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Justice should be blind, but the predictive policing software used in much of the US has bias and misunderstanding programmed right into it, says data scientist Cathy O’Neil.

Some argue that we have a moral responsibility for future generations, but others ask: how do we know what they would want? Writer Charles Mann explores the confusing ethics of acting on global warming.

Turn it into a game, says technologist Esra’a Al Shafei. Thanks to features like a point system and a leaderboard, her small site for LGBTQ people in the Arab world is not only fun to use — it’s free from harassers.

PTS symptoms are not part of your personality. They're merely a delayed response to past stressors, a perfectly natural stage of recovery from a prolonged period of stress.

Healing is not for the faint of heart. It’s for the bold, the courageous, and the tenacious. Embrace your warrior spirit, and let the healing begin.

Wanting to be cared about is part of evolution. Love, broadly defined, has been the primary driver of the development of the brain over the last 80 million years.

Since we know TED speakers love to read, we asked them: What book could you not stop reading? Here are their eclectic picks, ready for gifting or for sticking in your carry-on.

Dr. Samantha Nutt, an international humanitarian and author, writes about misogyny and the continuing struggle for women’s equality — and points to the way ahead

Neuroscientist Madeline Lancaster generates living models of brain from just a few stem cells.

Photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind went to Bangladesh to help document the Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Burma. Here’s what she saw.