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The chemical reaction that feeds the world - Daniel D. Dulek
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How do we grow crops quickly enough to feed the …
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How the Suez Canal shaped global history - Lucia Carminati
Dig into the construction of the Suez Canal, and discover how it became one of the world’s busiest maritime passages.
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Today, nearly 30% of all globa…
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The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris - Alex Gendler
Dig into the Egyptian myth of Osiris, trapped by his brother, the warrior god Set, in a coffin and tossed into the Nile to die.
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Long jealous of his…
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The race to decode a mysterious language - Susan Lupack
Dig into the mysterious Linear B symbols, found on ancient tablets on the island of Crete, which took scholars nearly 50 years to decode.
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In the ear…
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The lexicon of electricity - James Sheils
We all know the words around electricity, "charge," "positive," "battery", and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let th…
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Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle? - Dan Finkel
A shooting star crashes onto Earth and unleashes a hideous, rampaging blob. Can you stop it from destroying the planet?
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A shooting star crashes onto…
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Can you solve the fantasy election riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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After much debate, the realm has decided dragon jousting may not be the best way to cho…
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How to hasten chemical reactions (and get a date) - Aaron Sams
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The complex systems of high school dating and chemical r…
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de Botton
What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" -- call it Atheism 2.0 -- that inco…
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4 different ways you can power a car
Dig into which fuel— gasoline, electric, biofuels, or electrofuels— is both affordable for consumers and sustainable for the planet.
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Historically, m…
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