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Why do people join cults? - Janja Lalich
- Published_at:2017-06-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Janja Lalich Globizco cults Jim Jones Jonestown kool aid drink the kool aid religion business politics therapy ideology Heaven's Gate cultists ritual isolation indoctrination coersion
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-people-join-cults-janja-lalich Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. Broadly speaking, a cult is a group or movement with a shared commitment to a usually extreme ideology that’s...
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The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose
- Published_at:2017-06-08
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Shohini Ghose Anna Nowakowska Marie Curie Maria Skłodowska Pierre Curie Henri Becquerel physics chemistry radium pitchblende radioactive Nobel Prize Nobel Laureate Sorbonne Paris Poland X-ray
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-genius-of-marie-curie-shohini-ghose Marie Skłodowska Curie’s revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine,...
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How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck
- Published_at:2017-06-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED Joseph B. Friedman straw paper straw bendy straw milkshake soda parlor screw dental floss utensil TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Jessica Oreck moments of vision invention
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-bendy-straw-was-invented-moments-of-vision-12-jessica-oreck Today, Americans use an estimated 500 million drinking straws every day. But where did the idea for this beloved utensil come from? In the...
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The world’s most mysterious book - Stephen Bax
- Published_at:2017-05-25
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Stephen Bax Voynich Voynich Manuscript gallows characters code cipher poem Wilfrid Voynich Italy Italian language Easter Island Roger Bacon John Dee grammar witches martians carbon dating Rudolf II Jacobus Sinapius
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-world-s-most-mysterious-book-stephen-bax Deep inside Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting...
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History’s deadliest colors - J. V. Maranto
- Published_at:2017-05-22
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed J. V. Maranto Juan M. Urbina colors lead lead white painter's colic lead poisoning arsenic Paris Green Sheele's Green wallpaper Napolean bedbugs arsenic poisoning toxicity orange white green uranium oxide Fiestaware...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-s-deadliest-colors-j-v-maranto When radium was first discovered, its luminous green color inspired people to add it into beauty products and jewelry. It wasn’t until much later that we realized that...
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The history of tea - Shunan Teng
- Published_at:2017-05-16
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Shunan Teng tea China Shen Nong East India Company trade matcha tea tree tea leaves Darjeeling Japan India Tang Dynasty Ming Dynasty Great Britain opium Qing Dynasty
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-tea-shunan-teng Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing...
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How does asthma work? - Christopher E. Gaw
- Published_at:2017-05-11
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Chris Gaw Zedem Media asthma breathing asthma attak respiratory system bronchioles smoke pollen lungs mucosa mucosal lining constriction wheezing chest tightness hyperinflation inhaler beta-agonist corticosteroids
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-asthma-work-christopher-e-gaw More than 300 million people around the world suffer from asthma, and around 250,000 people die from it each year. But why do people get asthma, and how can this...
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Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler
- Published_at:2017-05-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Alex Gendler ARTRAKE STUDIO Pirates pirate riddle riddle Nash Equilibrium game theory treasure common knowledge logic logical deduction
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-pirate-riddle-alex-gendler It’s a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys – Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold – a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must...
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Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan
- Published_at:2017-04-25
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TEd Ed Kenny Coogan Anton Bogaty sloths giant sloth ground sloth lion Thomas Jefferson Lewis and Clark metabolism metabolic rate herbivore evolution ice age species avocado algae camoflauge canopy
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sloths-so-slow-kenny-coogan Sloths spend most of their time eating, resting, or sleeping; in fact, they descend from their treetops canopies just once a week, for a bathroom break. How are these...
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Why do we itch? - Emma Bryce
- Published_at:2017-04-11
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Education TED Ed Emma Bryce Sashko Danylenko itch scratch delusory parasitosis phantom itch nervous system immflamation histamine allergic reaction bug bite immune system
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-itch-emma-bryce The average person experiences dozens of individual itches each day. We’ve all experienced the annoyance of an inconvenient itch — but have you ever pondered why we itch in the...
