Physics

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of physics.

Video playlists about Physics

The lights and sounds of the universe

5 talks • 53:34
Find out what sound a black hole makes, if (possible) alien life is blocking star light and other astounding things happening in our galaxy -- and beyond.

Mind-bending questions from physics

5 talks • 1h 23m
Fascinating talks that seek to unravel some of the most fundamental, yet unexplainable parts of the cosmos.

Jaw-dropping science breakthroughs

9 talks • 2h 3m
Revolutionary achievements, important discoveries and astounding leaps of progress that have fundamentally transformed the scientific world.

Talks about Physics

5:34 Under 6 minutes

Miho Janvier

Lessons from a solar storm chaser

Posted Dec 2017
9:02

Kristin Poinar

What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet?

Posted Oct 2017
13:39

Gabriela González

How LIGO discovered gravitational waves — and what might be next

Posted Oct 2017
15:57

Helen Czerski

The fascinating physics of everyday life

Posted Sep 2017
12:51

Katie Bouman

How to take a picture of a black hole

Posted Apr 2017
6:06

Carrie Nugent

Adventures of an asteroid hunter

Posted Mar 2017
15:54

James Beacham

How we explore unanswered questions in physics

Posted Dec 2016
10:39

James Green

3 moons and a planet that could have alien life

Posted Aug 2016
11:15

Wanda Diaz Merced

How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars

Posted Jun 2016
10:58

Allan Adams

What the discovery of gravitational waves means

Posted Feb 2016
14:10

Auke Ijspeert

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

Posted Jan 2016
13:57

Harry Cliff

Have we reached the end of physics?

Posted Jan 2016
6:28

Raymond Wang

How germs travel on planes — and how we can stop them

Posted Dec 2015
13:42

Jedidah Isler

The untapped genius that could change science for the better

Posted Dec 2015
14:28

Alan Eustace

I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it

Posted Sep 2015
23:03

Jim Simons

The mathematician who cracked Wall Street

Posted Sep 2015
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Exclusive articles about Physics

26 ideas from the future

At TED2014, we asked speakers and attendees to riff off the conference’s theme (“The Next Chapter”) and tell us what might radically change society, life, technology and so on ...