You know how resolutions often go: you set a goal and start strong ... then the motivation runs out and feelings of frustration and shame creep in. The struggle is real -- but what if it doesn't have to be? Sociologist Christine Carter...

Humans don't have interconnected teeth for slicing, or a secondary set of jaws to clamp down on prey already in our mouths, however, the rest of our animal kingdom is full of strange and awesome adaptations.

Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool --...

Some of the animals you think of as just cute grass-eating creatures might actually be more interested in chomping on your meaty bones.

Scientists were able to measure the emission lines of antimatter! And we may have some new clues about how dinosaurs lost their teeth on the way to becoming birds.

Have you ever noticed that toothpaste makes some yummy foods, like orange juice, taste awful? QQ explains!

We love carbonated drinks, but they also get a bad rap. What does bubbly water do to our body? Is it really bad for us?

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 with holes. So what causes cavities, and how can we avoid them? Mel...

For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious fossils could basically be used to tell time in...

That intense shooting cold pain in the teeth when you bite into a cold ice cream cone just hits differently than, say, making a snowball with your bare hands. But what makes cold teeth feel so much more painful than cold skin?

Would you like to spend all day thinking about dinosaurs? Well, some scientists do! Find out all about what it means to be a paleontologist!

The name of the order Carnivora means "meat-eaters," and while most of the members of Carnivora live up to that name, there is at least one cute and curious exception.

Over the years, scientists have found evidence for a lot of weird prehistoric animals, but some of the strangest have been the crocodyliformes!

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Your teeth carry secrets: centuries of history about your ancestors, from where they lived to what they ate and where they traveled. Bioarchaeologist Carolyn Freiwald traces the story of human migration across the Americas -- from Mayan...

We all need to do it! Learn why we all should brush our teeth, and how brushing keeps our teeth strong and healthy!

Got a bad habit you just can't seem to break? That's because it's literally wired into your brain. Every single thought, action, and feeling changes your brain. When repeated enough times, a habit is formed. This week we'll talk about...

Tribology: it's a funny-sounding word you might not have heard before, but it could change how you see and interact with the physical world, says mechanical engineer Jennifer Vail. Offering lessons from tribology -- the study of friction...

There’s one kind of tumor that’s basically straight out of a horror movie...

If our teeth are made mostly of calcium, why do we use fluoride to keep them healthy? Quick Questions explains why, and how we finally figured it out.

Fresh water is essential for life -- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. And no, shorter showers...

Humans often take inspiration from nature when coming up with inventions, and this includes breakthroughs in fabric design that help to forward the fabulous and functional world of fashion.

You may know it as a miracle powder or an ice cream flavor, but activated charcoal can do some pretty cool stuff.

Spit is critical for our health. Actually.

Birds are known for having beaks, however at what point between being a humongous therapod and tiny sparrow did they get them, and why?