Rhetoric 101: The art of persuasive speech

How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that...

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...

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 those...

The language of lying (in TED-ED GIFs)

We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And we’ve spent much of our history coming up with...

5 TED-Ed Lessons by TED2016 speakers

Curiosity is the ultimate discovery tool. It can lead us to dream about the future, or question...

How to learn a new language: 7 tips from TED Translators

Knowing more than one language is great for your brain. But what’s the best way to learn?...