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Young people need structure - Colin Powell
How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, asks parents, friends …
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The maladies that altered humanity forever - Dan Kwartler
Explore the history of humanity’s deadliest diseases, and find out how our progress and innovation exposed us to new pathogens.
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Since humanity’s ear…
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What actually triggered the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Dig into what caused the Irish potato famine, and explore how the UK government’s response turned the crisis into a catastrophe.
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For over 200 years,…
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The peculiar, fascinating world of bioluminescence - Edith Widder
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-weird-wonderful-world-of-bioluminescence-edith-widder
In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make…
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Early forensics and crime-solving chemists - Deborah Blum
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/early-forensics-and-crime-solving-chemists-deborah-blum
In a CSI age, we take forensic science for granted…
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How to make wise decisions more easily
Explore the psychology of decision fatigue, what kinds of choices lead us to this state and what we can do to fight it.
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Everything our bodies do— wh…
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Can you unravel the secret assassin society riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand …
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Experiments that hint of longer lives - Cynthia Kenyon
What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The les…
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The infinite life of pi - Reynaldo Lopes
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-infinite-life-of-pi-reynaldo-lopes
The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is always the…
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The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith
Explore the data analysis method known as p-hacking, where data is misrepresented as statistically significant.
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In 2011, a group of researchers cond…
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