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  • 04:09 Popular Urbanization And The Evolution Of Cities Across 10,000 Years - Vance Kite

    Urbanization And The Evolution Of Cities Across 10,000 Years - Vance Kite

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/urbanization-and-the-future-of-cities-vance-kite About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came

  • 04:16 Popular How Stress Affects Your Brain - Madhumita Murgia

    How Stress Affects Your Brain - Madhumita Murgia

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-brain-madhumita-murgia Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But

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  • 04:28 Popular The True Story Of 'true' - Gina Cooke

    The True Story Of 'true' - Gina Cooke

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-true-story-of-true-gina-cooke The older the word, the longer (and more fascinating) the story. With roots in Old English, 'true' shares etymological ancestors with words like betroth and truce...but also wit

  • 04:47 Popular Is there a limit to technological progress? - Clément Vidal

    Is there a limit to technological progress? - Clément Vidal

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-limit-to-technological-progress-clement-vidal Many generations have felt they’ve reached the pinnacle of technological advancement. Yet, if you look back 100 years, the technologies we take for grante

  • 05:03 Popular How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location? - Wilton L. Virgo

    How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location? - Wilton L. Virgo

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-your-smartphone-know-your-location-wilton-l-virgo GPS location apps on a smartphone can be very handy when mapping a travel route or finding nearby events. But how does your smartphone know where you ar

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  • 03:25 Popular What Does The Liver Do? - Emma Bryce

    What Does The Liver Do? - Emma Bryce

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-the-liver-do-emma-bryce There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storeh

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  • 03:51 Popular An Athlete Uses Physics To Shatter World Records - Asaf Bar-Yosef

    An Athlete Uses Physics To Shatter World Records - Asaf Bar-Yosef

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/an-athlete-uses-physics-to-shatter-world-records-asaf-bar-yosef When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping in a different way -- backwards. Fosbury impro

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  • 04:37 Popular How To Grow A Bone - Nina Tandon

    How To Grow A Bone - Nina Tandon

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-grow-a-bone-nina-tandon Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. Nina Tandon explores the possibility by examining how bones naturally grow inside the body, and illumi

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  • 04:26 The Contributions Of Female Explorers - Courtney Stephens

    The Contributions Of Female Explorers - Courtney Stephens

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-contributions-of-female-explorers-courtney-stephens During the Victorian Age, women were unlikely to become great explorers, but a few intelligent, gritty and brave women made major contributions to the stud

  • 04:58 Popular How North America Got Its Shape - Peter J. Haproff

    How North America Got Its Shape - Peter J. Haproff

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-north-america-got-its-shape-peter-j-haproff North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried

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  • 04:23 A Curable Condition That Causes Blindness - Andrew Bastawrous

    A Curable Condition That Causes Blindness - Andrew Bastawrous

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-curable-condition-that-causes-blindness-andrew-bastawrous An estimated 20 million cases of blindness worldwide are caused by cataracts, a curable condition affecting the lens that focuses images onto the eye’s

  • 01:45 Popular How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3 - Jessica Oreck

    How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3 - Jessica Oreck

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-band-aid-was-invented-moments-of-vision-3-jessica-oreck It is estimated that Johnson & Johnson have made an astounding 100 billion Band-Aids since they were invented in 1920. But where did the idea come

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  • 08:00 How Pandemics Spread

    How Pandemics Spread

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    In our increasingly globalized world, a single infected person can board a plane and spread a virus across continents. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. "How Pandemics Spread" is a le

  • 04:40 Popular How Cosmic Rays Help Us Understand The Universe - Veronica Bindi

    How Cosmic Rays Help Us Understand The Universe - Veronica Bindi

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-cosmic-rays-help-us-understand-the-universe-veronica-bindi We only know 4% of what the universe is made up of. Can we also know what lies beyond our galaxy ... and if there are undiscovered forms of matter?

  • 03:53 Popular Why Is This Painting So Captivating? - James Earle And Christina Bozsik

    Why Is This Painting So Captivating? - James Earle And Christina Bozsik

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    View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-this-painting-so-captivating-james-earle-and-christina-bozsik On first glance, the painting “Las Meninas” (“The Maids of Honor”) might not seem terribly special, but it’s actually one of the most analyze

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  • 01:52 Mysteries Of Vernacular: Odd - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

    Mysteries Of Vernacular: Odd - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-odd-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Whether we're talking all things unusual or mathematical, the origins of the word odd point to the Indo-European root uzdho, which means pointing upward

  • 03:57 Popular What On Earth Is Spin? - Brian Jones

    What On Earth Is Spin? - Brian Jones

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-on-earth-is-spin-brian-jones Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while sp

  • 04:03 Popular Should You Trust Unanimous Decisions? - Derek Abbott

    Should You Trust Unanimous Decisions? - Derek Abbott

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-you-trust-unanimous-decisions-derek-abbott Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there’s a g

