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The Great Brain Debate - Ted Altschuler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-great-brain-debate-ted-altschuler Throughout history, scientists have proposed conflicting ideas on how the brain carries out functions like perception, memory, and movement. Is each of these tasks carried o
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Animation Basics: The Optical Illusion Of Motion - TED-Ed

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/animation-basics-the-optical-illusion-of-motion-ted-ed How do animators make still images come to life? Are the images really moving, or are they merely an optical illusion? TED-Ed takes you behind the scenes to
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Animation Basics: The Art Of Timing And Spacing - TED-Ed

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/animation-basics-the-art-of-timing-and-spacing-ted-ed Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the
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Could We Cure HIV With Lasers? | Patience Mthunzi | TED Talks

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Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to deliver drugs direc
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A Brief History Of Religion In Art - TED-Ed

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-religion-in-art-ted-ed Before we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart to religious stories. Are these theological paintings, sculptures, textiles and ill
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Making A TED-Ed Lesson: Visualizing Complex Ideas

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-a-ted-ed-lesson-visualizing-complex-ideas View original lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploration-on-the-big-data-frontier-tim-smith How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A visual met
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These Robots Come To The Rescue After A Disaster | Robin Murphy | TED Talks

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When disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In her lab, Robin Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely — and help commun
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Grammar's Great Divide: The Oxford Comma - TED-Ed

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/grammar-s-great-divide-the-oxford-comma-ted-ed If you read "Bob, a DJ and a clown" on a guest list, are three people coming to the party, or only...
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This New Telescope Might Show Us The Beginning Of The Universe | Wendy Freedman | TED Talks

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When and how did the universe begin? A global group of astronomers wants to answer that question by peering as far back in time as a large new telescope will let us see. Wendy Freedman headed the creation of the Giant Magellan Telescope, under constructio
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The Math Behind Basketball's Wildest Moves | Rajiv Maheswaran | TED Talks

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Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with
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A Rare Interview With The Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks

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Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Ch
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Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk

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What happens when you pay two monkeys unequally? Watch what happens. An excerpt from the TED Talk: "Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals." Watch the whole talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals.html
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How Quantum Biology Might Explain Life’s Biggest Questions | Jim Al-Khalili | TED Talks

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How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new, extremely strange world of quantum biology, where something Einstein once called “spooky action at
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Let's Make History…by Recording It - StoryCorps & TED Prize

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/let-s-make-history-by-recording-it-storycorps-ted-prize Download the StoryCorps app here: http://ow.ly/UZarA What if Anne Frank hadn’t kept a diary? What if no one could listen to Martin Luther King’s Mountainto
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Why can't you divide by zero? - TED-Ed

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-can-t-you-divide-by-zero In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there’s one rule that most of us have
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TED-Ed - Flatland

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I was invited to collaborate with TED-Ed to create an animation to introduce the novella "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. I was responsible for all aspects of design, animation, and execution. David Housden shared his amazing score from the Thomas was Alone
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Starting a Food Revolution in School | TED + GBS Present Torchbearers

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When students at London’s Charlton Manor Primary School learn about history, they use chocolate. In math class, they weigh and measure fruit smoothies. For a lesson in shapes and sizes, they utilize bananas and grapes. Taking inspiration from world-renown
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Minecraft | TED THE MYSTERIOUS PIG..

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Minecraft | TED THE MYSTERIOUS PIG.. ► Subscribe and join TeamTDM! :: http://bit.ly/TxtGm8 ► Follow Me on Twitter :: http://www.twitter.com/DiamondMinecart ► Previous video :: https://youtu.be/k3e8XsJRlXw Today, we are playing another Minecraft Custom Map
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Meet the 90-Year-Old Armchair Archaeologist | TED + GBS Present Torchbearers

