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The science of stage fright (and how to overcome it) - Mikael Cho
- Published_at:2013-10-08
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-stage-fright-and-how-to-overcome-it-mikael-cho Heart racing, palms sweating, labored breathing? No, you're not having a heart attack -- it's stage fright! If speaking in public makes you feel...
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How art can help you analyze - Amy E. Herman
- Published_at:2013-10-04
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-art-can-help-you-analyze-amy-e-herman Can art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art...
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The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of - Addison Anderson
- Published_at:2013-10-01
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-groundbreaking-scientist-you-ve-never-heard-of-addison-anderson Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic...
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400 years of dance...Kabuki dance - Amanda Mattes
- Published_at:2013-09-30
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/kabuki-the-people-s-dramatic-art-amanda-mattes The Japanese dance and theater art of kabuki, derived from the word kabuku, meaning "out of the ordinary," can be traced back to the streets of...
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Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages? - John McWhorter
- Published_at:2013-09-26
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-elvish-klingon-dothraki-and-na-vi-real-languages-john-mcwhorter What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed...
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The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales - Aatish Bhatia
- Published_at:2013-09-23
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/human-sperm-vs-the-sperm-whale-aatish-bhatia Traveling is extremely arduous for microscopic sperm -- think of a human trying to swim in a pool made of...other humans. We can compare the journey of a sperm...
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Light waves, visible and invisible - Lucianne Walkowicz
- Published_at:2013-09-19
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/light-waves-visible-and-invisible-lucianne-walkowicz Each kind of light has a unique wavelength, but human eyes can only perceive a tiny slice of the full spectrum -- the very narrow range from red to...
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Bird migration, a perilous journey - Alyssa Klavans
- Published_at:2013-09-17
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/bird-migration-a-perilous-journey-alyssa-klavans Nearly 200 species of songbirds migrate south for winter, some traveling up to 7,000 miles. No easy task, the annual journey is dangerous to birds due to...
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What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu? - Michael Molina
- Published_at:2013-08-28
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-deja-vu-what-is-deja-vu-michael-molina You might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality, the experience is brand new. There are over 40 theories that...
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Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! - Ernesto Sirolli
- Published_at:2013-06-19
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- description: When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying...
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How do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse? - David Hunter
- Published_at:2013-06-03
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-you-decide-where-to-go-in-a-zombie-apocalypse-david-hunter Can geography save your life in case of, say, a zombie apocalypse? Understanding the push and pull factors that create geographic movement...
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How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer
- Published_at:2013-05-02
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-feathers-evolve-carl-zimmer To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on...
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How much does a video weigh? - Michael Stevens of Vsauce
- Published_at:2013-04-24
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-much-does-a-video-weigh-michael-stevens What color is a mirror? How much does a video weigh? Michael Stevens, creator of the popular educational YouTube channel Vsauce, spends his day asking quirky...
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The beginning of the universe, for beginners - Tom Whyntie
- Published_at:2013-04-09
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-beginning-of-the-universe-for-beginners-tom-whyntie How did the universe begin -- and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these...
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Diagnosing a zombie - Tim Verstynen & Bradley Voytek
- Published_at:2012-10-22
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- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/diagnosing-a-zombie-tim-verstynen-brad-voytek Zombies eat brains. They are also, like all of us, driven by brain functions. What is happening in their brains to make them act as they do? In this intriguing...
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How Big Is Infinity?
- Published_at:2012-08-06
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- tags: irrational, rational, ratios, fractions, infinity, numbers, whole numbers, decimals, Kantor, sets of numbers, unanswered questions, mathematics, math, TED-Ed, TEDEducation, TED Education, Augenblick Studios, Georg Cantor
- description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-big-is-infinity Using the fundamentals of set theory, explore the mind-bending concept of the "infinity of infinities" -- and how it led mathematicians to conclude that math itself contains unanswerable...
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