TED-EdThe myth of Arachne – Iseult Gillespie
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TED-EdThe great conspiracy against Julius Caesar – Kathryn Tempest
View full lesson: On March 15th, 44 BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of about 60 of his...
TED-EdHow to practice effectively…for just about anything – Annie Bosler and Don Greene
View full lesson: Mastering any physical skill takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal...
TED-EdSchrödinger’s cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics – Chad Orzel
View full lesson: Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous ...
TED-EdThe immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks – Robin Bulleri
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TED-EdA brie(f) history of cheese – Paul Kindstedt
Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: Before empires and royalty, before pottery and writing, before metal...
TED-EdDoes time exist? – Andrew Zimmerman Jones
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TED-EdWhat would happen if you didn’t sleep? – Claudia Aguirre
View full lesson: In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are r...
TED-EdWhy is glass transparent? – Mark Miodownik
View full lesson: If you look through your glasses, binoculars or a window, you see the world on the other side. How...
TED-EdWhat makes something “Kafkaesque”? – Noah Tavlin
View full lesson: The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrat...
TED-EdThe myth of Prometheus – Iseult Gillespie
Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: Before the creation of humanity, the Greek gods won a great battle a...
TED-EdWhat makes tattoos permanent? – Claudia Aguirre
View full lesson: The earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That's some old ink! And c...
TED-EdThe tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice – Brendan Pelsue
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TED-EdThe history of the Cuban Missile Crisis – Matthew A. Jordan
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TED-EdThe benefits of a bilingual brain – Mia Nacamulli
Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain th...
TED-EdWhat makes muscles grow? – Jeffrey Siegel
View full lesson: We have over 600 muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. Y...
TED-EdThe philosophy of Stoicism – Massimo Pigliucci
View full lesson: What is the best life we can live? How can we cope with whatever the universe throws at us and kee...
TED-EdThe wars that inspired Game of Thrones – Alex Gendler
View full lesson: Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families,...