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Space archaeologist Sarah Parcak is a modern-day Indiana Jones. She analyzes satellite imagery in order to find ancient sites hidden from view. With GlobalXplorer, an online platform using the power of the crowd to find, protect and monitor archaeological
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Bringing Medicine to the World’s Forgotten Corners | TED + GBS Present Torchbearers

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One billion people in the world lack basic access to healthcare. Dr. Raj Panjabi has dedicated his work to bringing medical attention to the blind spots of the global health system. Through his organization, Last Mile Health, he targets underserved commun
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Gumball | You Just Got Bus-ted | The Allergy | Cartoon Network

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Subscribe to The Amazing World of Gumball - http://bit.ly/2gjL91JFollow us for all the latest Gumball news! Website - http://www.theamazingworldofgumball.com/ Facebook - http://bit.ly/2foqTcOGumball, the amusing blue cat with a giant head and his best bud
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How batteries work - Adam Jacobson

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Learning English with TED-ed! TED-ed How batteries work - Adam Jacobson with subtitle. Source http://ed.ted.com/
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What soccer can teach us about freedom | Marc Bamuthi Joseph

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"Soccer is the only thing on this planet that we can all agree to do together," says theater maker and TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Through his performances and an engagement initiative called "Moving and Passing," Joseph combines music, dance and socc
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How a typeface helped launch Apollo | Douglas Thomas

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When humanity first landed on the moon in 1969, the typeface Futura was right there with them. In this fascinating history of typography, designer Douglas Thomas shares Futura's role in launching the Apollo 11 spacecraft -- and how it became one of the mo
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The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander

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http://www.ted.com Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections. TEDTalks is a daily vi
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John Graham-Cumming: The Greatest Machine That Never Was

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TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus
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What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon | Minda Dentler

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A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and then a full-length marathon on hot, dry ground -- with no breaks in between: the legendary Ironman triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, is a bucket list goal for champion athletes. But when Minda Dentler decided to take
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Optical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto

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http://www.ted.com Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's
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The wonderful world of life in a drop of water | Tom Zimmerman and Simone Bianco

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"Hold your breath," says inventor Tom Zimmerman. "This is the world without plankton." These tiny organisms produce two-thirds of our planet's oxygen -- without them, life as we know it wouldn't exist. In this talk and tech demo, Zimmerman and cell engine
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How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet | Dustin Schroeder

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Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies -- from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors -- are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent's ice in unprecedented detail. Join ra
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Be humble -- and other lessons from the philosophy of water | Raymond Tang

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How do we find fulfillment in a world that's constantly changing? Raymond Tang struggled with this question until he came across the ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao Te Ching. In it, he found a passage comparing goodness to water, an idea he's now ap
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The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins

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Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch
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Why you should make useless things | Simone Giertz

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In this joyful, heartfelt talk featuring demos of her wonderfully wacky creations, Simone Giertz shares her craft: making useless robots. Her inventions -- designed to chop vegetables, cut hair, apply lipstick and more -- rarely (if ever) succeed, and tha
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Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100 plus

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http://www.ted.com To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that kee
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Homeopathy, quackery and fraud | James Randi

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http://www.ted.com Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and
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The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system | Karen J. Meech

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In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spotted the very first visitor from another star system. The interstellar comet -- a half-mile-long object eventually named `Oumuamua, from the Hawaiian for "
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The magic of Fibonacci numbers | Arthur Benjamin

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Math is logical, functional and just ... awesome. Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin explores hidden properties of that weird and wonderful set of numbers, the Fibonacci series. (And reminds you that mathematics can be inspiring, too!) TEDTalks is a daily vide
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How to control someone else's arm with your brain | Greg Gage

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Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor tric
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Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology

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http://www.ted.com We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do -- Drew Berry wants to change that. At TEDxSydney he shows his scientifically accurate (and entertaining!) animations that help researchers see unseeable processes within ou
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Mick Mountz: What Happens Inside Those Massive Warehouses?

