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5:07

Dennis Shasha

Can you solve the Trojan War riddle?

Posted May 2021

4:11

Jen Gunter

Why you shouldn't worry about pooping once a day

Posted May 2021

5:56

Brittany Young

How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore

Posted May 2021

4:25

Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel

Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?

Posted May 2021

4:53

Khalil Ramadi

Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease

Posted May 2021

4:59

Alex Gendler

The woman who stared at the sun

Posted May 2021

5:12

Gary Devore

Run, sail or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii

Posted May 2021

4:21

Jen Gunter

Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day

Posted May 2021

5:02

Masako Tamaki

Can you be awake and asleep at the same time?

Posted May 2021

4:32

Marianne Schwarz

What causes migraines?

Posted May 2021

2:10

TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

Posted May 2021

5:07

Orisanmi Burton

What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion

Posted May 2021

5:06

Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll

What's in the air you breathe?

Posted May 2021

4:57

Alex Gendler

How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper

Posted May 2021

4:19

Cory Combs

The future of flying is electrifying

Posted May 2021

5:11

Ilan Stavans

Who decides what's in the dictionary?

Posted May 2021

4:41

Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney

Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea

Posted May 2021

5:15

Rumaitha Al Busaidi

Women and girls, you are part of the climate solution

Posted May 2021

4:43

Sara C. Mednick

How long should your naps be?

Posted Apr 2021

5:15

Alex Gendler

Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal

Posted Apr 2021

5:08

Dennis E. Shasha

Can you solve Dongle's Difficult Dilemma?

Posted Apr 2021

4:44

Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor

How do wind turbines work?

Posted Apr 2021

5:46

Alex Gendler

How the world's tallest skyscraper was built

Posted Apr 2021

4:57

Justin Schmidt

The world's most painful insect sting

Posted Apr 2021

4:39

Alex Gendler

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?

Posted Apr 2021

5:20

Joseph Goffman

Whatever happened to acid rain?

Posted Apr 2021

5:08

Erick Wilberding

This tool will help improve your critical thinking

Posted Apr 2021

4:45

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

Posted Apr 2021

4:49

TED-Ed

Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death — and how to rescue them

Posted Apr 2021

5:27

Elizabeth Cox

Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy?

Posted Apr 2021

4:55

Jacques S. Abramowicz

How does ultrasound work?

Posted Apr 2021

4:39

Kayla Wolf

Why every world map is wrong

Posted Mar 2021

4:46

Brian A. Pavlac

A brief history of the devil

Posted Mar 2021

4:42

TEDx SHORTS

What science taught me about being a Muslim drag quee‪n‬

Posted Mar 2021

5:27

Dennis E. Shasha

Can you solve the fantasy election riddle?

Posted Mar 2021

5:24

Kayla Wolf

Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition

Posted Mar 2021