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23/11/2025

If you don’t have a straightforward answer for the question, “Where are you from?” you’re not alone. Here’s a suggestion from writer Taiya Selasi that embraces all the layers of where you come from, where you live and who you are: http://t.ted.com/S6JcaFc

22/11/2025

Here’s how these self-assembling habitats can let us use space for the benefit of Earth:

22/11/2025

What makes someone wicked? Here’s how Oscar-winning designer Paul Tazewell — who’s work features in the Wicked movies, “Hamilton” and “West Side Story” — uses clothes to challenge perceptions of good versus evil: http://t.ted.com/yF67uI2

22/11/2025

There are small markers within you that show how well your body is functioning and aging. Here’s the science:

If you want to learn a tree’s age, you can count their rings. When it comes to humans, scientists have yet to find any visible traits that mark our age with the same specificity. But in the past few decades, they’ve discovered small, invisible markers hidden within the body that do change over t...

22/11/2025

Adolescents are not a problem to be solved — they represent our brightest future, says neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer. Here are some of the misconceptions about this life stage and how we can better support young people: http://t.ted.com/b9pkzW7

21/11/2025

Nearly everything we use comes from nature — but what if economic growth could actually help repair the environment? Here’s how AI and machine learning could boost the planet’s health and the economy:

Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances in AI and robotics are enabling a radical shift towards innovation as a force for restoration. Imagine mines that extract less, farms that regenerate soi...

21/11/2025

When a building is demolished, it’s not just the walls and the roof that get destroyed — it's the memories, communities and sense of belonging, too, says architect Olaf Grawert. Here’s an alternative that revalues affordable homes and helps combat the housing crisis:

Every minute somewhere in Europe, a house is demolished — along with the memories and sense of community it holds, says architect Olaf Grawert. Exposing the human and environmental cost of demolition for profit, he highlights a bold alternative that could address the growing housing crisis. Learn ...

21/11/2025

There is such thing as good stress, explains physician Aditi Nerurkar — here’s how to access it:

21/11/2025

We can disagree but we don’t have to do it disagreeable, says Oklahoma’s Republican Governor J. Kevin Stitt. In this recent Q&A from TEDNext 2025, he sits down with Delaware’s Democrat Governor Matt Meyer to share thoughts on polarization in the US, spending time with people that think differently and to offer a hopeful vision for the future of democracy: http://t.ted.com/PhELvoQ

20/11/2025

“Find the thing that lights you up from the inside — not because you understand it, but because you don’t.”

Watch science creator Harini Bhat’s full talk on why you should go after what ignites your curiosity:

In a world that prizes certainty, hot takes and instant answers, what happens when we celebrate the power of ... not knowing? Scientist and storyteller Harini Bhat shares how she built a mega-popular YouTube channel where curiosity, not credentials, drives discovery. From ancient brains turned to gl...

20/11/2025

Next year marks the USA’s 250th. To celebrate, we’re partnering with Visit Philly for a day of brand new TED Talks — and one of them could be yours!

Submit your idea by November 30 to the TED Democracy Global Idea Search — and we might just see you on stage in Philadelphia in 2026: https://tedtalks.social/48qhTkQ

20/11/2025

Trust is the currency that keeps micro businesses in Latin America standing — but without credit history, they are often excluded from fair loans, explains impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart. Here’s how AI can help maximize their visibility:

Can AI help people without a traditional credit history get access to fair loans? Impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart shows how AI is letting informal entrepreneurs in Latin America transform "invisible data" on their phones into a financial identity, helping them get credit and grow on their own te...