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We make millions of online purchases daily, but who (or what) actually puts our items into packages? In this talk, Mick Mountz weaves a fascinating, surprisingly robot-filled tale of what happens inside a warehouse. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of th
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How To Visualize One Part Per Million

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-visualize-one-part-per-million-kim-preshoff-the-ted-ed-community “Parts per million” is a scientific unit of measurement that counts the number of units of one substance per one million units of another.
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Jonathan Eisen: Meet Your Microbes

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Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes — both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising
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The power of introverts | Susan Cain

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http://www.ted.com In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to t
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The playful wonderland behind great inventions | Steven Johnson

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Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the computer, didn't emerge out of necessity at all but instead from the strange delight of play. Share
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The genius of the London Tube Map | Michael Bierut on "Small Thing Big Idea"

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"Small Thing Big Idea," an original TED series, celebrates the lasting genius of everyday objects so perfectly designed that they changed the world around them. Check out the whole series: https://go.ted.com/STBI
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Latif Nasser: The Amazing Story Of The Man Who Gave Us Modern Pain Relief

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For the longest time, doctors basically ignored the most basic and frustrating part of being sick — pain. In this lyrical, informative talk, Latif Nasser tells the extraordinary story of wrestler and doctor John J. Bonica, who persuaded the medical profes
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Seth Shostak: ET Is (probably) Out There — Get Ready

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SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. At TEDxSanJoseCA, he explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely — and
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How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman

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At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, but its event horizon casts a shadow, and an image of that shadow could
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Chris Urmson: How A Driverless Car Sees The Road

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Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinati
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Henry Lin: What We Can Learn From Galaxies Far, Far Away

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In a fun, exciting talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: distant galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's largest pieces, says the Intel Science Fair award winner, we can learn quite a lot about scientific
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Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future | Raffaello D'Andrea

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When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundarie
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Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included

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What do science and play have in common? Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He's seconded by 12-year-old Amy O'Toole, who, along with 25 of h
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Bill Gates: The next outbreak? Were not ready

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In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers — plus, frankly, thanks to some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates sugg
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What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield

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There's an astronaut saying: In space, "there is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse." So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations? Retired colonel Chris Hadfield paints a vivid por
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The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang

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Learn more about TED-Ed Clubs here: https://ed.ted.com/clubs View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-life-cycle-of-a-t-shirt-angel-chang Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of t
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10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee

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When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great con
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What a driverless world could look like | Wanis Kabbaj

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What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we can find inspiration in the genius of our biology to design the transit systems of the future. In this forw
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Questions No One Knows the Answers to

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In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions that seem to have no answers. (Introducing the series "Questions no one knows the answers to") "Questions No
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Electric Vocabulary

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We all know the words around electricity, "charge," "positive," "battery", and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let the history of these words illuminate the physics of electric phenomena. Lesson by James Sheils, animation b
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A garden in my apartment | Britta Riley

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http://www.ted.com Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many
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Secrets Of Elite Athletes | Kenn Dickinson | TEDxSnoIsleLibraries

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This talk was given at a local TEDxSnoIsleLibraries event and produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kenn Dickinson, former basketball athlete and business coach, shares secrets of great athletes which can help anyone. Kenn played basketball at th
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How we see color - Colm Kelleher

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-see-color-colm-kelleher There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? Colm Kelleher explains
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Beatboxing 101 - BEAT NYC

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beatboxing-101-beat-nyc There's no need for instruments to make music; you can use the greatest instrument of all, your own body. Members of BEAT NYC teach the basics of beatboxing (think trumpets, bass drums, a
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Why Do Some People Have Seasonal Allergies? - Eleanor Nelsen

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-some-people-have-seasonal-allergies-eleanor-nelsen Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread tha
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3 Tips To Boost Your Confidence

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/3-tips-to-boost-your-confidence-ted-ed Lesson made in partnership with the Always #LikeAGirl campaign, animation by Kozmonot Animation Studio. When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lur
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Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan

