Schedule for TED

The Future Ahead EP02

The Future Ahead EP02

1) Civilization on the Moon -- and what it means for life on Earth | Jessy Kate Schingler 2) Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space | Fabio Pacucci 3) A sci-fi vision of life in 2041 | Chen Qiufan 4) A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley 5) The awesome potential of many metaverses | Agnes Larsson 6) Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? | Alex Gendler

2026-06-06 11:32:18 +0000 UTC2026-06-06 12:36:43 +0000 UTC(1h4m)
What in the World? EP07

What in the World? EP07

1) What happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode? | Lindsay DeMarchi 2) The Boltzmann brain paradox | Fabio Pacucci 3) The most dangerous elements on the periodic table | Shannon Odell 4) Something weird is happening in our galaxy | Ashkbiz Danehkar 5) Could we build a miniature sun on Earth? | George Zaidan 6) Where did Earth's water come from? - Zachary Metz 7) Who won the space race? - Jeff Steers 8) Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? | Stephanie Honchell Smith 9) The moon illusion - Andrew Vanden Heuvel 10) A needle in countless haystacks: Finding habitable worlds - Ariel Anbar 11) What really killed the dinosaurs? (It wasn't just the asteroid) | Sean P. S. Gulick

2026-06-06 23:43:45 +0000 UTC2026-06-07 00:50:50 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
What in the World? EP06

What in the World? EP06

1) Can you freeze your body and come back to life? | Shannon N. Tessier 2) How exactly does binary code work? - José Américo N L F Freitas 3) What is Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox? - Colm Kelleher 4) How big is a mole? (Not the animal, the other one.) - Daniel Dulek 5) What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones 6) If superpowers were real: Invisibility - Joy Lin 7) Is light a particle or a wave? - Colm Kelleher 8) How folding paper can get you to the moon - Adrian Paenza 9) Is there a center of the universe? - Marjee Chmiel and Trevor Owens 10) One is one ... or is it? - Christopher Danielson 11) How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage 12) Free falling in outer space - Matt J. Carlson

2026-06-06 22:38:02 +0000 UTC2026-06-06 23:43:45 +0000 UTC(1h5m)
Food for Thought EP05

Food for Thought EP05

1) Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks | Jennifer 8. Lee 2) How your sense of smell helps you savor flavor | Jen Gunter 3) What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you? | Sarah E. Tracy 4) A brie(f) history of cheese | Paul S. Kindstedt 5) Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot 6) How sleep affects what (and how much) you eat | Matt Walker 7) Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture? | Stuart Oda 8) Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day | Jen Gunter 9) Why pasta comes in all shapes and sizes | Paola Antonelli

2026-06-06 12:36:43 +0000 UTC2026-06-06 13:40:30 +0000 UTC(1h3m)
School Smarts EP07

School Smarts EP07

1) How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn 2) 4 tips to future-proof your career | Michelle R. Weise 3) The real story behind Archimedes' Eureka! - Armand D'Angour 4) The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it | Anindya Kundu 5) How poop turns into forests | Ludmila Rattis 6) The case for a decentralized internet | Tamas Kocsis 7) The case of the missing fractals - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan

2026-06-06 06:34:59 +0000 UTC2026-06-06 07:38:20 +0000 UTC(1h3m)