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History's deadliest king - by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
Dig into the Rubber Terror, the period in which King Leopold II’s horrific regime in the Congo resulted in the deaths of 10 million people.
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In 1904,…
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A Rosetta Stone for the Indus language - Rajesh Rao
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Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword p…
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Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? - Claire Wardle
Explore the strategies employed by trolls and learn how disinformation campaigns are launched— and how to stop them.
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Your town is holding a mayoral …
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What happens when you dive into piranha-infested waters? - Antonio Machado-Allison
Dig into the truth about piranhas and their feeding frenzies, and find out what would likely happen if you fell into their waters.
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You’re peering in…
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Experiment with something fresh for 30 days - Matt Cutts
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Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but j…
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Why is this painting of a black square iconic? - Allison Leigh
Discover the symbolism of Kazimir Malevich’s “Black Square,” and how it pushed the boundaries of what art is and what it can be.
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In 1915, an exhibit…
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Visualizing the medical data explosion - Anders Ynnerman
Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information…
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String theory - Brian Greene
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minuscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and fo…
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Unexpected side effects - Edward Tenner
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/unintended-consequences-edward-tenner
Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional an…
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Why were scientists so captivated by these frogs? - Carly Anne York
Dig into how African clawed frogs can help detect human pregnancy, and how their use in experiments had unintended consequences.
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In the early 20th c…
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