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View full lesson on ed.ted.com - http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-competitors-open-their-stores-next-to-one-another-jac-de-haan Why are all the gas stations, cafes and restaurants in one crowded spot? As two competitive cousins vie for ice-cream-selling d
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Where do superstitions come from? - Stuart Vyse

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-superstitions-come-from-stuart-vyse Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or not you believe in them, you’re probably familiar wi
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How to recognize a dystopia - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-recognize-a-dystopia-alex-gendler The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Al
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Evolution in a Big City

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Using newts, coyotes and mice, Jason Munshi-South shows how animals develop genetic differences in evolution, even within an urban city. "Evolution in a Big City" was animated by the TED-Ed Animation Team (Jeremiah Dickey, Biljana Labovic, Celeste Lai, Ka
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Alternate Realities from Relativity | Jason Padgett | TEDxTacoma

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Jason Padgett explains relativity, and uses the Doppler Effect to demonstrate how every potential can be any reality. Jason is an aspiring number theorist and mathematician with acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. His memoir, Struck By Genius, is th
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What's invisible? More than you think - John Lloyd

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View full lesson on ed.ted.com http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-invisible-more-than-you-think-john-lloyd Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning anima
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Why Is Biodiversity So Important? - Kim Preshoff

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can be
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How To Take A Great Picture - Carolina Molinari

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-take-a-great-picture-carolina-molinari Have you ever looked at your camera and wondered what all of those buttons actually do? For manual photography, the aperture, shutter speed and ISO sensitivity can a
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The Real Origin of the Franchise - Sir Harold Evans

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View full lesson on TED-Ed BETA: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-real-origin-of-the-franchise One of the most successful business models is the franchise, but it didn't originate with McDonald's. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes
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How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes | Adam Leipzig | TEDxMalibu

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Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Adam Leipzig has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive and distributor. and has produced more than 300 stage plays and live events, and he was one of the founders of t
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The Time Value Of Money - German Nande

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-calculate-the-future-value-of-your-cash-german-nande We've all heard the phrase "Time is money." But what do these two things actually have to do with one another? German Nande explains the math behind in
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The evolution of juggling | Jay Gilligan | TEDxHelsinki

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Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Jay Gilligan is a professional juggler and performer from Arcadia, Ohio currently performing and living in Europe. Jay is the main teacher of juggling and creator of the juggling prog
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Why are sharks so awesome?

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sharks-so-awesome-tierney-thys Sharks have been celebrated as powerful gods by some native cultures. And today, sharks are recognized as apex predators of the world’s ocean. What is it that makes these f
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The first asteroid ever discovered - Carrie Nugent

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Check out all of TED-Ed's book recommendations: http://ed.ted.com/books View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-first-asteroid-ever-discovered-carrie-nugent Over the course of history, we’ve discovered hundreds of thousands of asteroids. But how
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How Do Hard Drives Work? - Kanawat Senanan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-hard-drives-work-kanawat-senanan The modern hard drive is an object that can likely hold more information than your local library. But how does it store so much information in such a small space? Kanawat
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How Computer Memory Works - Kanawat Senanan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-computer-memory-works-kanawat-senanan In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as ex
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Music as a language - Victor Wooten

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/victor-wooten-music-as-a-language Music is a powerful communication tool--it causes us to laugh, cry, think and question. Bassist and five-time Grammy winner, Victor Wooten, asks us to approach music the same wa
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Why Is Yawning Contagious? - Claudia Aguirre

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-yawning-contagious-claudia-aguirre *Yaaawwwwwn* Did just reading the word make you feel like yawning yourself? Known as contagious yawning, the reasons behind this phenomenon have been attributed to both
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What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-can-you-learn-from-ancient-skeletons-farnaz-khatibi Ancient skeletons can tell us a great deal about the past, including the age, gender and even the social status of its former owner. But how can we know a
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What are gravitational waves? - Amber L. Stuver

