ And find yourself a hound/… Internet Archive Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid 2011 · Talk · 12 min What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make… Internet Archive Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh" 2011 · Talk · 14 min At TED@MotorCity, Lisa Gansky, author of "The Mesh," talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and… Internet Archive Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl 2008 · Talk · 25 min Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist. Internet Archive Yves Morieux: How too many rules at work keep you from getting things done 2015 · Talk · 16 min Modern work — from waiting tables to crunching numbers to dreaming up new products — is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly, in brand-new… Internet Archive Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain 2012 · Talk · 5 min There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist… Internet Archive Daniel Libeskind's 17 words of architectural inspiration 2009 · Talk · 18 min Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture -- raw, risky, emotional, radical -- and that… Internet Archive Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky 2011 · Talk · 5 min New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make… Internet Archive Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness 2011 · Talk · 16 min Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world -- by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from… Internet Archive Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod 2012 · Talk · 5 min Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists. Internet Archive Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking -- you can do it, too 2013 · Talk · 10 min We have personal computing, why not personal biotech? That’s the question biologist Ellen Jorgensen and her colleagues asked themselves before opening… Internet Archive Joshua Prager: In search of the man who broke my neck 2013 · Talk · 18 min When Joshua Prager was 19, a devastating bus accident left him a hemiplegic. He returned to Israel twenty years later to find the driver who turned his world… Internet Archive Beth Noveck: Demand a more open-source government 2012 · Talk · 17 min What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of… Internet Archive Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life 2013 · Talk · 6 min Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk,… Internet Archive Katie Bouman: How to take a picture of a black hole 2017 · Talk · 12 min 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 close — even… Internet Archive Ben Ambridge: 10 myths about psychology: Debunked 2015 · Talk · 15 min How much of what you think about your brain is actually wrong? In this whistlestop tour of dis-proved science, Ben Ambridge walks through 10 popular ideas… Internet Archive Caroline Casey: Looking past limits 2011 · Talk · 15 min Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks… Internet Archive Casey Brown: Know your worth, and then ask for it 2017 · Talk · 8 min 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 their… Internet Archive Javed Akhtar: The gift of words 2017 · Talk "Do you know what I mean?" Legendary poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar asks why we seem to be losing our power to use words — and inspires us to… Internet Archive Kelli Swazey: Life that doesn't end with death 2013 · Talk · 13 min In Tana Toraja, weddings and births aren’t the social gatherings that knit society together. In this part of Indonesia, big, raucous funerals form the center… Internet Archive Hillel Cooperman: Legos for grownups 2010 · Talk · 5 min Lego blocks: playtime mainstay for industrious kids, obsession for many (ahem!) mature adults. Hillel Cooperman takes us on a trip through the beloved bricks'… Internet Archive Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity 2011 · Talk · 18 min Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data -- and at times vast numbers of people -- and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines… Internet Archive Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes? 2011 · Talk · 5 min Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of… Internet Archive Paul Root Wolpe: It's time to question bio-engineering 2011 · Talk · 19 min At TEDxPeachtree, bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, from glowing dogs to mice that grow human… Internet Archive Torsten Reil builds better animations 2008 · Talk · 18 min Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones,… Internet Archive Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life" 2010 · Talk · 18 min Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how… Internet Archive Maurice Conti: The incredible inventions of intuitive AI 2017 · Talk · 15 min 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 that come… Internet Archive Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live 2010 · Talk · 9 min Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked… Internet Archive Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership's "missing manual" 2009 · Talk · 16 min Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London,… Internet Archive Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club 2013 · Talk · 12 min In 1812, four men at Cambridge University met for breakfast. What began as an impassioned meal grew into a new scientific revolution, in which these men --… Internet Archive Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness 2013 · Talk · 13 min Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the… Internet Archive Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher 2013 · Talk · 8 min Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in and out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a… Internet Archive Isaac Lidsky: What reality are you creating for yourself? 2016 · Talk · 11 min Reality isn't something you perceive; it's something you create in your mind. Isaac Lidsky learned this profound lesson firsthand, when unexpected life… Internet Archive Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift 2012 · Talk · 18 min Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he… Internet Archive Parag Khanna: How megacities are changing the map of the world 2016 · Talk · 20 min "I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth," says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through… Internet Archive Robert Full on engineering and evolution 2008 · Talk · 20 min Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's… Internet Archive Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning 2009 · Talk · 6 min Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from… Internet Archive Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness 2010 · Talk · 17 min At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 -- the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that… Internet Archive Elizabeth Lev: The unheard story behind the Sistine Chapel 2016 · Talk · 17 min The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings on earth — but there's a lot you probably don't know about it. In this tour-de-force talk, art… Internet Archive Emma Marris: Nature is everywhere -- we just need to look for it 2016 · Talk · 15 min How do you define "nature?" If we define it as that which is untouched by humans, we won't have any left, says environmental writer Emma Marris. She urges us… Internet Archive Award-winning teen-age science in action 2011 · Talk · 16 min In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their… Internet Archive JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out 2011 · Talk · 24 min JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At… Internet Archive James Flynn: Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents' 2013 · Talk · 18 min In 1900, only 3% of Americans practiced professions that were deemed "cognitively demanding." Today, 35% of us do, and we have all learned to be flexible in… Internet Archive Jane Goodall helps humans and animals live together 2008 · Talk · 23 min The legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall talks about TACARE and her other community projects, which help people in booming African towns live… Internet Archive Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work 2010 · Talk · 15 min Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms)… Internet Archive Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! 2011 · Talk · 18 min Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code?…