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On positive psychology - Martin Seligman
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Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and a…
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Txtng is killing language. JK!!! - John McWhorter
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there's much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it …
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The history of the Boston Tea Party - Ben Labaree
Discover what led American colonists in 1773 to toss tea into the Boston Harbor in what became known as the Boston Tea Party.
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Before the Revolutiona…
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Creating a digital museum of museums with Amit Sood
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Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museum…
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The secret force of smiling - Ron Gutman
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Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals som…
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Can you navigate the magical maze riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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Today is the annual wizard tournament featuring competitors from three schools, and you…
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The corpse flower could disturb your nighttime rest - Daniel Nickrent
Explore how the Rafflesia plant uses parasitic strategies to grow the world’s largest flower, and find out why it smells so bad.
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Deep inside the Sum…
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Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie
Explore William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, “Hamlet,” a play about conspiracy, deception and the tragic consequences of indecision.
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“Who’s there?…
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Free falling in outer space - Matt J. Carlson
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If you were to orbit the Earth, you'd experience the feeling of…
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The real reason for brains - Daniel Wolpert
Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertainin…
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