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Real Life Sunken Cities - Peter Campbell

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/real-life-sunken-cities-peter-campbell Though people are most familiar with Plato’s fictional Atlantis, many real underwater cities actually exist. Peter Campbell explains how sunken cities are studied by scient
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-orwellian-really-means-noah-tavlin If you’ve watched the news or followed politics, chances are you’ve heard the term Orwellian thrown around in one context or another. But have you ever stopped to think ab
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The Surprising (and Invisible) Signatures Of Sea Creatures - Kakani Katija

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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-and-invisible-signatures-of-sea-creatures-kakani-katija On land, animals leave footprints that tell us a lot about their size, form and capabilities. Marine organisms do this too, but these footp
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How Science Fiction Can Help Predict The Future - Roey Tzezana

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-science-fiction-can-help-predict-the-future-roey-tzezana Would you like to know what’s in our future? What’s going to happen to humanity tomorrow, next year, or even a millennium from now? Well, you’re not a
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I'm Batman - Amy Wray

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/i-m-batman-amy-wray What flies through the night, silently guarding and protecting our world from evil? Batman? Try...a bat. Like Batman, bats are widely misunderstood and vilified. Amy Wray disproves the myth t
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Are Spotty Fruits And Vegetables Safe To Eat? - Elizabeth Brauer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-spotty-fruits-and-vegetables-safe-to-eat-elizabeth-brauer In 2010, 30 billion dollars worth of fruits and vegetables were wasted by American retailers and shoppers, in part because of cosmetic problems and p
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What Makes Something

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-something-kafkaesque-noah-tavlin The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences, especially with bureaucracy. But does standing in a l
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Poison Vs. Venom: What's The Difference? - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/venom-vs-poison-what-s-the-difference-rose-eveleth Would you rather be bitten by a venomous rattlesnake or touch a poisonous dart frog? While both of these animals are capable of doing some serious damage to the
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What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep? - Claudia Aguirre

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-happen-if-you-didn-t-sleep-claudia-aguirre In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn’t just a minor inconvenie
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How Do Animals See In The Dark? - Anna Stöckl

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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 do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? - George Zaidan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-cancer-cells-behave-differently-from-healthy-ones-george-zaidan How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie in cell division. George Zai
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Light Seconds, Light Years, Light Centuries: How To Measure Extreme Distances - Yuan-Sen Ting

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-measure-distances-in-space-yuan-sen-ting When we look at the sky, we have a flat, two-dimensional view. So how do astronomers figure the distances of stars and galaxies from Earth? Yuan-Sen Ting shows
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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?
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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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How little people can make a big difference | Charlie Cooper | TEDxJCUCairns

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Charlie Cooper is a nine year old boy who is wiser than his years. Charlie tells the story of how the buddy bench at Trinity Beach State School came to be a tool to
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Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi

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Check out the Mysteries of Vernacular series: https://ed.ted.com/mysteries-of-vernacular View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-new-words-come-from-marcel-danesi There are over 170,000 words currently in use in the English language. Yet eve
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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How Brass Instruments Work - Al Cannon

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-brass-instruments-work-al-cannon What gives the trumpet its clarion ring and the tuba its gut shaking oompah-pah? And what makes the trombone so jazzy? Al Cannon shows how these answers lie not in the brass
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If Matter Falls Down, Does Antimatter Fall Up? - Chloé Malbrunot

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/if-matter-falls-down-does-antimatter-fall-up-chloe-malbrunot Like positive and negative, or debit and credit, matter and antimatter are equal and opposite. So if matter falls down, does antimatter fall up? Chloé
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How People Rationalize Fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-people-rationalize-fraud-kelly-richmond-pope If you ask people whether they think stealing is wrong, most of them would answer yes. And yet, in 2013, organizations all over the world lost an estimated total
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Big Data - Tim Smith

