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The history of the world according to rats - Max G. Levy

2025-01-16

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One of the most controversial medical procedures in history - Jenell Johnson

2025-01-14

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The dark history of arsenic - Neil Bradbury

2025-01-09

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A day in the life of a martial artist in medieval China - Peter Lorge

2025-01-07

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How some friendships last — and others don’t - Iseult Gillespie

2024-12-19

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What broke the Great Wall of China - Juwen Zhang

2024-12-12

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How to make your stress work for you - Shannon Odell

2024-12-10

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How are these fires burning underground? - Emma Bryce

2024-12-03

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Why don’t companies want you to repair your stuff? - Aaron Perzanowski

2024-11-26

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What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild

2024-11-21

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Can you solve the trickster god riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

2024-11-19

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The ethical dilemma of privacy - Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud

2024-11-14

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Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide - Ümit Kurt

2024-11-12

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How do kidney transplants work? - Alexander H. Toledo

2024-11-07

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The real reason polio is so dangerous

2024-11-05

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The curse of the monkey's paw - Iseult Gillespie

2024-10-31

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How does extreme heat affect your body? - Carolyn Beans

2024-10-29

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3 reasons why medications are so expensive in the US - Kiah Williams

2024-10-24

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The dungeon master's riddle - Alex Rosenthal

2024-10-22

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What are those colors you see when you rub your eyes? - Paul CJ Taylor

2024-10-17

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The real tale of the Monkey King in Heaven - Ji Hao

2024-10-15

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This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening - Michael Beug

2024-10-10

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Greek mythology’s greatest warrior - Iseult Gillespie

2024-10-08

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Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles Wallace

2024-10-03

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How far can you travel without leaving your home? - Fabio Pacucci and Lindsay DeMarchi

2024-10-01

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Why did it take so long to find giant squids? - Anna Rothschild

2024-09-26

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What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it? - Mark S. Micale

2024-09-24

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How did the Milky Way get its shape? - Scott Hershberger

2024-09-19

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What’s the best way to treat the common cold?

2024-09-17

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The deadliest thing in your kitchen - George Zaidan

2024-09-12

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How do animals regrow their limbs? And why can't humans do it? - Jessica Whited

2024-09-10

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What does appendix pain feel like? - David R. Flum

2024-09-05

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The surprising reason zebras have stripes - Cella Wright

2024-09-03

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Changing the future, one student voice at a time #shorts

2023-10-06

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Do you ever feel isolated amongst your peers? #shorts

2023-09-18

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What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? #shorts #juneteenth

2023-06-19

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Trust the process #shorts

2023-04-28

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Together, we can save the planet #shorts #earthday

2023-04-22

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What’s your best guess? #shorts

2023-04-14

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What’s your best guess? #shorts

2023-03-20

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What’s your best guess? #shorts

2023-02-10

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Sneak peek at the making of a TED-Ed animation #shorts

2023-01-20

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TED-Ed's top 10 animations of 2022! #shorts

2023-01-09

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What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

2020-12-15

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Introducing Earth School

2020-04-22

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Think Like a Coder | Teaser Trailer

2019-09-21

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Announcing TED-Ed Español

2015-04-15

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How poachers became caretakers - John Kasaona

2015-02-10

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How will TED-Ed celebrate its 1,000,000th subscriber?

2015-01-14

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Getting started as a DJ: Mixing, mashups and digital turntables - Cole Plante

2014-03-03

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The generation that's remaking China - Yang Lan

2013-08-09

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Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor - Taylor Wilson

2013-07-19

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A census of the ocean - Paul Snelgrove

2013-07-19

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How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's - Alanna Shaikh

2013-06-28

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How we'll stop polio for good - Bruce Aylward

2013-03-29

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CERN's supercollider - Brian Cox

2012-12-08

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High-tech art (with a sense of humor) - Aparna Rao

2012-12-02

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