Curator's Picks: 10 Must-Listen TED Talks of 2016 (audio only)

Singer Rhiannon Giddens joins international music collective Silk Road Ensemble to perform "St. James Infirmary Blues," spiking the American folk song that Louis Armstrong popularized in the 1920s with Romani influence and mischievous energy.

Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris

Sep 29th, 2016 14m 27s

Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associate

The secret to effective nonviolent resistance | Jamila Raqib

Jun 14th, 2016 8m 57s

We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution. Instead, we must find alternative ways to conduct conflict that are equally powerful and effect

Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever | Jennifer Kahn

May 9th, 2016 12m 25s

CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, the tech

Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe | Kenneth Lacovara

Apr 22nd, 2016 15m 49s

What happens when you discover a dinosaur? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara details his unearthing of Dreadnoughtus -- a 77-million-year-old sauropod that was as tall as a two-story house and as heavy as a jumbo jet -- and considers how amazingl

A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system | Adam Foss

Mar 21st, 2016 15m 57s

When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. In this searching talk, Ada

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban

Mar 15th, 2016 14m 3s

Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges,

Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it | Alexander Betts

Mar 3rd, 2016 18m 9s

A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal jour

What it's like to be Muslim in America | Dalia Mogahed

Feb 23rd, 2016 16m 16s

When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: A woman of faith? A scholar, a mom, a sister? Or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this personal, powerful talk, Mogahed asks us, in this polarizing time, to fight

The discovery that could rewrite physics | Allan Adams

Apr 1st, 2014 4m 42s

On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the “smoking gun” data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, what does it mean? TED asked Allan Adams to briefly explain t

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