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Sugar: Hiding in plain sight - Robert Lustig
- Published_at:2014-03-31
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/sugar-hiding-in-plain-sight-robert-lustig While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect -- including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even...
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How many ways can you arrange a deck of cards? - Yannay Khaikin
- Published_at:2014-03-27
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-ways-can-you-arrange-a-deck-of-cards-yannay-khaikin One deck. Fifty-two cards. How many arrangements? Let's put it this way: Any time you pick up a well shuffled deck, you are almost certainly...
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Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore
- Published_at:2014-03-20
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dead-stuff-the-secret-ingredient-in-our-food-chain-john-c-moore When you picture the lowest levels of the food chain, you might imagine herbivores happily munching on lush, living green plants. But this...
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The case of the vanishing honeybees - Emma Bryce
- Published_at:2014-03-18
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of-the-vanishing-honeybees-emma-bryce In the past decade, the US honeybee population has been decreasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. While this is obviously bad news for honeypots...
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The science of spiciness - Rose Eveleth
- Published_at:2014-03-10
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-spiciness-rose-eveleth When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the...
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Is there a difference between art and craft? - Laura Morelli
- Published_at:2014-03-06
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-difference-between-art-and-craft-laura-morelli Was da Vinci an artistic genius? Sure, but he was also born in the right place at the right time -- pre-Renaissance, Western artists got little...
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Getting started as a DJ: Mixing, mashups and digital turntables - Cole Plante
- Published_at:2014-03-03
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/getting-started-as-a-dj-mixing-mashups-and-digital-turntables-cole-plante DJ and producer Cole Plante is only 17 years old, but he's already worked alongside industry superstars Skrillex, Avicii and Major...
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What we can learn from galaxies far, far away - Henry Lin
- Published_at:2014-02-27
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-we-can-learn-from-galaxies-far-far-away-henry-lin In a fun, excited talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's...
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Why do we cry? The three types of tears - Alex Gendler
- Published_at:2014-02-26
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-cry-the-three-types-of-tears-alex-gendler Whether we cry during a sad movie, while chopping onions, or completely involuntarily, our eyes are constantly producing tears. Alex Gendler tracks a...
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What is the universe made of? - Dennis Wildfogel
- Published_at:2014-02-25
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-universe-made-of-dennis-wildfogel The atoms around you have existed for billions of years -- and most originated in the flaming, gaseous core of a star. Dennis Wildfogel tells the captivating...
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An athlete uses physics to shatter world records - Asaf Bar-Yosef
- Published_at:2014-02-18
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/an-athlete-uses-physics-to-shatter-world-records-asaf-bar-yosef When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping in a different way -- backwards. Fosbury...
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How one piece of legislation divided a nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.
- Published_at:2014-02-11
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-legislation-that-birthed-the-republican-party-ben-labaree-jr You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled...
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Why is glass transparent? - Mark Miodownik
- Published_at:2014-02-04
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-glass-transparent-mark-miodownik If you look through your glasses, binoculars or a window, you see the world on the other side. How is it that something so solid can be so invisible? Mark Miodownik...
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How fast are you moving right now? - Tucker Hiatt
- Published_at:2014-01-27
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-fast-are-you-moving-right-now-tucker-hiatt "How fast are you moving?" seems like an easy question, but it's actually quite complicated -- and perhaps best answered by another question: "Relative to...
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The mystery of motion sickness - Rose Eveleth
- Published_at:2014-01-13
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mystery-of-motion-sickness-rose-eveleth Although one third of the population suffers from motion sickness, scientists aren't exactly sure what causes it. Like the common cold, it's a seemingly simple...
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How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner
- Published_at:2014-01-09
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-build-a-fictional-world-kate-messner Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear,...
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How sugar affects the brain - Nicole Avena
- Published_at:2014-01-07
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-sugar-affects-the-brain-nicole-avena When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies...
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Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce
- Published_at:2014-01-02
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-eat-bugs-emma-bryce What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout...
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How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth
- Published_at:2013-12-19
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-smell-rose-eveleth An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in...
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What makes us feel good about our work? - Dan Ariely
- Published_at:2013-12-06
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-us-feel-good-about-our-work-dan-ariely What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making...
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Mysteries of vernacular: Odd - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
- Published_at:2013-12-05
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-odd-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Whether we're talking all things unusual or mathematical, the origins of the word odd point to the Indo-European root uzdho, which means pointing...
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The loathsome, lethal mosquito - Rose Eveleth
- Published_at:2013-12-02
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-loathsome-lethal-mosquito-rose-eveleth Everyone hates mosquitos. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria kill over a million people each year (plus horses, dogs and...
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Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Visualizing complex ideas
- Published_at:2013-11-25
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-a-ted-ed-lesson-visualizing-complex-ideas View original lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploration-on-the-big-data-frontier-tim-smith How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A...
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Mysteries of vernacular: Lady - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
- Published_at:2013-11-21
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-lady-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel Why do we call women ladies? Well, etymologically-speaking, the word comes from the Old English words for hlaf (bread) and daege (maid), which,...
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The chemistry of cookies - Stephanie Warren
- Published_at:2013-11-19
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-chemistry-of-cookies-stephanie-warren You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic...
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The chemical reaction that feeds the world - Daniel D. Dulek
- Published_at:2013-11-18
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-chemical-reaction-that-feeds-the-world-daniel-d-dulek How do we grow crops quickly enough to feed the Earth's billions? It's called the Haber process, which turns the nitrogen in the air into ammonia,...
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Why is yawning contagious? - Claudia Aguirre
- Published_at:2013-11-07
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-yawning-contagious-claudia-aguirre *Yaaawwwwwn* Did just reading the word make you feel like yawning yourself? Known as contagious yawning, the reasons behind this phenomenon have been attributed to...
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Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina
- Published_at:2013-10-29
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/vampires-folklore-fantasy-and-fact-michael-molina The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying...
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Why does ice float in water? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
- Published_at:2013-10-22
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-does-ice-float-in-water-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in...
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The uncertain location of electrons - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
- Published_at:2013-10-14
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-uncertain-location-of-electrons-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton The tiny atoms that make up our world are made up of even tinier protons, neutrons and electrons. Though the number of protons...
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