TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Can you solve the honeybee ...

08.09.2020

You're a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. You've already constructed wire frames of the appropriate size and shape. Now you ...

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08.09.2020 Can you solve the honeybee riddle? \| Dan Finkel You're a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. You've already constructed wire frames of the appropriate size and shape. Now you ...
08.09.2020 Can you solve the honeybee riddle? \| Dan Finkel You're a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. You've already constructed wire frames of the appropriate size and shape. Now you ...
08.09.2020 Ethical dilemma: The burger murders \| George Siedel and Christine Ladwig You founded a company that manufactures meatless burgers that are sold in stores worldwide. But you've recently received awful news: three people in one city died after eating your burgers. A criminal has injected poison into your product! The deaths ...
08.09.2020 No one can figure out how eels have sex \| Lucy Cooke From Ancient Greece to the 20th century, Aristotle, Freud, and numerous other scholars were all looking for the same thing: eel testicles. Freshwater eels could be found in rivers across Europe, but no one had ever seen them mate and ...
07.23.2020 How do our brains process speech? \| Gareth Gaskell The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With every word, the brain has a quick decision to make: which of those thousands of options matches ...
07.23.2020 How do our brains process speech? \| Gareth Gaskell The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With every word, the brain has a quick decision to make: which of those thousands of options matches ...
07.21.2020 The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece \| Iseult Gillespie In Colchis, the hide of a mystical flying ram hangs from the tallest oak, guarded by a dragon who never sleeps. The only way Jason can pry it from King Aeetes' clutches and win back his promised throne is by ...
07.21.2020 The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece \| Iseult Gillespie In Colchis, the hide of a mystical flying ram hangs from the tallest oak, guarded by a dragon who never sleeps. The only way Jason can pry it from King Aeetes' clutches and win back his promised throne is by ...
07.21.2020 The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece \| Iseult Gillespie In Colchis, the hide of a mystical flying ram hangs from the tallest oak, guarded by a dragon who never sleeps. The only way Jason can pry it from King Aeetes' clutches and win back his promised throne is by ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.21.2020 The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors \| Philip Freeman One summer evening in 335 BCE, Alexander the Great was resting by the Danube River when a band of strangers approached his camp. Alexander had never seen anything like these tall, fierce-looking warriors with huge golden neck rings and colorful ...
07.16.2020 The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris \| Alex Gendler Long jealous of his older brother Osiris, the god who ruled all of Egypt, the warrior god Set plotted to overthrow him. Hosting an extravagant party as a ruse, Set announced a game— whoever could fit perfectly in a wooden ...
07.16.2020 The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris \| Alex Gendler Long jealous of his older brother Osiris, the god who ruled all of Egypt, the warrior god Set plotted to overthrow him. Hosting an extravagant party as a ruse, Set announced a game— whoever could fit perfectly in a wooden ...
07.14.2020 The race to decode a mysterious language \| Susan Lupack In the early 1900s, archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans uncovered nearly 3,000 tablets inscribed with strange symbols. He thought the script, dubbed Linear B, represented the Minoan language, while others came up with their own theories. Was it the lost language ...
07.13.2020 What makes volcanoes erupt? \| Steven Anderson In February of 1942, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido thought he heard thunder coming from his cornfield. However, the sound wasn't coming from the sky. The source was a large, smoking crack emitting gas and ejecting rocks, and would come to ...
07.13.2020 What makes volcanoes erupt? \| Steven Anderson In February of 1942, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido thought he heard thunder coming from his cornfield. However, the sound wasn't coming from the sky. The source was a large, smoking crack emitting gas and ejecting rocks, and would come to ...
07.13.2020 What makes volcanoes erupt? \| Steven Anderson In February of 1942, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido thought he heard thunder coming from his cornfield. However, the sound wasn't coming from the sky. The source was a large, smoking crack emitting gas and ejecting rocks, and would come to ...
07.09.2020 What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol \| Rod Phillips On January 17, 1920, less than one hour after spirits had become illegal throughout the United States, armed men robbed a Chicago freight train and made off with thousands of dollars worth of whiskey. It was a first taste of ...
07.09.2020 What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol \| Rod Phillips On January 17, 1920, less than one hour after spirits had become illegal throughout the United States, armed men robbed a Chicago freight train and made off with thousands of dollars worth of whiskey. It was a first taste of ...
07.09.2020 What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol \| Rod Phillips On January 17, 1920, less than one hour after spirits had become illegal throughout the United States, armed men robbed a Chicago freight train and made off with thousands of dollars worth of whiskey. It was a first taste of ...
07.07.2020 The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil \| Iseult Gillespie In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he would marry a princess. But soon, these rumors reached the wicked king. Enraged, the king stole the child away, and ...
07.06.2020 The greatest mathematician that never lived \| Pratik Aghor When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathematicians of his time. He'd published articles in international journals and his textbooks were required reading. Yet his application was ...