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Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby
- Published_at:2017-03-21
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Thomas Boothby Boniato Studio tardigrades environment survival tun water water bear anhydrobiosis space radiation matrix DNA dehydrated rehydrated heat cold
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/meet-the-tardigrade-the-toughest-animal-on-earth-thomas-boothby Without water, a human can only survive for about 100 hours. But there’s a creature so resilient that it can go without it for decades. This...
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The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli
- Published_at:2017-03-16
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TEDEducation chocolate history of chocolate cacao cacao bean cocoa bean Mesoamerica Kukulkan Quetzalcoatl Spain dark chocolate milk chocolate cacao press West Africa Cote D'Ivoire colonialism Lisa Labracio Deanna Pucciarelli hot...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-chocolate-deanna-pucciarelli If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink...
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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker
- Published_at:2017-03-14
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Ellen Schrecker Patrick Smith McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy communism Cold War communist republican democrat communist party Soviet Union United States spy repression politicians politics J. Edgar Hoover Richard Nixon subpoena
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-mccarthyism-and-how-did-it-happen-ellen-schrecker In the 1950s, as part of a campaign to expose suspected Communists, thousands of individuals were aggressively investigated and questioned before...
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Where do superstitions come from? - Stuart Vyse
- Published_at:2017-03-09
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Stuart Vyse superstition black cat unlucky numbers 13 17 luck knock on wood supernatural religion coincidence association death
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-superstitions-come-from-stuart-vyse Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or not you believe in them, you’re probably...
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How Braille was invented | Moments of Vision 9 - Jessica Oreck
- Published_at:2017-03-07
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED Ed TED-Ed TED Education Jessica Oreck braille Charles Barbier Napoleanic Wars military night blind night writing alphabet Louis Braille
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-braille-was-invented-moments-of-vision-9-jessica-oreck Today, Braille is the universally accepted system of writing for the blind, translated into almost every language in almost every country across...
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Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler
- Published_at:2017-02-21
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Alex Gendler Artrake Studio riddle problem solving critical thinking Raymond Smullyan George Boolos
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-three-gods-riddle-alex-gendler You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by...
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What is bipolar disorder? - Helen M. Farrell
- Published_at:2017-02-09
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Helen M Farrell Uncle Ginger bipolar mania depression mood dopamine mental health genetics psychology neuroscience treatment medicine bipolar disorder fMRI manic episode neuron neural pathway
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-bipolar-disorder-helen-m-farrell The word bipolar means ‘two extremes.’ For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities: elation...
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The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
- Published_at:2017-01-26
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Megan Campisi Pen-Pen Chen Marta Prokopová zodiac Chinese zodiac astrology calendar year sign great race jade emperor yin yang elements animal
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-behind-the-chinese-zodiac-megan-campisi-and-pen-pen-chen What’s your sign? In Western astrology, it’s a constellation determined by when your birthday falls in the calendar. But according to the...
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How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook
- Published_at:2017-01-17
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- tags: TED TED Education TED-Ed TED Ed Robyn J. Crook Anton Bogaty pain animals nociception invertebrates vertebrates animal testing nerves neurons octopus
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-animals-experience-pain-robyn-j-crook Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have...
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Would you sacrifice one person to save five? - Eleanor Nelsen
- Published_at:2017-01-12
- Category:Education
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- tags: TED TED Education TED-Ed TED Ed Eleanor Nelsen Eoin Duffy trolley problem philosophy ethics Utilitarianism decision making bridge switch automation self-driving car
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-you-sacrifice-one-person-to-save-five-eleanor-nelsen Imagine you’re watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks, straight towards five workers. You happen to be standing next to a switch that...
