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Has Saturn Had More than One Ring System
Saturn’s rings might only be around a hundred million years old, billions of years younger than some astronomers have suspected, and they might not be the only rings the planet has ever had.
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Why We Don't Like to Wait
It can be frustrating to get stuck in line somewhere with no end to your wait in sight, but what about waiting is it that gets under our skin?
TED Talks
TED: You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it) | Christoph Niemann
Without realizing it, we're fluent in the language of pictures, says illustrator Christoph Niemann. In a charming talk packed with witty, whimsical drawings, Niemann takes us on a hilarious visual tour that shows how artists tap into our...
TED Talks
TED: How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan
The internet can be an ugly place, but you won't find bullies or trolls on Stuart Duncan's Minecraft server, AutCraft. Designed for children with autism and their families, AutCraft creates a safe online environment for play and...
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How To Fly More Fuel-Efficiently
Airplanes use a lot of fuel, which means a lot of CO2 emissions. So, to help reduce the impact of aviation, engineers are looking to animals (like sharks) for some ways they can make airliners more efficient.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle? | Henri Picciotto
As Numberland's best detective, you thought you'd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown to sunrise, and it's still not enough to...
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3 Ways to Explore the “Ignorosphere"
One of the hardest places to explore in space is actually pretty close, some call it the ignorosphere.
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Turns Out, Spiders Use Electricity to Fly
Apparently some species of spiders can fly… and it turns out they don’t even need the wind to do it.
TED-Ed
3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration | Lucy Cooke
In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved to be an...
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The Impossibly Huge Quasar Group
In 2013, astronomers reported that they'd found what was, at the time, the biggest thing in the known universe.
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Silicon-Based Life: Could Living Rocks Exist?
It's possible life could form based on elements other than carbon, but they would look much different than the life we are used to.
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Could We Give Mars a Magnetic Field?
One way to help us live on Mars would be to terraform the planet. Some scientists think we might be able to do that by giving it a new magnetic field!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Sigmund Freud - Todd Dufresne
Working in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, he began his career as a neurologist before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis, and his influence towers above that of all other psychologists in the public eye. But was Sigmund...
TED Talks
TED: How great leaders innovate responsibly | Ken Chenault
In times of uncertainty, leaders have a responsibility to inspire hope. Sharing hard-won wisdom, business leader Ken Chenault talks about what it takes to enact positive, enduring change -- and why it's more important than ever to invest...
TED Talks
Edward Burtynsky: My wish: Manufactured landscapes and green education
Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.
TED Talks
The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit | Christine Carter
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...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: A brief history of banned numbers - Alessandra King
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and authorities have often agreed. From outlawed religious tracts and revolutionary manifestos to censored and burned books, we know the potential power of words to overturn the social order....
TED Talks
Anirudh Sharma: Ink made of air pollution
What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2.5 pollution. See how he hacked together a clever way...
TED Talks
TED: How to raise a black son in America | Clint Smith
As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a...
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Why Do These Trees Refuse to Touch?
There are a few forests out there where the trees seem to be especially... polite. Can scientists explain why these species give each other space?
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What Makes a Species a Species
Sorting organisms into categories seems pretty simple at first, but look a little closer and things get weird.
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The (Arguably) Most Important Instrument in Physics
Thermometers might seem like a basic instrument, but science would not be the same without them, and they helped us understand one of the most important ideas in all of science: the conservation of energy.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1843, and a debate is raging about one of the most common killers of women: childbed fever— no one knows what causes it. One physician has observed patients with inflammation go on to develop childbed fever, and therefore believes...
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Can You Build Homes in Space With Blood?
If we hope to someday live on other worlds we need to figure out where we’re gonna lay our heads at “night.” But who would have thought we could use our own bodies as ingredients for our homes?!