Why I’m running the New York City Marathon (thanks in part to a TED Talk)
Every runner has a story. Five years ago, I would never have imagined using the word “marathoner” to describe myself; I could barely run aro...
Some very scary TED-Ed characters
TED-Ed lessons are for kids, teenagers and, well, anyone with a passion for learning. And yet, sometimes these animated lessons get downrigh...
Those who stayed in Chernobyl and Fukushima: An excerpt from the new TED Book brings you inside Control Room 4
In the new TED Book, Would You Stay?, photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart travels to Chernobyl and Fukushima to try to understand why p...
“Orange Is The New Black,” indeed: Piper Kerman gives a TEDx Talk on life in prison
Many of us in the TED office have been in Orange Is the New Black withdrawal. We inhaled the first two seasons of the Netflix series, and ha...
8 hilarious IKEA memes, videos and homage websites
After 25 years working in sustainability, Steve Howard made a surprising move: he went to work for IKEA. In today’s talk, he explains why by...
X Marks the Spot: A stunning event in the Indian Himalayas, plus this week’s TEDx talks
In the remote town of Leh, tucked away in the Indian Himalayas, a group of 100 TEDx’ers gathered among the stunning valleys and sweeping mou...
Meet the translator: Hugo Wagner, who translates talks into French
TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, mor...
Better roads for bikes and walkers: What cities inspire Janette Sadik-Khan?
“It doesn’t need to be a zero-sum game between moving traffic and creating public space,” says Janette Sadik-Khan in today’s TED Talk, filme...
11 fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe
The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and take seats in the church or synag...