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How Do Pain Relievers Function? - George Zaidan
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Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains, but ho…
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How well do you actually know about Vikings? - Stephanie H. Smith
Explore the 5 most common misconceptions about the Viking Age, and find out what living as a Viking was actually like.
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The Viking Age. When medieval…
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The colossal consequences of supervolcanoes - Alex Gendler
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In 1816, Europe and North America were plagued by…
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The myth of Loki and the master builder - Alex Gendler
Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants.
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Asgard, a realm …
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The dangers of mixing drugs - Céline Valéry
Explore the science of why mixing drugs and drug interactions with other substances can lead to dangerous health complications.
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Which of the followi…
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On being a woman and a diplomat - Madeleine Albright
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In a frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Pal…
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Every one of your devices can be hacked - Avi Rubin
Could someone hack your pacemaker? At TEDxMidAtlantic, Avi Rubin explains how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and war…
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The most widespread falsehoods about Neanderthals - Bruce Hardy
Dig into the surprisingly complex lives of Neanderthals, and explore theories on what happened to our evolutionary cousins.
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In 1856, quarriers worki…
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The most substantial errors in mapmaking history - Kayla Wolf
Travel through the history of mapmaking and discover what big mistakes cartographers made about the world’s geography.
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For thousands of years, peopl…
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Fighting a contagious cancer - Elizabeth Murchison
What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands -- and unlike most cancers, it's contagious. Researcher Eli…
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