South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, or ‘India’ in its pre-nation-state meaning, boasts a remarkable diversity in ethnicities, cultures and languages. For more than two centuries, scholars and ...

Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too ...

Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move ...

Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?

English subtitles for this video are available by clicking the CC button at the top right of the video player. Set in the windswept hills of rural Iran, the short documentary Sarnevesht (Daughter) ...

One school of training is highly personalised, technical and data-driven. The other is the one that wins marathons ...

The emotional and practical skills of adulthood can only be learned from (appropriate) levels of discomfort and stress ...

From weapon to icon – a riveting history lesson in the many meanings of the samurai sword that’s also just plain cool to see ...

Ancient Athenians chose leaders by lottery rather than elections. Could this solve the problems facing democracy today?

Warning: this film features rapidly flashing images that can be distressing to photosensitive viewers. Impromptu is at once a transfixing audiovisual experience and a whirlwind visual history. In the ...

Between 1603 and 1868, Japan entered an era of unified rule and isolation known as the Edo period, named after the city of Edo – modern-day Tokyo – which was the seat of government. This TED-Ed ...

In his beautiful and poignant work Ever Behind the Sunset, the US artist and filmmaker Jason Mitcham pays tribute to his childhood home in North Carolina, which today exists only in memory. Working ...