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What should you do if you accidentally sever your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth
Dig into what circumstances allow for an accidentally amputated limb to be reattached, and what options you have when it can't be.
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In order to reatt…
2 days, 11 hours ago
A day in the life of a Peruvian shaman - Gabriel Prieto
Follow Quexo, a Peruvian shaman, as he searches for cinnabar to complete a special ritual that will protect his village from winter storms.
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The year…
2 days, 12 hours ago
Why is it so difficult to get rid of bed bugs? - Gale E. Ridge
Dig into how bed bugs establish a colony in your home, and find out what makes it so hard to prevent these itchy invasions.
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Bed bugs have tormented …
2 days, 12 hours ago
A window into teenage existence in ancient Rome - Ray Laurence
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Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old …
2 days, 13 hours ago
A rogue of one's own - Tim Adams
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How can an anti-hero teach us about the heroic--and sometimes,the unhe…
2 days, 14 hours ago
One crucial reason that life on Earth exists - Elise Cutts
Explore the Big Whack theory, and how the event could have created the Moon and given Earth its all-important axial tilt.
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4.5 billion years ago, Ear…
2 days, 15 hours ago
Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframin…
2 days, 16 hours ago
How to convey your message clearly
Episode 3: Discover how to put together the throughline, or main idea that acts as a connective thread or roadmap for your presentation.
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This is epi…
2 days, 16 hours ago
The motion that catalyzed the Holocaust - Alexandra Minna Stern and Natalie Lira
Trace the history of the eugenics movement in the US, and discover how the belief in ideal genetics led to forced sterilizations.
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Since ancient Gree…
2 days, 17 hours ago
Why global jihad is waning - Bobby Ghosh
Throughout the history of Islam, says journalist Bobby Ghosh, there have been two sides to jihad: one, internal, a personal struggle to be better, th…
2 days, 18 hours ago