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What is Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox? - Colm Kelleher
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-zeno-s-dichotomy-paradox-colm-kelleher
Can you ever travel from one place to another? Ancient Gree…
13 hours ago
One of history's most harmful myths - Anneliese Mehnert
Examine the empty land theory, which was created by European colonizers in South Africa to support their claims to the region.
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From the 1650s throug…
14 hours ago
Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin
When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back a…
15 hours ago
Every city needs vital honey bees - Noah Wilson-Rich
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/every-city-needs-healthy-honey-bees-noah-wilson-rich
Bees have been rapidly and mysteriously disappearing …
15 hours ago
The rise and fall of Italy's hired warriors - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Dig into the history of the elite mercenaries known as condottieri, who were soldiers for hire for Italy's rich and powerful.
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During the 14th and 15…
16 hours ago
Can you cheat death by solving this riddle? - Shravan S K
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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You and your best friend Bill are the greatest bards in the kingdom— but maybe not the …
19 hours ago
The 4 commandments of cities - Eduardo Paes
Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- a…
23 hours ago
A future free from traffic gridlock - Bill Ford
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-future-beyond-traffic-gridlock-bill-ford
Bill Ford is a car guy -- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford,…
23 hours ago
questions to ask yourself before you accept an idea - Siska De Baerdemaeker
Get to know 3 factors that can help you identify pseudoscience, and find out how it differs from actual science.
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Pseudoscience is a set of theories,…
1 day ago
Why I must voice concerns about climate change - James Hansen
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Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story …
1 day, 1 hour ago