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploration-on-the-big-data-frontier-tim-smith There is a mind-boggling amount of data floating around our society. Physicists at CERN have been pondering how to store and share their ever more massive data for
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What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-color-is-tuesday-exploring-synesthesia-richard-e-cytowic How does one experience synesthesia -- the neurological trait that combines two or more senses? Synesthetes may taste the number 9 or attach a color
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The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-chocolate-deanna-pucciarelli If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Meso
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Gravity And The Human Body - Jay Buckey

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/gravity-and-the-human-body-jay-buckey Our bodies function necessarily under the presence of gravity; how blood pumps, a sense of balance and bone growth are all due to life in a world where gravity is an inescap
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A Different Way To Visualize Rhythm - John Varney

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-different-way-to-visualize-rhythm-john-varney In standard notation, rhythm is indicated on a musical bar line. But there are other ways to visualize rhythm that can be more intuitive. John Varney describes the
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What causes kidney stones? - Arash Shadman

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes-kidney-stones-arash-shadman The biggest kidney stone on record weighed more than a kilogram and was 17 centimeters in diameter. The patient didn’t actually swallow a stone the size of a coconut; kidn
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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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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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View full lesson on ed.ted.com: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-airlines-sell-too-many-tickets-nina-klietsch Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it’s full? Have
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Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-honeybees-love-hexagons-zack-patterson-and-andy-peterson Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart ins
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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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How folding paper can get you to the moon - Adrian Paenza

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-folding-paper-can-get-you-to-the-moon Can folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential
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The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins

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View full lesson: ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-icarus-and-daedalus-amy-adkins In mythological ancient Greece, Icarus flew above Crete on wings made from wax and feathers, defying the laws of man and nature. To witnesses on the ground, he looked like a g
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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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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
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Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/aphasia-the-disorder-that-makes-you-lose-your-words-susan-wortman-jutt Language is an essential part of our lives that we often take for granted. But, if the delicate web of language networks in your brain becam
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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
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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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Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors Of The Future - Kim Preshoff

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/population-pyramids-powerful-predictors-of-the-future-kim-preshoff Population statistics are like crystal balls -- when examined closely, they can help predict a country's future (and give important clues about
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The Sun’s Surprising Movement Across The Sky - Gordon Williamson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-sun-s-surprising-movement-across-the-sky-gordon-williamson Suppose you placed a camera at a fixed position, took a picture of the sky at the same time every day for an entire year, and overlaid all of the ph
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Is Time Travel Possible? - Colin Stuart

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/time-travel-and-einstein-s-special-relativity-colin-stuart Time travel is a staple of science fiction stories, but is it actually possible? It turns out nature does allow a way of bending time, an exciting possi
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The Hidden Meanings Of Yin And Yang - John Bellaimey

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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-meanings-of-yin-and-yang-john-bellaimey The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with shadows, fe
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The mathematics of sidewalk illusions - Fumiko Futamura

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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mathematics-of-sidewalk-illusions-fumiko-futamura Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only to find that it looks remarkably realistic if you stand in exactly the right sp
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This Is Sparta: Fierce Warriors Of The Ancient World - Craig Zimmer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/this-is-sparta-fierce-warriors-of-the-ancient-world-craig-zimmer In ancient Greece, violent internal conflict between border neighbors and war with foreign invaders was a way of life, and Greeks were considered
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The psychology of self-motivation | Scott Geller | TEDxVirginiaTech

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Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Scott Geller is Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems in the Department of Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American
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The secrets of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” - Joshua Borths

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-secrets-of-mozart-s-magic-flute-joshua-borths Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”) is widely regarded as one of the most influential operas in history. And while it may seem like a
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Check out TED-Ed's Tumblr: http://teded.tumblr.com/ View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/cell-membranes-are-way-more-complicated-than-you-think-nazzy-pakpour Cell membranes are structures of contradictions. These oily films are hundreds of times t
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Why is it so hard to cure cancer? - Kyuson Yun

