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Become a slam poet in five steps - Gayle Danley
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With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is wi…
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The greatest river on Earth is actually in the sky - Iseult Gillespie
Explore the Amazon rainforest’s flying rivers, and dig into why these invisible waterways are essential to life on Earth.
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The largest rainforest in …
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A map of the brain - Allan Jones
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, …
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Can you solve the giant spider riddle? - Dan Finkel
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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Once every century, the world’s greatest spiders gather to compete in a series of gruel…
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Euclid's mysterious parallel postulate - Jeff Dekofsky
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Euclid, known as the "Father of Geometry," developed se…
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Can sunlight improve your heart health? - Richard Weller
Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too. New research…
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What's the science behind whale communication? - David Gruber and Shane Gero
Explore how sperm whales use an array of complex vocalizations to communicate with each other, hunt, and assess their surroundings.
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Soon after whal…
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Can planting trees actually cool the planet? - Carolyn Beans
Dig into common mistakes that tree-planting programs make, and explore strategies that can successfully re-green the planet.
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In fighting climate cha…
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Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.
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It’s …
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Your elusive creative mind - Elizabeth Gilbert
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Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect …
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