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  • 05:42 Popular How We Think Complex Cells Evolved - Adam Jacobson

    How We Think Complex Cells Evolved - Adam Jacobson

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-think-complex-cells-evolved-adam-jacobson Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history

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  • 04:10 What Is An Aurora? - Michael Molina

    What Is An Aurora? - Michael Molina

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-epic-solar-winds-make-brilliant-polar-lights-michael-molina Why do we see those stunning lights in the northern- and southernmost portions of the night sky? The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis occur whe

  • 02:57 When To Use

    When To Use

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/when-to-use-me-myself-and-i-emma-bryce Me, myself, and I. You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably, because they all refer to the same thing. But in fact, each one has a specific role in a sentence:

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  • 06:01 The Wars That Inspired Game Of Thrones - Alex Gendler

    The Wars That Inspired Game Of Thrones - Alex Gendler

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-wars-that-inspired-game-of-thrones-alex-gendler Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive cast of cha

  • 05:26 Popular Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber

    Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jellyfish-predate-dinosaurs-how-have-they-survived-so-long-david-gruber Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on ea

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  • 04:37 Popular Will Future Spacecraft Fit In Our Pockets? - Dhonam Pemba

    Will Future Spacecraft Fit In Our Pockets? - Dhonam Pemba

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/will-future-spaceships-fit-in-our-pockets-dhonam-pemba When you picture a rocket, you might imagine a giant ship carrying lots of fuel, people and supplies. But what if the next wave of spacecraft were small eno

  • 04:50 Popular Could Anyone Make A Jackson Pollock Painting? - Sarah Rosenthal

    Could Anyone Make A Jackson Pollock Painting? - Sarah Rosenthal

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-just-anyone-make-a-jackson-pollock-painting-sarah-rosenthal If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you’re likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, “My cat co

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  • 04:54 Popular Who IS Sherlock Holmes? - Neil McCaw

    Who IS Sherlock Holmes? - Neil McCaw

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-is-sherlock-holmes-neil-mccaw More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes is universally recognizable. And yet many of his most recognizabl

  • 04:47 Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? - Matt Anticole

    Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? - Matt Anticole

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-reproducibility-crisis-in-science-matt-anticole Published scientific studies can motivate research, inspire products, and inform policy. However, recent studies that examined dozens of published pharm

  • 04:25 Popular The genius of Mendeleev's periodic table - Lou Serico

    The genius of Mendeleev's periodic table - Lou Serico

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-genius-of-mendeleev-s-periodic-table-lou-serico The elements had been listed and carefully arranged before Dmitri Mendeleev. They had even been organized by similar properties before. So why is Mendeelev's p

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  • 04:42 Popular The Famously Difficult Green-eyed Logic Puzzle - Alex Gendler

    The Famously Difficult Green-eyed Logic Puzzle - Alex Gendler

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-famously-difficult-green-eyed-logic-puzzle-alex-gendler One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator. Their only hope for freedom lies in the answer to one famously di

  • 04:59 What Happens When Your DNA Is Damaged? - Monica Menesini

    What Happens When Your DNA Is Damaged? - Monica Menesini

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-your-dna-is-damaged-monica-menesini The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Because DNA provides the blueprint for the proteins your cells need to fun

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  • 04:30 Popular The Game-changing Amniotic Egg - April Tucker

    The Game-changing Amniotic Egg - April Tucker

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-game-changing-amniotic-egg-april-tucker 350 million years ago, eggs could not survive far from water, therefore animals were water-bound. That is, until the amniotic egg, which allowed animals to live a full

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  • 04:43 Popular How Stress Affects Your Body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist

    How Stress Affects Your Body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-body-sharon-horesh-bergquist Our hard-wired stress response is designed to gives us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all goo

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  • 04:00 Popular The Secret Lives Of Baby Fish - Amy McDermott

    The Secret Lives Of Baby Fish - Amy McDermott

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-secret-lives-of-baby-fish-amy-mcdermott Coral reef fish, like the yellow tang surgeonfish, begin life in a fascinating and weird way – as tiny floating larvae! These babies are capable of drifting thousands

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  • 08:08 Hidden Colors in Water

    Hidden Colors in Water

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    In both steam and on the surface of hot water, patterns and colors are revealed in optimal light conditions. But there's more... Music: https://posy.bandcamp.com/ Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zkrmBzisZKngkrd6gXLHg Or Apple Music: https://m

  • 02:45 How to Draw a NightLight (Baby Dragon) | HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - HOMECOMING

    How to Draw a NightLight (Baby Dragon) | HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - HOMECOMING

