TED Talks

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5:06

Sally Frampton

What did people do before anesthesia?

Posted Jun 2023

4:45

Carolyn Beans

Food expiration dates don't mean what you think

Posted Jun 2023

10:25

Punya Mishra

How to design a school for the future

Posted Jun 2023

4:44

Hanako Sawada

Test yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise?

Posted Jun 2023

4:22

Sascha Morrell

Why is William Faulkner so difficult to read?

Posted May 2023

5:02

Dan Finkel

Can you outsmart Fate and break her ancient curse?

Posted May 2023

6:05

George Zaidan

The epidemics that almost happened

Posted May 2023

4:59

TED-Ed

Is it normal to talk to yourself?

Posted May 2023

0:00

Cecilia M. Orphan

What makes a "good college" — and why it matters

Posted May 2023

5:32

David Biello

1816: The year with no summer

Posted May 2023

5:52

Joëlle Rollo-Koster

Why were there three popes at the same time?

Posted May 2023

8:51

Sheena Meade

How "second chance" laws could transform the US justice system

Posted May 2023

8:02

Afrika Afeni Mills

4 ways to have healthy conversations about race

Posted May 2023

5:01

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire

Posted May 2023

4:58

G. Richard Scott

Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't?

Posted May 2023

15:33

Sal Khan

How AI could save (not destroy) education

Posted May 2023

4:38

Audra A. Diptée

Why did the British Empire burn, sink, and hide these documents?

Posted Apr 2023

4:35

Nigel Rothfels

Can zoos actually save species from extinction?

Posted Apr 2023

5:20

Andrew Smith

Why do we eat popcorn at the movies?

Posted Apr 2023

4:53

Stephanie Honchell Smith

Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer?

Posted Apr 2023

7:52

Kenneth Chabert

Why your life needs novelty, no matter your age

Posted Apr 2023

5:14

Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind

What is a poop transplant, and how does it work?

Posted Apr 2023

5:27

Sydney Iaukea

The Hawaiian story of the king's betrayal

Posted Apr 2023

0:00

Tina Yong

The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications

Posted Apr 2023

5:43

Susan Freitas and Darren Parker

How does this all-female species reproduce?

Posted Apr 2023

5:03

TED-Ed

The most important century in human history

Posted Apr 2023

11:18

Megan Alubicki Flick

The power of multilingualism in education

Posted Mar 2023

4:44

Malachy McHugh

How stretching actually changes your muscles

Posted Mar 2023

4:22

Dan Finkel

This one weird trick will get you infinite gold

Posted Mar 2023

4:49

Charles Wallace

When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon

Posted Mar 2023

4:40

Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn

A day in the Islamic Golden Age

Posted Mar 2023

9:27

Jerome Hunter

3 skills every middle school boy needs

Posted Mar 2023

5:42

Antonio Cataldo

What would happen if you lost your sense of touch?

Posted Mar 2023

5:27

TED-Ed

What happens if an engineered virus escapes the lab?

Posted Mar 2023

5:36

William T. Taylor

How horses changed history

Posted Mar 2023

12:24

Kris Alexander

How video games can level up the way you learn

Posted Mar 2023