TED Courses

How to Talk Truthfully About Black History

Explore historical contradictions and cognitive dissonances in American history while learning to teach Black history beyond slavery and Jim Crow for a more complete narrative.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How the Fridge Changed Food

Explore how refrigeration's "artificial Arctic" revolutionized food systems while paradoxically threatening our planet's real Arctic through climate impact.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom

Explore how art rooted in ancestral wisdom connects humanity through a filmmaker's journey to Kenya's Turkana region, where oil discovery disrupts pastoral traditions.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

4 Hard Truths About Capitalism and Climate

Uncover why capitalism and climate action clash, plus a strategic plan to make green innovation irresistibly profitable for businesses and markets.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work

Discover practical, research-backed strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, boost engagement, and fight burnout through better connections with colleagues in remote and in-person settings.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?

Explore the psychological forces behind today's massive AI-crypto bubble and why we're repeating historical economic patterns that led to past financial frenzies.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Everything You Need to Know About AI Agents

Discover how AI agents can revolutionize productivity by handling routine tasks autonomously, freeing you to focus on creative and meaningful work in this insightful technology talk.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Could We Detect Breast Cancer with a Fingerprint?

Discover how fingerprint analysis could revolutionize breast cancer detection, offering a non-invasive alternative to painful mammograms through groundbreaking chemical research.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How AI Can Solve Its Own Energy Crisis

Discover how AI can transform its energy challenge into opportunity, unlocking massive power capacity while lowering costs and accelerating our sustainable energy future.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

This Movie Changes Every Time You Watch It - Exploring Dynamic Cinema and the "Eno" Documentary

Discover how filmmaker Gary Hustwit revolutionizes cinema with "Eno," a documentary about Brian Eno that reinvents itself with every viewing, never showing the same version twice.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Trap of Win-Lose Thinking and How to Escape It

Discover how Whole Foods cofounder John Mackey transformed business failure into success by shifting from win-lose to "win-win-win" thinking after a devastating flood nearly destroyed his company.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Let's Build AI Data Centers in Space

Explore how space-based data centers could revolutionize AI infrastructure by harnessing solar power and frigid temperatures to solve the energy challenge of artificial intelligence.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Spiritual Wisdom We Need for a Planet in Crisis

Explore how spiritual infrastructure sustains communities during climate crises and why aligning inner values with ecosystems may be key to planetary restoration.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Why Your Blood Should Flow Like Ketchup

Discover how blood viscosity could revolutionize medical diagnostics through rheology, the science of flow, demonstrated with everyday products like ketchup and peanut butter.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Designing Pediatric Care for Access, Trust, and Time

Explore how direct primary care transforms pediatric medicine by prioritizing relationships over billing codes, offering deeper access, lower costs, and proactive family-centered healthcare.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video