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The enigma of the bat genome - Emma Teeling
In Western society, bats are often characterized as creepy, even evil. Zoologist Emma Teeling encourages us to rethink our attitude toward bats, whos…
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Don't insist on English! - Patricia Ryan
In her talk, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas…
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Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
Take a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today.
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Mysteries of vernacular: Blast powder - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-dynamite-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel
With an explosive meaning, the word dynami…
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Can you outthink the college admissions fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
Explore the circular reasoning fallacy, which occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the start without having proven itself.
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It’s 1990. A …
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The origins of drama as a literary art - Mindy Ploeckelmann
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-emergence-of-drama-as-a-literary-art-mindy-ploeckelmann
When presented with the problem of hoards of i…
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The world’s most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt
Find out whether a honeybee, a tarantula hawk wasp, or a bullet ant has the most painful insect sting, and what each of their stings feel like.
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These animals are also plants … seriously, what? - Luka Seamus Wright
Explore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food.
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The species of slug known as Elysia c…
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The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
Dig into how scientists are attempting to revive the functionally extinct northern white rhino through artificial reproduction.
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In the savannahs of …
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How alcohol brings on hangovers - Judy Grisel
Discover how alcohol impacts your body’s processes and causes hangovers, and find out what causes the most common hangover symptoms.
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The molecule re…
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