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Why should you read James Joyce's "Ulysses"? - Sam Slote

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How To Set The Table - Anna Post

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-set-the-table-anna-post Can't remember where your soup spoon ought to go? What about your salad fork? Knowing how to set a traditional table can seem like antiquated etiquette -- but it can come in handy!
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How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

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The Case Of The Missing Fractals - Alex Rosenthal And George Zaidan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of-the-missing-fractals-alex-rosenthal-and-george-zaidan A bump on the head, a mysterious femme fatale and a strange encounter on a windswept peak all add up to a heck of a night for Manny Brot, Private
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How One French Poet Combined Poetry And Visual Art - Geneviève Emy

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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-one-french-poet-combined-poetry-and-visual-art-genevieve-emy Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there’s an earl
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How high can you count on your fingers?

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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-high-can-you-count-on-your-fingers-spoiler-much-higher-than-10-james-tanton How high can you count on your fingers? It seems like a question with an obvious answer. After all, most of us have ten fingers --
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Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work? - Netta Schramm

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-perpetual-motion-machines-ever-work-netta-schramm Perpetual motion machines — devices that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source — have captured many inventors’ imaginations becau
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What Will We Do When The Robots Can Feel? | Daniel Faggella | TEDxAmoskeagMillyard

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What is the value of a human life? Is it more -- or less -- than the value of a deer’s life? What about the value of a robot’s life? And what happens when artificial intelligence develops to the point where a robot can feel and sense and become self-aware
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From DNA To Silly Putty, The Diverse World Of Polymers - Jan Mattingly

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/from-dna-to-silly-putty-the-diverse-world-of-polymers-jan-mattingly You are made of polymers, and so are trees and telephones and toys. A polymer is a long chain of identical molecules (or monomers) with a range
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Why Do Americans And Canadians Celebrate Labor Day? - Kenneth C. Davis

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-americans-and-canadians-celebrate-labor-day-kenneth-c-davis In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union S
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How to draw to remember more | Graham Shaw | TEDxVienna

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How to draw to remember more! You may not believe it yet, but we are all capable of drawing sketches that make information memorable. In this talk you will discover talents you may have never known you had. Be prepared to amaze yourself! More information
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Dead Stuff: The Secret Ingredient In Our Food Chain - John C. Moore

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Protecting Precious Watermelon Seeds | IDAHO JEFF

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Idaho Jeff - adventurer - meets Vincent Von Vons and is tasked with protecting his precious watermelon seeds.NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG. Credits Written, Directed, and Produced by: Kyle Craner and Ted Limp
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The Fundamentals Of Space-time: Part 2 - Andrew Pontzen And Tom Whyntie

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How the world's first subway system was built - Christian Wolmar

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Trapped in a Maze with a Frenemy in Minecraft | IDAHO JEFF

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The Fundamentals Of Space-time: Part 3 - Andrew Pontzen And Tom Whyntie

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The world’s most mysterious book - Stephen Bax

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-world-s-most-mysterious-book-stephen-bax Deep inside Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting and han
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What’s so great about the Great Lakes? - Cheri Dobbs and Jennifer Gabrys

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Breathing Underwater in Minecraft | IDAHO JEFF

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Idaho Jeff and Moose are commissioned by Waterwoman to create an underwater laboratory aquarium - where fish can view humans. Don't tap on the glass. NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG. Credits Written, Directed,
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The surprising beauty of mathematics | Jonathan Matte | TEDxGreensFarmsAcademy

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Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Jonathan Matte has been teaching Mathematics for 20 years, the last 13 at Greens Farms Academy. Formerly the Mathematics Department Chair, he is currently the 12th Grade Dean and Coac
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Hamsters, Happiness And Here-ness | Martin Aylward | TEDxThimphu

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Rediscovering happiness within oneself rather than looking for samsara. Martin Aylward has been in ‘happiness training’ for 25 years, spending several years in Asian monasteries and hermitages as well as studying with senior western Buddhist teachers. He
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At What Moment Are You Dead? - Randall Hayes

