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Jim Chuchu: Why are stolen African artifacts still in Western museums? | TED

African artifacts shown in museums worldwide are often not borrowed, but stolen — and TED Fellow Jim Chuchu is on a mission to get them back. Learn the sordid history behind how many of the collections in the West came to be, Chuchu’s extensive work tracking and restoring Kenya’s cultural heritage and what these efforts…

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African artifacts shown in museums worldwide are often not borrowed, but stolen — and TED Fellow Jim Chuchu is on a mission to get them back. Learn the sordid history behind how many of the collections in the West came to be, Chuchu’s extensive work tracking and restoring Kenya’s cultural heritage and what these efforts can mean for the wider African continent. An urgent call for institutions to reconsider the morality of the objects they “own” and their significance to the communities from which they were taken.

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Can Play Change the World? | Play@TED Full Event | TED, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation

TED, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation bring you Play@TED, a partnership to drive a movement and change how people of all ages think about play. Together, we’ll highlight how creative play can be a game-changer in the world and lead to brighter minds, braver ideas and a more imaginative future for everyone. Learn…

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TED, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation bring you Play@TED, a partnership to drive a movement and change how people of all ages think about play. Together, we’ll highlight how creative play can be a game-changer in the world and lead to brighter minds, braver ideas and a more imaginative future for everyone. Learn how you can put play into practice:

Hosted by comedian and “How to Be a Better Human” podcast host Chris Duffy, the Play@TED event unfolds across three sessions of TED Talks — Play Is a Language, Play Is a Craft and Play Is an Adventure. It’s also connected by two studio segments hosted by TED-Ed’s Alexandra Panzer and Alex Rosenthal, packed with games, experiments, live performances and conversations with creators like inventor Simone Giertz and Dude Perfect CEO Andrew Yaffee. Onstage, you’ll hear from Harlem Globetrotter and artist Maxwell Pearce, early childhood development leader Erum Mariam, footwear designer Salehe Bembury, West End star Suki Hillier, origami innovator Miles Wu — and many more.

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00:00:00 Session 1: Play Is a Language
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02:50:32 Session 2: Play Is a Craft
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Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED

Mark Rober (@MarkRober) spent years trying to land a rover on Mars. Now, the former NASA engineer turned science YouTuber with millions of subscribers is launching a new mission: to teach the next generation of big problem solvers. That’s why he’s spending 60 million dollars to build a STEM curriculum kids actually want. With squirrel…

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Mark Rober (@MarkRober) spent years trying to land a rover on Mars. Now, the former NASA engineer turned science YouTuber with millions of subscribers is launching a new mission: to teach the next generation of big problem solvers. That’s why he’s spending 60 million dollars to build a STEM curriculum kids actually want. With squirrel obstacle courses, giant lasers and elephant toothpaste explosions, who wouldn’t want to learn from YouTube’s top engineer? (Recorded at TED2026 on April 14, 2026)

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Harvard Professor Answers Iranian History Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of Iran. Is Iran an Arab country? Why did the Iranian revolution happen? Is Iran the only middle eastern country whose modern borders were not created by colonial powers? Answers to these questions and many more await on Iran History Support.…

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Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of Iran. Is Iran an Arab country? Why did the Iranian revolution happen? Is Iran the only middle eastern country whose modern borders were not created by colonial powers? Answers to these questions and many more await on Iran History Support.

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00:00 – Iran History Support
00:15 – Is Iran an Arab country?
02:58 – How did Iran become an Islamic country in the first place?
05:02 – What’s going on with Iran’s flag?
06:28 – Just how liberal/progressive was Iran prior to the 1979 revolution?
08:08 – Is Iran the only middle eastern country whose modern borders were not created by colonial powers?
09:41 – Why did the Iranian revolution happen?
11:51 – The son of Iran’s last Shah is rallying protesters, but do Iranians really want another king?

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