1) Are you human? | Ze Frank 2) The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring | Ella Al-Shamahi 3) Comics that ask "what if?" | Randall Munroe 4) How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction | Lauren Sallan 5) Why elephants never forget - Alex Gendler 6) The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited! | AJ Jacobs
1) Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free? | Michael Vazquez and Will Kanwischer 2) How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies | Elise Hu 3) AI won't plateau — if we give it time to think | Noam Brown 4) How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder 5) Lessons from history for a better future | Roman Krznaric 6) How to see the future coming — and prepare for it | Jane McGonigal
1) A mouse with two dads — and a new frontier for biology | Katsuhiko Hayashi 2) Democracy is being tested. Citizen assemblies can help | Ketakandriana Rafitoson 3) K-pop, cutting-edge tech and other ways Asia is shaping the world | Neeraj Aggarwal 4) The next computer? Your glasses | Shahram Izadi
1) I let algorithms randomize my life for two years | Max Hawkins 2) My journey mapping the uncharted world | Tawanda Kanhema 3) Why is colonialism (still) romanticized? | Farish Ahmad-Noor 4) My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead | Anjali Kumar 5) The African swamp protecting Earth's environment | Vera Songwe
1) The hidden treasures of Timbuktu | Elizabeth Cox 2) A tailored history of who wears what -- and why | Richard Thompson Ford 3) The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man | Andrew McDonald 4) Playful, wondrous public spaces built for community and possibility | Matthew Mazzotta 5) Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge | Alex Gendler 6) Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people? | Rebecca Firth 7) Why the passport needs an upgrade | Karoli Hindriks 8) A feminist reimagining of Kenya's public transport | Naomi Mwaura
1) 6 ways to improve your relationship with money | Thasunda Duckett 2) How I hacked online dating | Amy Webb 3) Love vs. Honor: The Irish myth of Diarmuid's betrayal | Iseult Gillespie 4) What you don't know about marriage | Jenna McCarthy 5) An ode to envy | Parul Sehgal
1) Love, trust and marketing in the age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti 2) The unique love between humans and dogs | Elias Weiss Friedman 3) How to divorce as allies, not enemies | Allison O'Brien 4) Is parenting advice leading to more anxious kids? | Mathilde H. Ross 5) The power of gaming together in a lonely world | Laura Miele
1) Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price 2) The philosophy of cynicism - William D. Desmond 3) How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim 4) Why do our bodies age? | Monica Menesini 5) What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller
1) A riddle of ice and fire dragons | Henri Picciotto 2) Can you solve the honeybee riddle? | Dan Finkel 3) Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades? | Dan Finkel 4) Can you solve the logician's rave riddle? | Edwin Meyer 5) Can you solve the Trojan War riddle? | Dennis Shasha 6) Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha 7) Can you survive the creation of the universe by solving this riddle? | James Tanton 8) Can you solve the fortress riddle? | Henri Picciotto 9) Can you solve the rogue AI riddle? - Dan Finkel 10) Everything changed when the fire crystal got stolen - Alex Gendler 11) Can you solve the rogue submarine riddle? Difficulty level: Master | Alex Rosenthal
1) The hidden cost of the green transition's mineral rush | Galina Angarova 2) The big idea funding forest conservation | Andika Putraditama 3) What is true confidence? A photographer and a brand builder answer | David Suh and Molly Graham
1) Solar energy is even cheaper than you think | Jenny Chase 2) The rise of China's homegrown brands — and why they matter | Roger Hu 3) Why joy and flexibility are good for business | Rosie Sargeant 4) How to handle grief at work and beyond | Meredith Wilson Parfet 5) How to finance the future of farming | Berry Marttin 6) How industrial fishing sinks communities | Lamin Jassey
1) Let's get real about free speech | Greg Lukianoff 2) Where DEI falls short — and how to rethink it | Y-Vonne Hutchinson 3) The role of art and forgiveness in democracy | Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Wendy Whelan 4) A fresh approach to resolving conflicts | Darya Shaikh 5) The AI arsenal that could stop World War III | Palmer Luckey
1) Democracy requires disagreement. Here's how to do it better | Bret Stephens and Yordanos Eyoel 2) Can math help repair democracy? | Sam Wang 3) Can curiosity heal division? | Scott Shigeoka 4) The real-world danger of online myths | Vidhya Ramalingam
1) A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind | Conor Russomanno 2) How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel 3) What it's really like to have autism | Ethan Lisi 4) How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth 5) What's the connection between sleep and Alzheimer's disease? | Matt Walker 6) How testosterone and culture shape behavior | Carole K. Hooven
1) How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter 2) How does your brain respond to pain? - Karen D. Davis 3) What causes seizures, and how can we treat them? | Christopher E. Gaw 4) The truth about unwanted arousal | Emily Nagoski 5) Hacking your memory -- with sleep | Matt Walker 6) Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? | Masako Tamaki
1) Star Wars changed visual effects — AI is doing it again | Rob Bredow 2) How can creativity help us heal? A doctor and a cartoonist answer | Amy Baxter and Navied Mahdavian 3) Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler
1) How I imitate nature's voices | Snow Raven 2) The secret to telling a great story — in less than 60 seconds | Jenny Hoyos 3) How my (slightly annoying) art went viral | Joshua Schachter 4) The fine art of fibbing | Athena Kugblenu 5) What if you could give a TED Talk? An inside look at “My Big Idea,” an original series from TED | TED 6) The tale of the Monkey King and the Buddha | Ji Hao 7) The myth of Medusa | Laura Aitken-Burt
1) How play helps a kid's brain grow | Jesse Ilhardt 2) Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? | Louise Thwaites 3) A better way to talk about abortion | Aspen Baker 4) Why autism is often missed in women and girls | Kate Kahle 5) The medical potential of AI and metabolites | Leila Pirhaji 6) How do doctors determine what stage of cancer you have? | Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu
1) Can you transplant a head to another body? | Max G. Levy 2) What's the best way to treat the common cold? | TED-Ed 3) What does appendix pain feel like? | David R. Flum 4) What staying up all night does to your brain | Anna Rothschild 5) Why is Alzheimer's disease so difficult to treat? | Krishna Sudhir 6) Why your body fights weight loss | Katherine Saunders 7) How to manage your stress more effectively | Shannon Odell 8) What actually causes high cholesterol? | Hei Man Chan
1) The tragedy of the one guy who was right about the Trojan Horse | Noah Charney 2) Why did people wear powdered wigs? | Stephanie Honchell Smith 3) Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide | Ümit Kurt 4) The woman who broke the Great Wall of China | Juwen Zhang 5) The tragic romance of Tristan and Isolde | Iseult Gillespie 6) The dark history of arsenic | Neil Bradbury 7) The history of the world according to rats | Max G. Levy 8) A day in the life of a martial artist in medieval China | Peter Lorge 9) One of the most controversial medical procedures in history | Jenell Johnson