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What Did Democracy Really Mean In Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg

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How Do You Know You Exist? - James Zucker

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What Is Life? | Jeff Marlow | TEDxBeaconStreet

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What is life? Even as we send robotic explorers into space to look for signs of life and answer eternal questions of life beyond Earth, scientists lack a coherent definition of the phenomenon. A theoretical underpinning of life is needed, and expeditions
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Drones Will Save Lives | Michael Korman | TEDxEdina

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Public discussion of drones in the media is largely negative and fear-based. But is there a way for us to embrace this technology safely? Can drones help first responders save lives? Mike Korman is a Warrior turned Corporate Executive turned Entrepreneur.
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Vincent's Secret Lair in Minecraft | IDAHO JEFF

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Vincent Von Vons tricks Idaho Jeff into building him a totally customized house. NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Awkward architect Idaho Jeff builds awesome worlds and awesomer adventures as he battles bumbling
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Zombie Zoo in Minecraft | IDAHO JEFF

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Idaho Jeff teams up with Moose to help Vincent Von Von's him trap a "scary" baby zombie who's been tormenting him.NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Awkward architect Idaho Jeff builds awesome worlds and awesomer
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DNA: The Book Of You - Joe Hanson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-einstein-s-riddle-dan-van-der-vieren View all the clues here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-einstein-s-riddle-dan-van-der-vieren#digdeeper Before he turned physics upside down, a young Al
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Is Math Discovered Or Invented? - Jeff Dekofsky

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Why Sitting Is Bad For You - Murat Dalkilinç

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-sitting-is-bad-for-you-murat-dalkilinc Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays,...
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The Language Of Lying - Noah Zandan

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Why Are Some People Left-handed? - Daniel M. Abrams

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How Does The Thyroid Manage Your Metabolism? - Emma Bryce

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-the-thyroid-manage-your-metabolism-emma-bryce Nestled in the tissues of your neck is a small, unassuming organ that wields enormous power...
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How To Spot A Counterfeit Bill - Tien Nguyen

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How Does Your Brain Respond To Pain? - Karen D. Davis

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History Vs. Christopher Columbus - Alex Gendler

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Should We Eat Bugs? - Emma Bryce

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The Importance Of Focus - Richard St. John

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-importance-of-focus-richard-st-john How might focus help you succeed? Using examples of famous people from disparate fields, such as James Cameron,.
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Why Is Ketchup So Hard To Pour? - George Zaidan

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In the Key of Genius: Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford at TEDxWarwick 2013

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Born prematurely at just 25 weeks, Derek Paravicini has suffered from blindess, learning impairment and severe autism for his entire life. Despite his impairment, Derek has the unique gift of perfect pitch, and is able to play any piece of music after hea
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The original ring of power - Alex Gendler

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Download a free audiobook version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato recounted the legend of the Ring of Gyges
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Is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker? - Emmanuel During

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Aaron Silverman is a chef and founder of Washington, DC restaurant Rose’s Luxury, which was recently named as ‘the best new restaurant in America’ by Bon Appétit Magazine. Aaron shares the story of creating Rose's, and why it became so successful from day
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Can Robots Be Creative? - Gil Weinberg

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What Are Those Floaty Things In Your Eye? - Michael Mauser

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Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? - Zachary Metz

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The Colossal Consequences Of Supervolcanoes - Alex Gendler

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How do you know you're not dreaming? - Daniel Gregory

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Download a free audiobook version of The Sandman and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Bizarre things happen in dreams: you fly, or conjure an all-you-can-eat buffet out of thin air, or get chased by witches through the h
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How long should your naps be? - Sara C. Mednick

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Download a free audiobookversionof "Take a Nap: Change Your Life" by Sara Mednick or Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission:https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Your eyes get heavy and gradually close But wait! Its only lunch ti
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