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How enormous sea creatures consume tiny sea creatures - Kelly Benoit-Bird
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It's a paradox of ocean life: The largest…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Can you swipe the most powerful wand in the wizarding world? - Dan Finkel
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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The fabled Mirzakhani wand is the most powerful magical item ever created. And that’s w…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
How a fly stays airborne - Michael Dickinson
An insect's ability to fly is perhaps one of the greatest feats of evolution. Michael Dickinson looks at how a fruit fly takes flight with such delic…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Ethical dilemma: Should we eradicate mosquitoes entirely? - Talya Hackett
Explore how the technology of gene drives could lead to the eradication of mosquitoes and what that could mean for our ecosystems.
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Mosquitoes are re…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Meet Melissa Perez
This is one of five student perspectives featured in the PBS special "TED Talks Education" (#TEDTalksed.) Learn more here: https://www.ted.com/promos…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
What is Juneteenth, and why is it meaningful? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio
Get to know the history of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
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At the end of the Civil War, …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Introducing Julia Delmedico
This is one of five student perspectives featured in the PBS special "TED Talks Education" (#TEDTalksed.) Learn more here: https://www.ted.com/promos…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
One of the most "threatening" men in American history - Keenan Norris
Get to know the story of David Walker, an abolitionist whose antislavery pamphlet made him an enemy of the US government.
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In 1830, David Walker sewe…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Curious answers to the psychopath test - Jon Ronson
Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gra…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
How do airplanes actually remain in flight? - Raymond Adkins
Explore the physics of flight, and discover how aerodynamic lift generates the force needed for planes to fly.
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By 1917, Albert Einstein had explaine…
1 month, 4 weeks ago