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What does this symbol actually mean? - Adrian Treharne
- Published_at:2017-01-05
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- tags: TED TED-ED TED Education TED Ed Adrian Treharne Kozmonot Animation Studio accessibility disability accessibility symbol invisible disability wheelchair WHO World Health Organization ISO UN United Nations
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-this-symbol-actually-mean-adrian-treharne Some of the world’s most recognizable symbols exist to sell products. Others, to steer traffic or advance political causes. But there’s one whose main...
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Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif
- Published_at:2016-12-22
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- tags: TED TED-Ed TED Ed TED Education Carlos Reif mistletoe kiss christmas keystone species Frigga myth druid Pliny legend parasite CUB Animation
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-kiss-under-mistletoe-carlos-reif The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the...
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Why do airlines sell too many tickets? - Nina Klietsch
- Published_at:2016-12-20
- Category:Education
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- tags: overbooking binomial distribution probability flight hotel ticket Nina Klietsch Anton Trofimov TED airline TED Education TED Ed TED-Ed
- description: View full lesson on ed.ted.com: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-airlines-sell-too-many-tickets-nina-klietsch Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it’s full?...
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Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr
- Published_at:2016-12-01
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- tags: Judd Schorr Artrake Studio Teded riddle airplane riddle teded bridge riddle teded passcode riddle logic puzzles mind matters riddles puzzles teded hat puzzle teded control room riddle critical thinking teded green eyed puzzle einstein riddle TED...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-airplane-riddle-judd-a-schorr Professor Fukanō, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge – piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There’s just one problem:...
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What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John
- Published_at:2016-11-28
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: Chand John Anton Trofimov sorting algorithms what is an algorithm quicksort logic puzzle teded logic how to sort big data teded big data data compilation organising large data organisation skills teded sorting algorithms bubble sort alphabetic TED...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-fastest-way-to-alphabetize-your-bookshelf-chand-john You work at the college library. You’re in the middle of a quiet afternoon when suddenly, a shipment of 1,280 books arrives. The books are in...
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How the sandwich was invented | Moments of Vision 5 - Jessica Oreck
- Published_at:2016-11-03
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- tags: Jessica Oreck teded stop motion moments of vision in a moment of vision teded sandwich John Montague Earl of Sandwich teded bra teded coffee teded bandaid teded rubber gloves ham cheese toasties where do sandwiches come from how the sandwich was...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-sandwich-was-invented-moments-of-vision-5-jessica-oreck Today, it is estimated that 50% of Americans eat at least one sandwich every day. And while it’s all but impossible to imagine a world without...
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Can you solve the river crossing riddle? - Lisa Winer
- Published_at:2016-11-01
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- tags: Lisa Winer Artrake Studio Teded riddle riddle river crossing riddle math in real life raft riddle teded frog riddle teded bridge riddle teded hat riddle problem solving critical thinking riddle video numbers and operations TED TED-Ed Teded TED Education
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-river-crossing-riddle-lisa-winer As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left...
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What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg
- Published_at:2016-10-17
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- tags: Mel Rosenberg Andrew Foerster why do we get cavities cavities fillings dentist teeth oral hygiene braces mouth microbes mouth bacteria sugar starch cave men lactic acid healthy teeth dentin how to take care of your teeth healthy mouth mutans...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes-cavities-mel-rosenberg When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled...
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Is it bad to hold your pee? - Heba Shaheed
- Published_at:2016-10-10
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- tags: Heba Shaheed Artrak Studio Bladder what does the bladder do kidneys pelvic floor urethra urine body waste ureters how full can the ladder get destrusor muscle how long can you hold your pee what happens when you need to pee incontinence stretch...
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-it-bad-to-hold-your-pee-heba-shaheed Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life force us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and...
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Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle? - Yossi Elran
- Published_at:2016-10-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:TED-Ed
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- tags: Yossi Elran Artrake Studio Can you solve the math in real life TED-Ed riddle teded riddle problem solving probability prisoner box riddle box riddle critical thinking factorisation logical thinking TED TED-Ed Teded Ted Education
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-prisoner-boxes-riddle-yossi-elran Your favorite band is great at playing music...but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it’s driving their...
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