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    Learn how to draw the cutest dragons in New Berk - the NightLights! Join in the festivities with all the Vikings in New Berk as they celebrate the holidays in this all-new CG animated 22-minute adventure coming to television this holiday. Taking place jus

  • 03:55 Popular Mansa Musa, One Of The Wealthiest People Who Ever Lived - Jessica Smith

    Mansa Musa, One Of The Wealthiest People Who Ever Lived - Jessica Smith

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mansa-musa-one-of-the-wealthiest-people-who-ever-lived-jessica-smith Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire, is said to have amassed a fortune that possibly made him one of the wealthiest p

  • 05:04 Popular The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose

    The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-genius-of-marie-curie-shohini-ghose Marie Skłodowska Curie’s revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and n

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  • 05:14 How To Fossilize...yourself - Phoebe A. Cohen

    How To Fossilize...yourself - Phoebe A. Cohen

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-fossilize-yourself-phoebe-a-cohen You can aspire to great things in life, but how about in death? Could you be one of the world's greatest fossils many years from now? To ensure being found by a future pa

  • 04:20 The ferocious predatory dinosaurs of Cretaceous Sahara - Nizar Ibrahim

    The ferocious predatory dinosaurs of Cretaceous Sahara - Nizar Ibrahim

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-ferocious-predatory-dinosaurs-of-cretaceous-sahara-nizar-ibrahim In Cretaceous times (around 100 million years ago), North Africa was home to a huge river system and a bizarre menagerie of giant prehistoric

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  • 05:24 Popular Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler

    Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-pirate-riddle-alex-gendler It’s a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys – Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold – a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up

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  • 04:41 Popular The Scientific Origins Of The Minotaur - Matt Kaplan

    The Scientific Origins Of The Minotaur - Matt Kaplan

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-scientific-origins-of-the-minotaur-matt-kaplan The myth of the Minotaur tells the story of an enraged beast forever wandering the corridors of a damp labyrinth, filled with a rage so intense that its deafeni

  • 05:18 What’s The Big Deal With Gluten? - William D. Chey

    What’s The Big Deal With Gluten? - William D. Chey

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-big-deal-with-gluten-william-d-chey If you've been to a restaurant in the last few years, you’ve likely seen the words gluten-free written somewhere on the menu. But what exactly is gluten, and why ca

  • 03:42 Popular How Many Ways Can You Arrange A Deck Of Cards? - Yannay Khaikin

    How Many Ways Can You Arrange A Deck Of Cards? - Yannay Khaikin

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-ways-can-you-arrange-a-deck-of-cards-yannay-khaikin One deck. Fifty-two cards. How many arrangements? Let's put it this way: Any time you pick up a well shuffled deck, you are almost certainly holding a

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  • 05:43 Popular What Does It Mean To Be A Refugee? - Benedetta Berti And Evelien Borgman

    What Does It Mean To Be A Refugee? - Benedetta Berti And Evelien Borgman

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-refugee-benedetta-berti-and-evelien-borgman About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have bec

  • 08:24 NASAs Future Telescopes Will Float at the Edge of Space

    NASAs Future Telescopes Will Float at the Edge of Space

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    NASA wants a new type of space telescope. A team of scientists and engineers at NASA are developing ways to send ultra cold and ultra large balloon telescopes to the edge of space, which could open up a brand new way of seeing the cosmos.Subscribe to Seek

  • 05:53 Popular How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Ewandro Magalhaes

    How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Ewandro Magalhaes

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-magellan-circumnavigated-the-globe-ewandro-magalhaes On September 6, 1522, the "Victoria" sailed into harbor in southern Spain. The battered vessel and its 18 sailors were all that remained of a fleet that h

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  • 03:39 Popular What You Might Not Know About The Declaration Of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis

    What You Might Not Know About The Declaration Of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-you-might-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence-kenneth-c-davis In June 1776, a little over a year after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the US Continental Congress huddled together in

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  • 03:48 Popular What Is The Shape Of A Molecule? - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

    What Is The Shape Of A Molecule? - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-shape-of-a-molecule-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton A molecule is nearly all empty space, apart from the extremely dense nuclei of its atoms and the clouds of electrons that bond them together. When

  • 03:49 NASA’s Cryosleep Chamber Could Help You Snooze Your Way to Mars

    NASA’s Cryosleep Chamber Could Help You Snooze Your Way to Mars

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    NASA is teaming up with a company called SpaceWorks to create a sleeping pod that could get astronauts into deep space. How does it work? Thanks to Salad, We’re One Step Closer to Colonizing Space - https://youtu.be/9Vh4__TY78A Read More: The Hibernation

  • 04:07 Popular Why Aren’t Humans Naturally Nocturnal?

    Why Aren’t Humans Naturally Nocturnal?