07.06.2020 The greatest mathematician that never lived \| Pratik Aghor When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathematicians of his time. He'd published articles in international journals and his textbooks were required reading. Yet his application was ...
05.28.2020 What is phantom traffic and why is it ruining your life? \| Benjamin Seibold You're cruising down the highway when all of a sudden endless rows of brake lights appear ahead. There's no accident, no stoplight, no change in speed limit, or narrowing of the road. So why is there so much traffic? It's ...
05.26.2020 Why should you read "Moby Dick"? \| Sascha Morrell A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale's head in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Though ...
05.26.2020 Why should you read "Moby Dick"? \| Sascha Morrell A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale's head in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Though ...
05.26.2020 Why should you read "Moby Dick"? \| Sascha Morrell A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale's head in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Though ...
05.26.2020 Why should you read "Moby Dick"? \| Sascha Morrell A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale's head in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Though ...
05.26.2020 Why should you read "Moby Dick"? \| Sascha Morrell A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale's head in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Though ...
05.21.2020 How do ventilators work? \| Alex Gendler In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a suffocating animal could be kept alive by inserting a tube into its trachea and blowing air to inflate its lungs. Today, Vesalius's treatise is recognized as the first description of ...
05.19.2020 Can you solve the world's most evil wizard riddle? \| Dan Finkel The evil wizard MoldeVort has been trying to kill you for years, and today it looks like he's going to succeed. But your friends are on their way, and if you can survive until they arrive, they should be able ...
05.18.2020 How do you know if you have a virus? \| Cella Wright A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who's been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other ...
05.14.2020 What is a coronavirus? \| Elizabeth Cox For almost a decade, scientists chased the source of a deadly new virus through China's tallest mountains and most isolated caverns. They finally found it in the bats of Shitou Cave. The virus in question was a coronavirus that caused ...
05.12.2020 A day in the life of an Aztec midwife \| Kay Read The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the female warrior goddess at the center of the Aztec seasonal festival, who must be kept happy or she will bring bad luck. ...
05.12.2020 A day in the life of an Aztec midwife \| Kay Read The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the female warrior goddess at the center of the Aztec seasonal festival, who must be kept happy or she will bring bad luck. ...
05.08.2020 What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? \| Mike Davis In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. What makes opioids so ...
05.08.2020 What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? \| Mike Davis In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. What makes opioids so ...
05.05.2020 Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? \| Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson Your hands, up close, are anything but smooth. With peaks and valleys, folds and rifts, there are plenty of hiding places for a virus to stick. If you then touch your face, the virus can infect you. But there are ...
05.05.2020 Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? \| Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson Your hands, up close, are anything but smooth. With peaks and valleys, folds and rifts, there are plenty of hiding places for a virus to stick. If you then touch your face, the virus can infect you. But there are ...
05.04.2020 What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials \| Brian A. Pavlac You've been accused of a crime you did not commit. It's impossible to prove your innocence. If you insist that you're innocent anyway, you'll likely be found guilty and executed. But if you confess, apologize, and implicate others, you'll go ...
05.04.2020 What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials \| Brian A. Pavlac You've been accused of a crime you did not commit. It's impossible to prove your innocence. If you insist that you're innocent anyway, you'll likely be found guilty and executed. But if you confess, apologize, and implicate others, you'll go ...
04.24.2020 What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? \| Stefan Al By 2050, it's estimated that over 65% of the world will be living in cities. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our urban spaces, but trees have always been an essential part of successful cities. Humanity has ...
04.24.2020 What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? \| Stefan Al By 2050, it's estimated that over 65% of the world will be living in cities. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our urban spaces, but trees have always been an essential part of successful cities. Humanity has ...
04.23.2020 The wildly complex anatomy of a sneaker \| Angel Chang Australians call them "runners." The British know them as "trainers." Americans refer to them as "sneakers." Whatever you call them, these casual shoes are worn by billions of people around the world. Today, roughly 23 billion shoes are produced each ...
04.23.2020 The wildly complex anatomy of a sneaker \| Angel Chang Australians call them "runners." The British know them as "trainers." Americans refer to them as "sneakers." Whatever you call them, these casual shoes are worn by billions of people around the world. Today, roughly 23 billion shoes are produced each ...
04.20.2020 What's the point(e) of ballet? \| Ming Luke A baby cursed at birth. A fierce battle of good and evil. A true love awoken with a kiss. Since premiering in 1890, "The Sleeping Beauty" has become one of the most frequently staged ballets in history. So what makes ...

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