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11:45

Alex Rosenthal

The World Machine | Think Like A Coder, Ep 10

Posted Sep 2020

14:09

Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu

How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress

Posted Oct 2017

4:21

Gerd Gigerenzer

Why do people fear the wrong things?

Posted Feb 2020

3:21

Alex Gendler

Can you outsmart this logical fallacy?

Posted Nov 2019

4:45

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

Posted Apr 2021

4:07

Alex Gendler

Myths and misconceptions about evolution

Posted Jul 2013

5:02

Cindy J. Aaronson

What causes panic attacks, and how can you prevent them?

Posted Oct 2020

6:05

Susanne Buckley-Zistel

What caused the Rwandan Genocide?

Posted Jun 2023

18:27

Michelle Kuo

The healing power of reading

Posted Jun 2019

11:12

Eric Berridge

Why tech needs the humanities

Posted May 2018

7:47

Lindsay Amer

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

Posted Jun 2019

5:01

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire

Posted May 2023

19:08

Bernie Dunlap

The life-long learner

Posted Jan 2008

6:22

Shannon Odell

The science of falling in love

Posted Dec 2022

5:15

Alex Gendler

Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal

Posted Apr 2021

4:57

Alex Gendler

How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper

Posted May 2021

4:01

Zoe Pierrat

Earth's mysterious red glow, explained

Posted Sep 2021

5:04

Steve Rothstein

Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?

Posted Dec 2021

4:29

Alex Worsnip

Ethical dilemma: Who should you believe?

Posted Apr 2022

4:52

Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte

The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk

Posted Mar 2021

6:24

Alex Rosenthal

The Chasm | Think Like A Coder, Ep 6

Posted Jan 2020

6:00

Amber Stuver

Einstein's twin paradox explained

Posted Sep 2019

4:38

Jonathan Smith

How do governments create money out of thin air?

Posted Jul 2021

5:24

Noah Charney

Can you guess what's wrong with these paintings?

Posted Aug 2022

4:49

Alex Gendler

Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?

Posted Dec 2019

5:03

TED-Ed

What if you experienced every human life in history?

Posted Feb 2023

5:12

Shannon Odell

What's happening to Earth's core?

Posted Jul 2023

4:03

Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen

How to stay calm under pressure

Posted Sep 2018

4:39

Alex Gendler

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?

Posted Apr 2021

18:33

Stuart Firestein

The pursuit of ignorance

Posted Sep 2013

4:32

Hector Lanz

How do focus groups work?

Posted Sep 2018

4:41

Emma Bryce

Why do cats have vertical pupils?

Posted Jan 2022

4:34

Lindsay DeMarchi

What happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode?

Posted Aug 2023

11:34

Juan López-Aranguren

La importancia de la improvisación

Posted Jul 2018

5:27

Sydney Iaukea

The Hawaiian story of the king's betrayal

Posted Apr 2023

4:37

Stefan Al

Could we build a wooden skyscraper?

Posted Jul 2021