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    Our bodies depend on light and dark for optimal sleep patterns. Here's why sleeping with the lights out is more important that you think. Why Do We Yawn? - http://bit.ly/28SDDts Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Lig

  • 04:13 Popular The Past, Present And Future Of The Bubonic Plague - Sharon N. DeWitte

    The Past, Present And Future Of The Bubonic Plague - Sharon N. DeWitte

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-bubonic-plague-sharon-n-dewitte The bubonic plague, which killed around 1/5 of the world’s population in the 14th century, is still around today -- but it now claims only a few

  • 05:04 Popular The Benefits Of A Bilingual Brain - Mia Nacamulli

    The Benefits Of A Bilingual Brain - Mia Nacamulli

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-speaking-multiple-languages-benefits-the-brain-mia-nacamulli It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier — like traveling or watching movies without subtitles. But are the

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  • 05:11 Popular How Do Carbohydrates Impact Your Health? - Richard J. Wood

    How Do Carbohydrates Impact Your Health? - Richard J. Wood

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-carbohydrates-impact-your-health-richard-j-wood The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too many carbohydrates, for instance, can lead to insulin resistance, which

  • 04:31 The Fight For The Right To Vote In The United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin

    The Fight For The Right To Vote In The United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fight-for-the-right-to-vote-in-the-united-states-nicki-beaman-griffin In the United States today, if you are over eighteen, a citizen, and the resident of a state, you can vote (with some exceptions). So, ho

  • 11:10 Popular The Five Major World Religions - John Bellaimey

    The Five Major World Religions - John Bellaimey

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-five-major-world-religions-john-bellaimey It's perfectly human to grapple with questions, like 'Where do we come from?' and 'How do I live a life of meaning?' These existential questions are central to the f

  • 05:10 Einstein's Brilliant Mistake: Entangled States - Chad Orzel

    Einstein's Brilliant Mistake: Entangled States - Chad Orzel

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/einstein-s-brilliant-mistake-entangled-states-chad-orzel When you think about Einstein and physics, E=mc^2 is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But one of his greatest contributions to the field actua

  • 03:33 Popular Football Physics: The

    Football Physics: The

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/football-physics-the-impossible-free-kick-erez-garty In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35 meter free kick with no direct line to the goal. Carlos’s shot sent the ball flying wide of

  • 04:14 Popular How A Single-celled Organism Almost Wiped Out Life On Earth - Anusuya Willis

    How A Single-celled Organism Almost Wiped Out Life On Earth - Anusuya Willis

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-single-celled-organism-almost-wiped-out-life-on-earth-anusuya-willis There’s an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth’s history … and also paved the way for complex

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  • 04:34 Popular How to master your sense of smell - Alexandra Horowitz

    How to master your sense of smell - Alexandra Horowitz

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-master-your-sense-of-smell-alexandra-horowitz Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a pa

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  • 04:47 Popular Music And Creativity In Ancient Greece - Tim Hansen

    Music And Creativity In Ancient Greece - Tim Hansen

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/music-and-creativity-in-ancient-greece-tim-hansen You think you love music? You have nothing on the Ancient Greek obsession. Every aspect of Greek life was punctuated by song: history, poetry, theater, sports an

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  • 03:29 A Poetic Experiment: Walt Whitman, Interpreted By Three Animators - Justin Moore

    A Poetic Experiment: Walt Whitman, Interpreted By Three Animators - Justin Moore

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-poetic-experiment-walt-whitman-interpreted-by-three-animators-justin-moore Take a journey through Walt Whitman's poem 'A Noiseless Patient Spider' with the help of three animators who each used a different ani

  • 06:32 How To Draw A Butterfly Skeleton For Halloween

    How To Draw A Butterfly Skeleton For Halloween

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    Yay! Today, we're learning how to draw a cute butterfly skeleton! This lesson is really fun and a great decoration for Halloween! We hope you and your kids enjoy customizing this lesson. Art Supplies ~ This is a list of the supplies we used, but feel free

  • 04:52 Popular Particles And Waves: The Central Mystery Of Quantum Mechanics - Chad Orzel

    Particles And Waves: The Central Mystery Of Quantum Mechanics - Chad Orzel

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/particles-and-waves-the-central-mystery-of-quantum-mechanics-chad-orzel One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle

  • 02:08 Mysteries Of Vernacular: Lady - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

    Mysteries Of Vernacular: Lady - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-lady-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Why do we call women ladies? Well, etymologically-speaking, the word comes from the Old English words for hlaf (bread) and daege (maid), which, combine

  • 04:34 Popular What Is Metallic Glass? - Ashwini Bharathula

    What Is Metallic Glass? - Ashwini Bharathula

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  • 05:11 The Microbial Jungles All Over The Place (and You) - Scott Chimileski And Roberto Kolter

    The Microbial Jungles All Over The Place (and You) - Scott Chimileski And Roberto Kolter

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-microbial-jungles-all-over-the-place-and-you-scott-chimileski-and-roberto-kolter As we walk through our daily environments, we’re surrounded by exotic creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye.

