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What sex ed doesn't tell you about your cognition - Shannon Odell
Explore what we know— and still don’t know— about puberty and its effects on the body and brain.
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While we often talk about puberty’s effect on the b…
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Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? - Masako Tamaki
Discover the phenomenon known as asymmetrical sleep, where parts of an animal's brain are asleep while other areas remain active.
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Many animals need …
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Biofuels and bioprospecting for starters - Craig A. Kohn
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/biofuels-and-bioprospecting-for-beginners-craig-a-kohn
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on…
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methods to eliminate a virus
Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.
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Viruses are wildly successful o…
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Shape-shifting dinosaurs - Jack Horner
Where are the baby dinosaurs? In a spellbinding talk paleontologist Jack Horner describes how slicing open fossil skulls revealed a shocking secret a…
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Your brain is more than a chemical bag - David Anderson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/your-brain-is-more-than-a-bag-of-chemicals-david-anderson
Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of …
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Why do you want to squish cute things? - Joshua Paul Dale
Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
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Watching a kitten fum…
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Animating a photo-real digital face - Paul Debevec
Computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realist…
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Accept the remix - Kirby Ferguson
Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow…
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How to perform brain surgery without making a single cut - Hyunsoo Joshua No
Dig into the science of radiosurgery: a procedure that uses light beams of radiation to target tumors, without making a single incision.
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Every year,…
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