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Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal - Alex Gendler
Discover what it took to build the Panama Canal, and how this colossal construction project changed the region.
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In the 19th century, the California…
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Hagfish: Nature's slimiest creatures - Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge
Discover the extraordinary capabilities of hagfish, the slime-producing fish that has survived on Earth for over 300 million years.
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In 2017, a truck…
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How do you select where to go in a zombie apocalypse? - David Hunter
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Can geography save your life in case of,…
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What causes yeast infections, and how can you clear them? - Liesbeth Demuyser
Explore the common causes and treatments of yeast infections, which affect 3 out of every 4 people with a vagina.
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The vagina harbors hundreds of dif…
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Cheese, dogs and a pill to eradicate mosquitoes and end malaria - Bart Knols
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/cheese-dogs-and-a-pill-to-kill-mosquitoes-and-end-malaria-bart-knols
We can use a mosquito's own instincts…
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A brief history of plural word...s - John McWhorter
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All it takes is a simple S to make most English words…
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What we're gathering from 5,000 brains - Read Montague
Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity in living, breat…
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The 4 most significant threats to humanity's continued survival
Dig into the 4 biggest existential risks that threaten the survival of humanity, and explore how we can safeguard our future.
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With the invention of …
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The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas
Dig into the political phenomenon of modern populism, how it rises, and the impact it can have on a democratic country.
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In many democratic countrie…
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The rise and fall of the medieval Islamic Realm - Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen
Trace the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire, from the prophet Muhammad in the 7th century to the sacking of Baghdad.
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In the 7th century CE, the p…
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