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  • 05:03 Popular Why Don't Oil And Water Mix? - John Pollard

    Why Don't Oil And Water Mix? - John Pollard

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-oil-and-water-mix-john-pollard Salt dissolves in water; oil does not. But why? You can think of that glass of water as a big, bumpin' dance party where the water molecules are always switching dance pa

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  • 04:33 Popular Why Wasn’t The Bill Of Rights Originally In The US Constitution? - James Coll

    Why Wasn’t The Bill Of Rights Originally In The US Constitution? - James Coll

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  • 04:39 Popular What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John

    What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John

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  • 05:08 Popular Why The Metric System Matters - Matt Anticole

    Why The Metric System Matters - Matt Anticole

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-metric-system-matters-matt-anticole For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent meas

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  • 04:08 Popular RNAi: Slicing, Dicing And Serving Your Cells - Alex Dainis

    RNAi: Slicing, Dicing And Serving Your Cells - Alex Dainis

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  • 04:37 4 signs of emotional abuse - Viann Nguyen-Feng

    4 signs of emotional abuse - Viann Nguyen-Feng

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    Learn how to spot some of the most common signs of emotional abuse and what you can do if someone is experiencing these behaviors.--Emotional abuse can be incredibly damaging, increasing a persons chances of developing depression and anxiety. But these be

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    Can origami save your life? - Evan Zodl

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    Dig into the mathematical rules and patterns of folding origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. --Origami, which literally translates to folding paper, is a Japanese practice dating back to at least the 17th century. In origami, a single, trad

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    How Brain Parasites Change Their Host's Behavior - Jaap De Roode

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-parasites-change-their-host-s-behavior-jaap-de-roode The biggest challenge in a parasite’s life is to move from one host to another. Intriguingly, many parasites have evolved the ability to manipulate the be

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    Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave - Alex Gendler

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    How Brass Instruments Work - Al Cannon

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  • 02:55 If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up? - Chloé Malbrunot

    If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up? - Chloé Malbrunot

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  • 02:40 Popular The Loathsome, Lethal Mosquito - Rose Eveleth

    The Loathsome, Lethal Mosquito - Rose Eveleth

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  • 02:40 Why Can Blu-rays Hold More Than DVDs?

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    Blu-rays can hold about ten times more than DVDs because Blu-ray players use special blue lasers to read them. But it took a while for scientists to figure out how to make those lasers work. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the

  • 03:46 Popular The Paradox Of Value - Akshita Agarwal

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  • 04:33 Popular What Is Leukemia? - Danilo Allegra And Dania Puggioni

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  • 02:30 Every Map Of Louisiana Is A Lie

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  • 04:54 Popular What happens during a heart attack? - Krishna Sudhir

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    What Creates A Total Solar Eclipse? - Andy Cohen

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  • 04:40 The Death Of The Universe - Renée Hlozek

    The Death Of The Universe - Renée Hlozek

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-death-of-the-universe-renee-hlozek The shape, contents and future of the universe are all intricately related. We know that it's mostly flat; we know that it's made up of baryonic matter (like stars and plan

  • 03:47 Popular A Trip Through Space To Calculate Distance - Heather Tunnell

    A Trip Through Space To Calculate Distance - Heather Tunnell

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-trip-through-space-to-calculate-distance-heather-tunnell Imagine two aliens racing across outer space to their moon. Who can we deem the fastest alien? With DIRT -- or the equation Distance = Rate x Time -- we

  • 05:02 How To Make a Hexaflexagon: The Definitive Guide

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  • 04:54 Popular The Science Of Skin Color - Angela Koine Flynn

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  • 04:07 Popular Did Shakespeare Write His Plays? - Natalya St. Clair And Aaron Williams

    Did Shakespeare Write His Plays? - Natalya St. Clair And Aaron Williams

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  • 04:35 Popular How People Rationalize Fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope

    How People Rationalize Fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope

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  • 05:25 How To Build A Fictional World - Kate Messner

    How To Build A Fictional World - Kate Messner

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-build-a-fictional-world-kate-messner Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consiste

  • 05:19 Popular The Haber Process - Daniel D. Dulek

    The Haber Process - Daniel D. Dulek

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-chemical-reaction-that-feeds-the-world-daniel-d-dulek How do we grow crops quickly enough to feed the Earth's billions? It's called the Haber process, which turns the nitrogen in the air into ammonia, easily

  • 04:32 Popular How Blood Pressure Works - Wilfred Manzano

    How Blood Pressure Works - Wilfred Manzano

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  • 04:33 Popular The Most Groundbreaking Scientist You've Never Heard Of - Addison Anderson

