Onstage in front of 800 people, Anne-Laure Le Cunff realized her worst public-speaking fear. But she rose to the occasion, and taught a major lesson in the process.

Thirty years into the opioid crisis, we still struggle to find other options for pain relief. This hour, TED speakers explain new understandings of how the brain interprets pain and new ideas to cope.

Our brains are magnificently complex - and highly fallible. This hour, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explains how to keep our brains healthy and what to do when something goes wrong. This ...

MONTEREY, Calif.--If you sense numbers as colors, or see images when hearing a tone, you might be a poet and not know it. Atypical and subjective responses to colors, sounds, numbers and the like are ...

All the bold ideas, inventions and perspectives of the beloved TED Talks conference and video series, plus special follow-up interviews with the people behind them.

Author Susan Cain, a self-described introvert, accepted an invitation to do what she feared — give a TED talk. Although she was anxious on the big day, she got through it and wowed the audience.

TED talks are increasingly ubiquitous in pop culture. TED’s motto is “ideas worth spreading” and it has become famous for accessible, pristinely produced 10 to 15-minute presentations on big ideas. Of ...

It wasn’t too long ago that I used to dread the holidays. For two months, it seemed like the same Mariah Carey Christmas ballads, twinkle lights and forced merriment served no other purpose but to ...