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Ted: Ted Ed: Healthier Men, One Moustache at a Time
Adam Garone has an impressive moustache, and it's for a good cause. A co-founder of Movember, Garone's initiative to raise awareness for men's health- by having men grow out their moustaches every November- began as a dare in a bar in...
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Ted: Ted Ed: A Light Switch for Neurons
Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Mystery of Chronic Pain
We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Are We Ready for Neo Evolution?
Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally- or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Printing a Human Kidney
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Hiv and Flu the Vaccine Strategy
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. [21:06]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Danger of Science Denial
Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress....
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Ted: Ted Ed: Fresh Water Scarcity: An Introduction to the Problem
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. [3:39]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Bacteria "Talk"
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry- and our understanding of ourselves....
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Ted: Ted Ed: Parasite Tales: The Jewel Wasp's Zombie Slave
This is stranger than science fiction. The jewel wasp and the cockroach have a disgusting and fascinating parasitic relationship. The jewel wasp stuns the cockroach, and months later, a jewel wasp hatches out of the cockroach. At...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Coming Neurological Epidemic
Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Losing Everything
Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Caffeine Works
How does caffeine turn a morning zombie into a functioning member of society? This lesson will get you thinking about the science behind an everyday drug. [4:15]
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Ted: Ted Ed: 23 and 1/2 Hours
What is the single best thing we can do for our health? Watch this to find out. [9:19]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus
Amy Adkins explains the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. [5:08]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Crash Course explores the poetry of Emily Dickinson. From the biographical details of her life, to why her poems have remained relevant; from punctuation to cake recipes, here's a closer look. [10:11]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How to Recognize a Dystopia
Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales- not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ideal shape. [5:56]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Plato's Best (And Worst) Ideas
Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato's best and worst ideas. [4:49]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Harry Potter and the Translator's Nightmare
How would you translate 'Hogwarts' or 'Diagon Alley' or even 'Harry Potter'? Vox explains some of the very specific pitfalls of trying to translate J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. [5:54]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Are You a Classical or Romantic Voter?
We're used to splitting voters into right and left camps, but might there be a more fruitful division between 'classical' and 'romantic' voters? Which one are you? [6:18]
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Ted: Ted Ed: One of the Most Difficult Words to Translate
As simple as it seems, it's often impossible to accurately translate the word "you" without knowing a lot more about the situation where it's being said. Krystian Aparta describes the specific reasons why it can be difficult, citing...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are Bad Words Bad?
If bad words are taboo, why do they make up such a significant part of our daily conversations? And where do they come from, anyway? Vsauce explains what makes bad words so - bad. [10:46]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Your Words May Predict Your Future Mental Health
Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how...
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Ted: Ted Ed: What Makes Something "Kafkaesque"?
The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences, especially with bureaucracy. But does standing in a long line to fill out confusing paperwork really capture the richness...