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  • 04:32 Popular The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld - Tejal Gala

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    The Higgs Field, Explained - Don Lincoln

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    Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Unsung Hero - Cláudio L. Guerra

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  • 03:37 Popular The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker - Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua

    The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker - Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua

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  • 04:38 Popular The Origins Of Ballet - Jennifer Tortorello And Adrienne Westwood

    The Origins Of Ballet - Jennifer Tortorello And Adrienne Westwood

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    Big Data - Tim Smith

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    The Coelacanth: A Living Fossil Of A Fish - Erin Eastwood

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  • 04:07 Popular How Exposing Anonymous Companies Could Cut Down On Crime - Global Witness

    How Exposing Anonymous Companies Could Cut Down On Crime - Global Witness

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  • 04:59 Popular How Do Solar Panels Work? - Richard Komp

    How Do Solar Panels Work? - Richard Komp

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  • 03:30 Popular Rhythm In A Box: The Story Of The Cajon Drum - Paul Jennings

    Rhythm In A Box: The Story Of The Cajon Drum - Paul Jennings

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    What Can Schrödinger's Cat Teach Us About Quantum Mechanics? - Josh Samani

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  • 02:01 Mysteries Of Vernacular: Ukulele - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

    Mysteries Of Vernacular: Ukulele - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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  • 03:57 What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic

    What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic

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    Why Tragedies Are Alluring - David E. Rivas

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    A tremendous amount of math is found in nature, and it's most obvious in Fibonacci/Golden Ratio patterns in the world's flora. But the Schumanniophyton problematicum plant's leaves are determined by algebra, and a simple equation can tell you exactly how

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    The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli

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  • 04:11 Is Our Climate Headed For A Mathematical Tipping Point? - Victor J. Donnay

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-our-climate-headed-for-mathematical-chaos-victor-j-donnay Scientists have warned that as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rise an increase in Earth’s temperature by even two degrees could lead to catastrophic eff

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    The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie

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    Discover the tale of the lovestruck boy sent into Hell to steal 3 hairs from the Devil to appease his true love's father, the king.--In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he woul

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    Can You Solve The Frog Riddle? - Derek Abbott

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  • 04:46 Popular Gravity And The Human Body - Jay Buckey

    Gravity And The Human Body - Jay Buckey

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  • 07:30 Norway’s $47BN Coastal Highway | The B1M

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  • 04:10 Popular Bird Migration, A Perilous Journey - Alyssa Klavans

    Bird Migration, A Perilous Journey - Alyssa Klavans

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    The History Of The Barometer (and How It Works) - Asaf Bar-Yosef

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-the-barometer-and-how-it-works-asaf-bar-yosef A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, allowing weather forecasters and scientists to better predict extreme weather events. Despite

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  • 04:56 Popular How to squeeze electricity out of crystals - Ashwini Bharathula

    How to squeeze electricity out of crystals - Ashwini Bharathula

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  • 05:23 Popular A Different Way To Visualize Rhythm - John Varney

    A Different Way To Visualize Rhythm - John Varney

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  • 04:11 Malaria Lifecycle Part 1: Human Host (2016)

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    This visualization reconstructs malaria infection of a human child via mosquito bite, through invasion of cellular tissues including the liver and blood. All features are to scale, including mosquito, blood vessels, human cells and parasite. The visualiza

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    Feedback Loops: How Nature Gets Its Rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel

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  • 05:15 Popular What causes kidney stones? - Arash Shadman

    What causes kidney stones? - Arash Shadman

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    The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters

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    View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-left-brain-vs-right-brain-myth-elizabeth-waters The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side c

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  • 04:17 Popular The Physics Of the Most Difficult Ballet Move

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    In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around ... thirty-two times. How is this move — which is called a fouetté

  • 03:36 Popular Got Seeds? Now Add Bleach, Acid And Sandpaper - Mary Koga

    Got Seeds? Now Add Bleach, Acid And Sandpaper - Mary Koga

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  • 04:41 What happens to our bodies after we die? - Farnaz Khatibi Jafari

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-to-our-bodies-after-we-die-farnaz-khatibi-jafari Since the dawn of humanity, an estimated 100.8 billion people have lived and died, a number that increases by about 0.8% of the world’s population ea

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-reason-you-feel-awful-when-you-re-sick-marco-a-sotomayor It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It

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    What Happens When Continents Collide? - Juan D. Carrillo

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-continents-collide-juan-d-carrillo Tens of millions of years ago, plate tectonics set North and South America on an unavoidable collision course that would change the face of the Earth and spel

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  • 05:35 Popular Dark matter: The matter we can't see - James Gillies

