Playlist

Best science and tech of 2016

Get ready to have your mind blown by the best science and tech talks to hit the TED stage in 2016.

Ed Boyden

A new way to study the brain's invisible secrets

Lisa Dyson

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Alex Kipman

A futuristic vision of the age of holograms

Suzanne Simard

How trees talk to each other

Sean Follmer

Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it

Paula Hammond

A new superweapon in the fight against cancer

Franz Freudenthal

A new way to heal hearts without surgery

Auke Ijspeert

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

Linda Liukas

A delightful way to teach kids about computers

Jocelyne Bloch

The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help

Keolu Fox

Why genetic research must be more diverse