Meet a young investigative reporter in Kyrgyzstan

Journalist Anna Lelik took on her first investigative report when she was just 17. She was...

Animation basics: What is rotoscoping?

Rotoscoping is, in essence, a technique that goes back to the early days of cinema, when...

Ode to my daughter’s teacher

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, my kids were 6 and 3 years old. There are so...

Do entertain the animals: 5 ways to be a better human at the zoo

Your job: Be interesting. Researcher and author Laurel Braitman explains. Most humans...

7 tips for teachers on how to create a safe school environment

All children deserve to learn in a safe, supportive educational environment. One education...

Photos: the most beautiful bacteria you’ll ever see

Synthetic biologist Tal Danino manipulates microorganisms in his lab to create eye-catching,...

Syria: what students need to know

Thinking about how to discuss Syria with your students? Here are 4 key ideas that can help kids...

Fact-checking 101

What are facts? Facts are the truthful answers to a reporter’s 5 key questions: who, what, when,...

What are your rights at a protest?

Citizen activism is as American as apple pie. Whether you call it a protest, a parade, a tea...

Can US Customs and Border officials search your phone?

Recent detentions and seizures of phones and other material from travelers to the United States...

How to lead a brainstorm

Brainstorming was invented in the 1930s as a practical idea-generation technique for regular use...

How much do you know about the women who shaped modern physics?

Theoretical physicist (and TED Fellow) Shohini Ghose has two great passions: physics, and...

Should emotions be taught in schools?

Who taught you how to identify and manage your emotions, how to recognize them when they arose,...

5 practical ways to keep your creative resolutions

The Oxford English Dictionary defines creativity as “the use of imagination or original ideas to...

How to protect your online privacy

At the American Civil Liberties Union, privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian (TED...

How to tell fake news from real news

In November 2016, Stanford University researchers made an alarming discovery: across the US, many...

How to use littleBits to teach design thinking in the classroom

Design thinking is both a mindset and a methodology. As a mindset, it’s about putting people at...

5 words that don’t mean what they used to mean

“Words over time have a way of just oozing around,” says linguist John McWhorter. Below, he...

The world’s required reading list: The books that students read in 28 countries

This compilation of reading assigned to students everywhere will expand your horizons — and your...

7 interviewing tips for video storytellers

Laurie House is a documentary filmmaker in New York and a video producer at TED. Below, she...

10 questions to ask your family around the table

Sometime between the first bite of turkey and the last slice of pie, it’ll happen: a lull in the...

5 back-to-school tips for teachers and parents

Back-to-school time is the perfect moment to reboot your routines. Ready to try something new?...

How to help a teacher out

Everyone wants kids to thrive in school — but what about the teachers who are there to make that...

40 brilliant idioms that can’t be translated literally

It’s a piece of cake. You can’t put lipstick on a pig. Why add fuel to the fire? Idioms are...