    Dark matter: The matter we can't see - James Gillies

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dark-matter-the-matter-we-can-t-see-james-gillies The Greeks had a simple and elegant formula for the universe: just earth, fire, wind, and water. Turns out there's more to it than that -- a lot more. Visible ma

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    Why do airlines sell too many tickets? - Nina Klietsch

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  • 01:55 Mysteries Of Vernacular: Yankee - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-yankee-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Is it a doodle dandy? A baseball team? The origins of the word yankee are unclear, though its usage in America as a pejorative is well-documented. Je

  • 04:34 Popular How We Conquered The Deadly Smallpox Virus - Simona Zompi

    How We Conquered The Deadly Smallpox Virus - Simona Zompi

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  • 04:47 Popular Who Won The Space Race?  - Jeff Steers

    Who Won The Space Race? - Jeff Steers

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-was-the-point-of-the-space-race-jeff-steers On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik and, with it, an international space race. The United States and the Soviet Union rushed to de

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    How Did Clouds Get Their Names? - Richard Hamblyn

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-clouds-get-their-names-richard-hamblyn The study of clouds has always been a daydreamer’s science, aptly founded by a thoughtful young man whose favorite activity was staring out of the window at t

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  • 05:15 How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim

    How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim

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  • 05:54 Popular How To Create Cleaner Coal - Emma Bryce

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  • 04:28 Popular Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

    Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

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  • 04:55 Popular The Physics Of Playing Guitar - Oscar Fernando Perez

    The Physics Of Playing Guitar - Oscar Fernando Perez

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-physics-of-playing-guitar-oscar-fernando-perez Guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix are capable of bending the physics of waves to their wills, plucking melody from inspiration and vibration. But how do wood, me

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    Hey, art friends! Today, Teryn and I are drawing a kid in a Frankenstein costume, based on our previous duck costume lesson! It's a super fun way to show how you can change up a lesson to make it your own. Challenge time: Can your kids do this lesson agai

  • 03:59 Popular Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

    Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

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  • 03:48 Popular The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Acids And Bases - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-acids-and-bases-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it's actually a weak acid? In the chemical economy, acids actively give away t

  • 03:34 Tricking the Worlds Smartest Dragon | DRAGONS: THE NINE REALMS

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    What Happens When You Remove The Hippocampus? - Sam Kean

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    Four Ways To Understand The Earth's Age - Joshua M. Sneideman

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-earth-s-age-in-measurements-you-can-understand-joshua-m-sneideman The Earth is 4.6 billion years old -- but how can humans relate to a number so colossal, and where do we fit on the geologic timeline? Compar

  • 06:07 Popular How Do Schools Of Fish Swim In Harmony? - Nathan S. Jacobs

    How Do Schools Of Fish Swim In Harmony? - Nathan S. Jacobs

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-schools-of-fish-swim-in-harmony-nathan-s-jacobs How do schools of fish swim in harmony? How do the tiny cells in your brain give rise to the complex thoughts, memories, and consciousness that are you? Odd

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  • 04:10 Popular Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby

    Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/meet-the-tardigrade-the-toughest-animal-on-earth-thomas-boothby Without water, a human can only survive for about 100 hours. But there’s a creature so resilient that it can go without it for decades. This

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  • 06:03 Popular How One Piece Of Legislation Divided A Nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.

    How One Piece Of Legislation Divided A Nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-legislation-that-birthed-the-republican-party-ben-labaree-jr You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled out the

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  • 05:10 Popular How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella

    How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-food-you-eat-affects-your-gut-shilpa-ravella The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can’t digest, produce important nutrients, regulate the immune system, and protect against harmful germs

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    Would you sacrifice one person to save five? - Eleanor Nelsen

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-you-sacrifice-one-person-to-save-five-eleanor-nelsen Imagine you’re watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks, straight towards five workers. You happen to be standing next to a switch that will

  • 05:07 Popular How To Make Your Writing Funnier - Cheri Steinkellner

    How To Make Your Writing Funnier - Cheri Steinkellner

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    View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-make-your-writing-funnier-cheri-steinkellner Did you ever notice how many jokes start with “Did you ever notice?” And what’s the deal with “What’s the deal?” There’s a lot of funny to be found simply by

  • 06:03 Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King

    Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King

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    Do nonhuman animals experience grief? Explore mourning in the animal kingdom to find out the answer to this tricky question.--In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah gave birth. But her daughter died within an hour. Tahlequah, however, didnt leave her body. Ove

  • 04:26 How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed? - Peter Paccone

    How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed? - Peter Paccone

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-us-supreme-court-justices-get-appointed-peter-paccone There’s a job out there with a great deal of power, pay, prestige, and near-perfect job-security. And there’s only one way to be hired: get appointed

