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Ted: Ted Ed: Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?
It's a question that has perplexed everyone from the ancient Greeks to modern scholars. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Take a crack at this curious conundrum. [3:31]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Poison vs. Venom: What's the Difference?
Rose Eveleth sheds light on the distinction between poison and venom- and why you shouldn't treat either one like you've seen in the movies. [3:56]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Eli the Eel: A Mysterious Migration
James Prosek tracks the life journey of Eli the Anguilla eel as she travels her mysterious "backward" migration from the sea to fresh water and back again. [4:39]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Pangaea Pop Up
Michael Molina discusses the catalysts and consequences of continental drift. [4:25]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Fast Are You Moving Right Now?
Tucker Hiatt unravels the concepts of absolute and relative speed. [6:10]
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Ted: Ted Ed: A 3 D Atlas of the Universe
Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists, and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Biodiesel: The Afterlife of Oil
Natascia Radice describes the process of turning used cooking oil into useful biodiesel. [4:15]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How to Fossilize Yourself
Phoebe A. Cohen details the steps your body must take to find future fame as a fossil. [5:30]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Sound the Universe Makes
We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin takes us on an accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe. [17:44]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop
Dyan deNapoli explains the reasons behind the decline in penguin populations and why penguins are like the proverbial canary in the coal mine of our oceans. [5:23]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Planning for the End of Oil
As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears' talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil....
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Ted: Ted Ed: My Glacier Cave Discoveries
Eddy Cartaya takes us inside the magical spaces where ice glows in bright blues and greens, and where artifacts rain from the ceiling in glacier caves. [8:02]
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Ted: Ted Ed: From Dna to Silly Putty, the Diverse World of Polymers
Polymers occur both naturally- our DNA is a polymer- and synthetically, like plastic, Silly Putty, and styrofoam. Jan Mattingly explains how polymers have changed our world. [4:59]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Loathsome, Lethal Mosquito
Rose Eveleth shares why scientists are not sure about the benefits of mosquitos. [2:40]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Haber Process
Though it has increased food supply worldwide, the Haber process has taken an unforeseen toll on the environment. Daniel D. Dulek delves into the chemistry and consequences of this. [5:19]
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Ted: Ted Ed: All of the Energy in the Universe Is
The energy in the universe never increases or decreases- but it does move around a lot. Energy can be potential or kinetic. George Zaidan and Charles Morton get excited about energy. [3:52]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Operating System of Life
Cells are almost like tiny factories run by robots, with the nucleus, DNA, proteins, lipids, and vitamins and minerals all playing critical roles. George Zaidan and Charles Morton lay out the blueprint of a cell and explain how...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Could a Saturn Moon Harbor Life?
Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life. [3:27]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Deadly Irony of Gunpowder
Eric Rosado details how gunpowder has caused devastation around the world, despite the incandescent beauty of fireworks. [3:24]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Acids and Bases
In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them, but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Most Groundbreaking Scientist You've Never Heard Of
Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Addison Anderson recounts Steno's little-known legacy and lauds his insistence on...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Disappearing Frogs
Kerry M. Kriger describes why frogs are on the verge of extinction and how you can help save them. [3:48]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Natural Pest Control Using Bugs!
Shimon Steinberg looks at the difference between pests and bugs, and makes the case for using good bugs to fight bad bugs, avoiding chemicals in our quest for perfect produce. [15:20]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Cicadas: The Dormant Army Beneath Your Feet
Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Rose Eveleth explains everything you need to know about these noisy insects, admitting that there's still some things we just don't understand. [2:45]