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No one can figure out how eels have sex - Lucy Cooke
Check out Lucy Cooke's "The Truth About Animals": https://bit.ly/TruthAboutAnimals
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From Ancient Greece to the 20th century, Aristotle, Freud, and n…
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Praising slowness - Carl Honore
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Journalist Carl Honoré believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes …
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Let's talk about the end - Peter Saul
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/let-s-talk-about-dying-peter-saul
We can't control if we'll die, but we can "occupy death," in the words o…
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Just How Minuscule is an Atom?
Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animatio…
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How to use emergency contraception correctly - Alison Edelman
Explore how two main types of emergency contraception work to prevent pregnancy by disrupting or delaying ovulation.
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In a 2021 study, researchers as…
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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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Why do Americans hold elections on Tuesdays?
Dig into the history of Election Day in the United States, and how voting on Tuesdays affects voter turnout.
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Since 1845, Americans have been voting …
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Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
Dig into the false analogy fallacy, which assumes that because two things share a characteristic, they must be alike in other respects.
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It’s 1997. T…
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What takes place when you break a bone? - Gurpreet Baht and Natalie Pang
Dig into the body's biological process that heals a broken bone, and find out how different kinds of fractures are mended.
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The human body’s 206 bone…
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Your body language constructs who you are - Amy Cuddy
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/your-body-language-shapes-who-you-are-amy-cuddy
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also c…
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