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Assess yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise? - Hanako Sawada
Get to know avant-garde music composer John Cage, whose work challenged the boundaries between music and noise.
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In 1960, composer John Cage went on …
3 days, 8 hours ago
Pursuing the pursuers - Gary Kovacs
As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; …
3 days, 8 hours ago
Animation basics: The optical illusion of motion - TED-Ed
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? Ar…
3 days, 9 hours ago
Inspire to educate Afghan girls - Shabana Basij-Rasikh
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dare-to-educate-afghan-girls-shabana-basij-rasikh
Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to sc…
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The emergence and downfall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Trace the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, which became one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the early modern world.
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Though he was d…
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Food expiration dates don't mean what you believe - Carolyn Beans
Find out what expiration date labels on food actually mean, and discover ways communities and governments can lessen food waste.
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Countries around t…
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Pavlovian reflexes aren't only for dogs - Benjamin N. Witts
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/pavlovian-reactions-aren-t-just-for-dogs-benjamin-n-witts
Dr. Ivan Pavlov's groundbreaking work revealed t…
3 days, 10 hours ago
From mach-20 glider to hummingbird-mimicking drone - Regina Dugan
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/from-mach-20-glider-to-humming-bird-drone-regina-dugan
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could…
3 days, 11 hours ago
Humans are all practically the same... practically - Greg Foot
Dig into why ethnic diversity is so important to medical research when creating new treatments and medicines for diseases.
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While all humans share 99…
3 days, 11 hours ago
What did people endure before anesthesia? - Sally Frampton
Trace the history of anesthesia from the 3rd century to today, and explore how doctors performed surgery before anesthetic drugs.
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The quest for anes…
3 days, 12 hours ago