Beginner Lessons

What happens if you eat a silica gel packet? - Vivian Jiang

One of the world’s oldest beverages - Malcolm Purinton

Could lotteries replace elections? - Michael Vazquez

3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body

How long can hair grow? - Maksim Plikus

What happens when you break a bone? - Gurpreet Baht and Natalie Pang

How does the morning-after pill prevent pregnancy? - Alison Edelman

How hat fashion has evolved throughout history - Alison L. Goodrum

The biggest mistake lottery winners make

Does hypnosis ever actually work? - Devin Terhune

The biggest myths about Neanderthals - Bruce Hardy

3 things that can cause painful periods - Chen X. Chen

The machine that changed our understanding of human history - Max G. Levy

What is vaginal discharge and why does it happen? - Elizabeth Micks

Introducing TED Summer School!

How much do you really know about Vikings? - Stephanie H. Smith

What causes herpes, and how can you treat it? - Christine Johnston

Father vs. Son: A journey into the underworld - Joseph Mbele

The infamous JoJo thought experiment - Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud

Kiranmala: The tale of the princess who conquered Magic Mountain - Malay Bera

Will laser blasters ever be possible? - Christopher Baird

Upstairs, downstairs: The life of a British maid - Stephanie Honchell Smith

How Japan saved its biggest city from collapse - Roman Krznaric

Was Alexander the Great really that great? - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Winter got you feeling down? Watch this - Kelly Rohan

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

Scientists still don't know the answer to this infamous question - Charles Wallace & Dan Kwartler

How comic books can help you learn - Gene Luen Yang

How one of the world’s richest companies rose to power - Shantel George

This is what happens in your brain when you can’t recall a word - Cella Wright

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

How the lead industry lied to the public for decades - Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner

The 3 best predictors of how well you’ll age - Juulia Jylhävä

How does leg lengthening surgery work? - Jason Shih Hoellwarth

The best way to become good at something might surprise you - David Epstein

Japan's most famous ghost story - Jeffrey Angles

What’s the best way to lift people out of poverty?

History vs. Russia’s most infamous empress - Carolyn Harris

Why don't we send our trash to space? - Jim Bentley and Imogen Ellen Napper

Are vampire bats dangerous? - Imran Razik

How exactly do inhalers work? - Anna Rothschild

Your phone’s camera isn’t as good as you think - Rachel Yang

The Greek myth of the Fates’ prophecy - Iseult Gillespie

Is it really that bad to eat cookie dough? - Emma Bryce

The myth of Dionysus’ drunken revenge - Iseult Gillespie

How do sinkholes swallow entire houses and cities? - Elise Cutts

If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez

What are truffles, and why are they so expensive? - Carolyn Beans