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Pollination is a vital to life on Earth but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by...

Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation- bring to...

In a CSI age, we take forensic science for granted. New York did not have a medical examiner or forensic toxicologist until 1918, whose eventual arrival changed the landscape of crime investigation forever. Deborah Blum prompts the TED...

In his new TED podcast WorkLife, Wharton psychologist Adam Grant visits the strongest functioning workplaces and shares their secret 3 ingredients.

On the TED stage, Eric Berridge shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.

Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity- to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal TED talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world...

Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing...

Food doesn't last. In days, sometimes hours, bread goes moldy, apple slices turn brown, and bacteria multiply in mayonnaise. But you can find all of these foods out on the shelf at the grocery store thanks to preservatives. But what...

What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. Insects hold promise for food security and the...

Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love and the foodie's honeymoon he's...