  • 05:06 Popular Is There A Disease That Makes Us Love Cats? - Jaap De Roode

    Is There A Disease That Makes Us Love Cats? - Jaap De Roode

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-disease-that-makes-us-love-cats-jaap-de-roode Today, about a third of the world’s population is infected with a strange disease called toxoplasmosis — and most of them never even know it. And while th

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  • 05:37 Popular How Did Hitler Rise To Power? - Alex Gendler And Anthony Hazard

    How Did Hitler Rise To Power? - Alex Gendler And Anthony Hazard

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-hitler-rise-to-power-alex-gendler-and-anthony-hazard Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf Hitler, the tyrant who orchestrated one of the largest genocide

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    Gyotaku: The Ancient Japanese Art Of Printing Fish - K. Erica Dodge

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-control-room-riddle-dennis-shasha As your country's top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your

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  • 05:09 Popular The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins

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  • 23:22 Hunt For The Elusive 4th Klein Bottle - Numberphile

    Hunt For The Elusive 4th Klein Bottle - Numberphile

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-dracula-become-the-world-s-most-famous-vampire-stanley-stepanic Over a hundred years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history. But this Transylvanian nob

  • 03:40 There Are Oceans In Our Solar System That Could Contain Life

    There Are Oceans In Our Solar System That Could Contain Life

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    Why It’s So Hard To Cure HIV/AIDS - Janet Iwasa

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-it-s-so-hard-to-cure-hiv-aids-janet-iwasa In 2008, something incredible happened: a man was cured of HIV. In over 70 million HIV cases, this was a first, and, so far, a last, and we don’t yet understand exac

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  • 04:14 Is There A Center Of The Universe? - Marjee Chmiel And Trevor Owens

    Is There A Center Of The Universe? - Marjee Chmiel And Trevor Owens

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-center-of-the-universe-marjee-chmiel-and-trevor-owens It's been a long road to the discovery that Earth is not the center of the Solar System, the Milky Way, or the universe; great thinkers from Arist

  • 05:07 Popular Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke

    Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/check-your-intuition-the-birthday-problem-david-knuffke Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there’s more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same

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  • 04:51 Popular How Ancient Art Influenced Modern Art - Felipe Galindo

    How Ancient Art Influenced Modern Art - Felipe Galindo

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-ancient-art-influenced-modern-art-felipe-galindo The term modern art sounds like it means art that is popular now, but the style actually originated over 150 years ago and includes artists like Picasso, Mati

  • 05:11 Popular Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt

    Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt

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    Become a slam poet in five steps - Gayle Danley

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/become-a-slam-poet-in-five-steps-gayle-danley With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud

  • 05:38 Popular Nature's Smallest Factory: The Calvin Cycle - Cathy Symington

    Nature's Smallest Factory: The Calvin Cycle - Cathy Symington

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/nature-s-smallest-factory-the-calvin-cycle-cathy-symington A hearty bowl of cereal gives you the energy to start your day, but how exactly did that energy make its way into your bowl? It all begins with photosyn

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    Could we survive prolonged space travel?

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-we-survive-prolonged-space-travel-lisa-nip Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutation

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  • 03:56 Popular Why Does Ice Float In Water? - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

    Why Does Ice Float In Water? - George Zaidan And Charles Morton

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-does-ice-float-in-water-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in liquid

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    The Turing Test: Can A Computer Pass For A Human? - Alex Gendler

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  • 04:27 Popular The Immortal Cells Of Henrietta Lacks - Robin Bulleri

    The Immortal Cells Of Henrietta Lacks - Robin Bulleri

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  • 03:35 Popular How did trains standardize time in the United States? - William Heuisler

    How did trains standardize time in the United States? - William Heuisler

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-trains-standardize-time-in-the-united-states-william-heuisler If you live in the United States, you may live in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Or maybe you live in Mountain Standard Time or one of the o

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    How do animals see in the dark?

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-animals-see-in-the-dark-anna-stockl To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, sh

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    How Art Can Help You Analyze - Amy E. Herman

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-art-can-help-you-analyze-amy-e-herman Can art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art like

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    From The Top Of The Food Chain Down: Rewilding Our World - George Monbiot

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  • 05:07 Who built Great Zimbabwe? And why? - Breeanna Elliott

    Who built Great Zimbabwe? And why? - Breeanna Elliott

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  • 00:46 Popular Nuclear reactor startup (with sound)

    Nuclear reactor startup (with sound)

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  • 04:10 Popular The Last Banana: A Thought Experiment In Probability - Leonardo Barichello

    The Last Banana: A Thought Experiment In Probability - Leonardo Barichello

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  • 03:57 SPOTLIGHT: Draw Your Favorite School Lunch (8.30.19)

    SPOTLIGHT: Draw Your Favorite School Lunch (8.30.19)

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  • 01:59 Popular Mysteries Of Vernacular: X-ray - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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    Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors Of The Future - Kim Preshoff

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