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Can steroids save your life? - Anees Bahji
Explore the science of how corticosteroids sneak into our cells to help fight allergic reactions, rashes, asthma, and harmful immune responses.
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Ster…
5 days, 11 hours ago
The growth of human-computer teamwork - Shyam Sankar
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-of-human-computer-cooperation-shyam-sankar
Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's pr…
5 days, 11 hours ago
How I taught rats to sniff out land mines - Bart Weetjens
At TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens talks about his extraordinary project: training rats to sniff out land mines. He shows clips of his "hero rats" in ac…
5 days, 12 hours ago
Are vampire bats hazardous? - Imran Razik
Follow the nighttime routine of a vampire bat as it hunts for prey, and find out how these unique creatures work together to survive.
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Vampire bats a…
5 days, 13 hours ago
Examining Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi - James Earle
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dissecting-botticelli-s-adoration-of-the-magi-james-earle
The scene of the three wise men offering gifts t…
5 days, 14 hours ago
The myth of the gay agenda - LZ Granderson
In a humorous talk with an urgent message, LZ Granderson points out the absurdity in the idea that there's a "gay lifestyle," much less a "gay agenda…
5 days, 15 hours ago
Understanding spelling conventions - Gina Cooke
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-sense-of-spelling-gina-cooke
What can spelling tell us about relationships between words? While spe…
5 days, 15 hours ago
How does mathematics steer our ships at sea? - George Christoph
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-math-guide-our-ships-at-sea-george-christoph
Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever hav…
5 days, 16 hours ago
Why don't we launch our waste into space? - Jim Bentley and Imogen Ellen Napper
Dig into why there is so much trash orbiting Earth, and find out what could happen if the debris continues to accumulate.
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There are over 131 million…
5 days, 17 hours ago
If you had the choice to live forever, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez
Explore different philosophers’ ideas on immortality and dig into their theories about the positives and negatives of eternal life.
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While cleaning o…
5 days, 18 hours ago