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Why do bugs cluster above water? - Luke M. Jacobus
Trace the life cycle of mayflies, and explore why these swarming insects are a sign of healthy aquatic ecosystems.
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For most of the world’s 4,000 may…
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One surgeon's fascination with head transplants - Max G. Levy
Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.
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In 1970, neur…
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Why is Alzheimer's disease so hard to cure? - Krishna Sudhir
Dig into how Alzheimer’s disease affects your brain and cognitive abilities, and what makes the disorder so hard to treat.
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Around the world, million…
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Welcome to the genomic revolution - Richard Resnick
In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and …
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Why I'm a weekday vegetarian - Graham Hill
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We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the…
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Moral behavior in animals - Frans de Waal
Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some …
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How did ancient peoples craft ice cream? - Vivian Jiang
Trace the history of ice cream, from the first accounts of cold desserts in the 1st century to the cream-based treat we know today.
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Ice cream has a …
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Distant time and the hint of a multiverse - Sean Carroll
Cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks -- in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe -- a deceptively simple…
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Image recognition that triggers augmented reality - Matt Mills
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/image-recognition-that-triggers-augmented-reality-matt-mills
Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate A…
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Inside your computer - Bettina Bair
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-your-computer-bettina-bair
How does a computer work? The critical components of a computer are the …
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