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How pandemics travel
How pandemics travel

Dig into the history of pandemics to learn how viruses and disease spreads and what we can do to stop future outbreaks.

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In our increasingly globaliz…

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grammar rules you can break today - Arika Okrent
grammar rules you can break today - Arika Okrent

Take a look at 3 English language grammar rules to find out where they come from and if you actually need to follow them.

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Grammatical rules have cau…

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A choreographer's compositional process in real time - Wayne McGregor
A choreographer's compositional process in real time - Wayne McGregor

We all use our body on a daily basis, and yet few of us think about our physicality the way Wayne McGregor does. He demonstrates how a choreographer …

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Why Can't We Observe Evidence of Alien Life?
Why Can't We Observe Evidence of Alien Life?

Stand by for an animated exploration of the famous Fermi Paradox. Given the vast number of planets in the universe, many much older than Earth, why h…

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The intriguing reason you cherished peek-a-boo
The intriguing reason you cherished peek-a-boo

Dig into how the simple game of peek-a-boo contributes to babies developing their cognitive, motor, and social skills.

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In Italy, it’s called il gioc…

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Mysteries No One Knows the Answers to
Mysteries No One Knows the Answers to

In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions tha…

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How did detectives unravel the case of the bloody motel? - Theodore E. Yeshion
How did detectives unravel the case of the bloody motel? - Theodore E. Yeshion

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Scanning the crime scene, Officer Stone sees a disorderly room, visible red-brown stains and a partial sho…

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Can you outthink the college admissions fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
Can you outthink the college admissions fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

Explore the circular reasoning fallacy, which occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the start without having proven itself.

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It’s 1990. A …

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How containerization reshaped the modern world
How containerization reshaped the modern world

Get to know the story of how truck driver Malcom McLean invented the shipping container, and how it transformed the global economy.

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Sometimes a sing…

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Can we arrest the flow of lava? - Arianna Soldati
Can we arrest the flow of lava? - Arianna Soldati

Explore 3 strategies to control the flow of lava, and how scientists are using them to protect communities from future eruptions.

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In December 2023, …

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