Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!

The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard

Trash cart superheroes | Mundano

Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

The great conspiracy against Julius Caesar - Kathryn Tempest

The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck | TED

The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn | Jeremy Howard

The truth about bats - Amy Wray

The pharaoh that wouldn't be forgotten - Kate Green

Dave Troy: Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations

Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

At what moment are you dead? - Randall Hayes

Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive

Anastasia Taylor-Lind: Fighters and mourners of the Ukrainian revolution

How to create cleaner coal - Emma Bryce

The 2,400-year search for the atom - Theresa Doud

Aakash Odedra: A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz: What veterinarians know that doctors don't

What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - Alex Gendler

Rainer Strack: The surprising workforce crisis of 2030 — and how to start solving it now

The hidden worlds within natural history museums - Joshua Drew

What are those floaty things in your eye? - Michael Mauser

Hidden Cameras Film Injustice in Dangerous Places | Oren Yakobovich | TED Talks

The Art of Stillness | Pico Iyer | TED

Why some people find exercise harder than others | Emily Balcetis

What does the liver do? - Emma Bryce

Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t

How do lungs work? - Emma Bryce

How autism freed me to be myself | Rosie King

Joe Landolina: This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly

How does cancer spread through the body? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun

Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history

Tiny satellites that photograph the entire planet, every day | Will Marshall

The great brain debate - Ted Altschuler

David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings

Leana Wen: What your doctor won’t disclose

Why elephants never forget - Alex Gendler

How do scars form? - Sarthak Sinha

Ramanan Laxminarayan: The coming crisis in antibiotics

How a wound heals itself - Sarthak Sinha

Haas&Hahn: How painting can transform communities

Alejandro Aravena: My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process

Kare Anderson: Be an opportunity maker

How to understand power - Eric Liu

Alessandra Orofino: It’s our city. Let’s fix it

The language of lying — Noah Zandan

Debra Jarvis: Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me

The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair