TED Talks

1,201–1,248 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 Danielle R. Moss: How we can help the "forgotten middle" reach their full potential 2018 · Talk You know the "forgotten middle": they're the students, coworkers and regular people who are often overlooked because they're seen as neither exceptional nor… Internet Archive David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation 2009 · Talk · 16 min For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding… Internet Archive Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting 2009 · Talk · 4 min At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone… Internet Archive Melati and Isabel Wijsen: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali 2016 · Talk · 11 min Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water… Internet Archive Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks) 2010 · Talk · 6 min In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating "the… Internet Archive Dan Gartenberg: The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it 2017 · Talk There's nothing quite like a good night's sleep. What if technology could help us get more out of it? Dan Gartenberg is working on tech that stimulates deep… Internet Archive Geraldine Hamilton: Body parts on a chip 2013 · Talk · 13 min It's relatively easy to imagine a new medicine, a better cure for some disease. The hard part, though, is testing it, and that can delay promising new cures… Internet Archive Hendrik Poinar: Bring back the woolly mammoth! 2013 · Talk · 10 min It’s the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could -- and should -- that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar gives an… Internet Archive Jim Yong Kim: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? 2017 · Talk · 22 min Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet — will they be met with opportunity or… Internet Archive Karissa Sanbonmatsu: The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain 2018 · Talk How exactly does gender work? It's not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu. In a visionary talk, she shares new discoveries from… Internet Archive Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse 2011 · Talk · 15 min Cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks -- in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe -- a deceptively simple… Internet Archive Gary Liu: The rapid growth of the Chinese internet -- and where it's headed 2018 · Talk The Chinese internet has grown at a staggering pace — it now has more users than the combined populations of the US, UK, Russia, Germany, France and Canada.… Internet Archive Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) 2017 · Talk Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us —… Internet Archive Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained. 2013 · Talk · 21 min A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still… Internet Archive Martin Hanczyc: The line between life and not-life 2011 · Talk · 14 min In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first… Internet Archive Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" and "If I Had You" 2008 · Talk · 5 min The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don't have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from her… Internet Archive Rives: The Museum of Four in the Morning 2014 · Talk · 14 min Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere.… Internet Archive Alessandra Orofino: It’s our city. Let’s fix it 2014 · Talk · 15 min Too often, people feel checked out of politics — even at the level of their own city. But urban activist Alessandra Orofino thinks that can change, using a… Internet Archive Daniele Quercia: Happy maps 2015 · Talk · 7 min Mapping apps help us find the fastest route to where we’re going. But what if we’d rather wander? Researcher Daniele Quercia demos “happy maps” that take into… Internet Archive Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes 2010 · Talk · 10 min Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes. Internet Archive Fred Swaniker: The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it 2014 · Talk · 13 min Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good… Internet Archive Niels Diffrient rethinks the way we sit down 2009 · Talk · 17 min Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details his quest to… Internet Archive Adam Galinsky: How to speak up for yourself 2016 · Talk · 15 min Speaking up is hard to do, even when you know you should. Learn how to assert yourself, navigate tricky social situations and expand your personal power with… Internet Archive Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals 2013 · Talk · 9 min By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a… Internet Archive Boghuma Kabisen Titanji: Ethical riddles in HIV research 2013 · Talk · 11 min It’s an all too common story: after participating in an HIV clinical trial, a woman in sub-Saharan Africa is left without the resources to buy a bus ticket to… Internet Archive Christine Porath: Why being nice to your coworkers is good for business 2018 · Talk Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being nice to your coworkers, says leadership researcher Christine Porath. In this science-backed talk, she… Internet Archive Helen Czerski: The fascinating physics of everyday life 2017 · Talk 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 drink or… Internet Archive Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love 2010 · Talk · 18 min What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of… Internet Archive Jim Al-Khalili: How quantum biology might explain life’s biggest questions 2015 · Talk · 16 min How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new,… Internet Archive Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us 2013 · Talk · 11 min Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates — but each… Internet Archive Paul Kemp-Robertson: Bitcoin. Sweat. Tide. Meet the future of branded currency. 2013 · Talk · 10 min Currency -- the bills and coins you carry in your wallet and in your bank account -- is founded on marketing, on the belief that banks and governments are… Internet Archive Sarah Bergbreiter: Why I make robots the size of a grain of rice 2015 · Talk · 6 min By studying the movement and bodies of insects such as ants, Sarah Bergbreiter and her team build incredibly robust, super teeny, mechanical versions of… Internet Archive Sasa Vucinic invests in free press 2006 · Talk · 18 min A free press -- papers, magazines, radio, TV, blogs -- is the backbone of any true democracy (and a vital watchdog on business). Sasa Vucinic, a journalist… Internet Archive Thomas Barnett draws a new map for peace 2007 · Talk · 23 min In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering U.S. military that is… Internet Archive Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves 2010 · Talk · 10 min Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with… Internet Archive Thandiswa Mazwai: "Iyeza" / "Zabalaza" 2017 · Talk Self-styled wild woman and rebel singer Thandiswa Mazwai rocks the TED stage with an electrifying performance of two songs: "Iyeza" and "Zabalaza." Internet Archive Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit 2009 · Talk · 12 min Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports -- an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over… Internet Archive Carolyn Porco: Could a Saturn moon harbor life? 2009 · Talk · 3 min Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's… Internet Archive Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others 2014 · Talk · 14 min Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors:… Internet Archive Patricia Burchat sheds light on dark matter 2008 · Talk · 16 min Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them,… Internet Archive Philippe Starck thinks deep on design 2007 · Talk · 17 min Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for… Internet Archive Sergey Brin and Larry Page on Google 2007 · Talk · 20 min Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin offer a peek inside the Google machine, sharing tidbits about international search patterns, the philanthropic… Internet Archive Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey play new music 2008 · Talk · 20 min Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera… Internet Archive Andrea Ghez: The hunt for a supermassive black hole 2009 · Talk · 16 min With new data from the Keck telescopes, Andrea Ghez shows how state-of-the-art adaptive optics are helping astronomers understand our universe's most… Internet Archive Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art 2012 · Talk · 4 min Using video mapping and projection, artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo captures and shares his memories and friendships. At TED Fellow Talks, he shows his… Internet Archive Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off 2009 · Talk · 17 min Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He… Internet Archive Stew says "Black Men Ski" 2007 · Talk · 4 min What happens when a black man visits Aspen? Singer/songwriter Stew and his band are about to let you know. Internet Archive Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power 2014 · Talk · 17 min Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield…