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Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death and how to rescue them
316 views / 1 likes - addedExplore why zero-carbon technologies are vulnerable to the valley of death in product development and how we can change it.--All new products must pass through the "valley of death" before they reach the market. Many never make it out, and sometimes thats
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How do antidepressants work? - Neil R. Jeyasingam
290 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the discovery of antidepressant drugs, how they work, and what we still dont know about depression.--In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug was intend
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Whats the best fuel for your car?
602 views / 0 likes - addedDig into which fuel gasoline, electric, biofuels, or electrofuels is both affordable for consumers and sustainable for the planet.--Historically, most cars have run on gasoline, but that doesnt have to be the case in the future: other liquid fuels and ele
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Here's Why Zodiac Constellations Are Still Used in Astronomy
352 views / 1 likes - addedTo understand astronomy, astrology might actually not be a bad place to start... Although scientists certainly havent proven that being an Aries makes you more impatient or a Libra means youre wise, the constellations in the zodiac have unlocked hidden se
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The myth of the boiling frog
299 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how greenhouse gas emissions impact global warming and why its necessary to get emissions down to net zero. --Since 1850, global average temperatures have risen by 1 degree Celsius. That may not sound like a lot, but it is. Why? 1 degree is an ave
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The material that could change the world... for a third time
228 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the role concrete plays in global warming and how scientists are working to create a cleaner, more sustainable concrete.--Today roads, sidewalks, bridges, and skyscrapers are made of a material called concrete. Theres three tons of it for every pe
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Who decides how long a second is? - John Kitching
447 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.--In 1967, researchers gathered to answer a long-running scientific question: just how long is a second? It might seem ob
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The strange history of the world's most stolen painting - Noah Charney
434 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover Jan van Eycks masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the worlds most stolen artwork.--Throughout six centuries, the Ghent Altarpiece, also called The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, has been burned, forged, and raided in three
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The worlds largest organism - Alex Rosenthal
871 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the worlds largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.--The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, its not remotely close to being th
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Why do you get a fever when you're sick? - Christian Moro
997 views / 6 likes - addedDiscover what happens in your body when you have a fever and why its role in our immune response remains a mystery to scientists. --There are many mysteries around fever, but we do know that all mammals, some birds and even a few invertebrate and plant sp
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Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. OSullivan & Grace E. Cunningham
1,591 views / 4 likes - addedDive into the most popular milks dairy, almond, soy and oat to find out which is healthiest for you and for the planet.--If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. Theres dairy milk, but also plant-ba
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Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? - Laurence Hurst
388 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Sapiens" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/sapiens--In the past 3,0
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How to outsmart the Prisoners Dilemma - Lucas Husted
446 views / 0 likes - addedPuzzle through the classic game theory challenge, The Prisoners Dilemma, and decide: would you choose to spare or sacrifice? --Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when theyre caught by a fox. Instead of simply eatin
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The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie
638 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover 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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Newtons three-body problem explained - Fabio Pacucci
319 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "The Three-Body Problem" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed --In 2009, researchers ran a simple experiment. They took everything we know about our solar system and calculated where e
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How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie
348 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia OKeeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism. --Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia OKeeffe began experimenting with abstract d
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What is a coronavirus? - Elizabeth Cox
1,928 views / 16 likes - addedDig into the science of coronaviruses and find out how they cause diseases such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. --For almost a decade, scientists chased the source of a deadly new virus through Chinas tallest mountains and most isolated caverns. They finally
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The bug that poops candy - George Zaidan
424 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Ingredients" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-edCheck out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/ingredients--Aphids c
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Who was the world's first author? - Soraya Field Fiorio
398 views / 0 likes - addedTravel back in time to ancient Mesopotamia and meet Enheduanna, a high priestess and the worlds first author.--4,300 years ago in ancient Sumer, the most powerful person in the city of Ur was banished to wander the vast desert. Her name was Enheduanna, an
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Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer
337 views / 0 likes - addedHow can we use statistics to evaluate risk? Dig into the difference between relative risk and absolute risk and how each is used in the news.--A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter o
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Licking bees and pulping trees: The reign of a wasp queen - Kenny Coogan
1,301 views / 5 likes - addedTake a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. -- As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood. It's the wasp queen; one of thousands who mated
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Why should you read Dune by Frank Herbert? - Dan Kwartler
395 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover Frank Herberts science fiction classic, Dune, which tells the story of a man catapulted into the middle of a planetary revolution. --A mother and son trek across an endless desert. Wearing special suits to dissipate heat and recycle moisture, the
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History's "worst" nun - Theresa A. Yugar
698 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life of Mexican nun, poet and scholar, Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, who was censored by the Church for her critical writings. --Juana Ramrez de Asbaje sat before a panel of prestigious theologians, jurists, and mathematicians. They had been i
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How close are we to uploading our minds? - Michael S.A. Graziano
393 views / 0 likes - addedInvestigate the possibility of scanning the human brain and uploading our minds and consciousness to a digital world.--Imagine a future where nobody dies instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. There they could live on in a realistic, simulate
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Einstein's twin paradox explained - Amber Stuver
1,318 views / 0 likes - addedFollow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einsteins theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment. --On their 20th birthday, identical twin astronauts volunteer for an experiment. Terra will remain on Earth, wh
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Why should you read Kafka on the Shore? - Iseult Gillespie
446 views / 0 likes - addedFollow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakamis mind-bending novel Kafka on the Shore.--Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakamis teenage protagonist renames himself Ka
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Ancient Romes most notorious doctor - Ramon Glazov
636 views / 0 likes - addedLearn about the Greek physician and philosopher Galen of Pergamon, whose experiments and discoveries changed medicine.--In the 16th century, an anatomist named Andreas Vesalius made a shocking discovery: the most famous human anatomy texts in the world we
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Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler
489 views / 1 likes - addedWhy do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help. --Insulin pumps improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes around the world
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Why should you read “Crime and Punishment”? - Alex Gendler
621 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "Crime and Punishment" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/products/crime-and-punishment -- What drives someone to kill
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A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe
951 views / 1 likes - addedTrace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.” -- Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over the planet. But they did
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Can you solve the jail break riddle? - Dan Finkel
845 views / 2 likes - addedYou’re a bank robber trying to escape from jail. Can you solve the riddle to get past the fence to freedom? -- Your timing made you and your partner infamous bank robbers. Now, you need to use that timing to break out of jail. Your partner is about to fla
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Why should you read Flannery O’Connor? - Iseult Gillespie
533 views / 0 likes - addedFind out why Flannery O’Connor, an American novelist, is known as a master of the grotesque in Southern Gothic literature. -- Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts, intruders and misfits staged in the world she knew best: the American South. She w
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A brie(f) history of cheese - Paul Kindstedt
771 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brie-f-history-of-cheese-paul-s-kindstedt Before empires and royalty, before pottery and writing, before metal tools and weapons – there was cheese. A
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Why is meningitis so dangerous? - Melvin Sanicas
469 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-meningitis-so-dangerous-melvin-sanicas In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out
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Does time exist? - Andrew Zimmerman Jones
590 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of "A Brief History of Time" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2NWYjAh Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/a-brief-history
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Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
639 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/everything-you-need-to-know-to-read-the-canterbury-tales-iseult-gillespie A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty
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How Will We Save the Apollo & Other Lunar Landing Sites?
576 views / 0 likes - addedWith the advent of private and foreign space agencies revisiting the moon probably within the next decade, how will the U.S. and NASA protect the Apollo landing sites from accidental damage and treasure hunters. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/curiousdr
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Why Can't we Remake the Rocketdyne F1 Engine?
655 views / 0 likes - addedWhen NASA was looking for a very large engine for the SLS boosters some of its engineers looked at resurrecting the Rocketdyne F-1 engines but what they found out might well surprise some people and just goes to show how things have moved on since the 196
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