TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing podcast

TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).

TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).

 

#44

Why is cotton in everything? | Michael R. Stiff

Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that could protect warriors fro... more

24 Jan 2020

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24 Jan 2020


#43

What was so special about Viking ships? | Jan Bill

As the Roman Empire flourished, Scandinavians had small settlements and no central governm... more

21 Jan 2020

04 MINS

04:30

21 Jan 2020


#42

Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: The life of a fire ant queen | Walter R. Tschinkel

In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for ... more

16 Jan 2020

04 MINS

04:59

16 Jan 2020


#41

The Artists | Think Like A Coder, Ep 5 | Alex Rosenthal

This is episode 5 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative f... more

13 Jan 2020

06 MINS

06:25

13 Jan 2020


#40

Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? | Alex Gendler

After years of war, the world's kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, team... more

10 Jan 2020

04 MINS

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10 Jan 2020


#39

The mysterious life and death of Rasputin | Eden Girma

On a night in 1916, Russian aristocrats set a plot of assassination into motion. If all we... more

08 Jan 2020

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04:52

08 Jan 2020


#38

Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? | Julian Burschka

How is it that a breathalyzer can measure the alcohol content in someone's blood, hours af... more

06 Jan 2020

04 MINS

04:17

06 Jan 2020


#37

A brief history of alcohol | Rod Phillips

Nobody knows exactly when humans began to create fermented beverages. The earliest known e... more

02 Jan 2020

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04:56

02 Jan 2020


#36

Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding? | Jill Dash

After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was los... more

12 Dec 2019

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12 Dec 2019


#35

Hacking bacteria to fight cancer | Tal Danino

In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an... more

11 Dec 2019

04 MINS

04:51

11 Dec 2019


#34

The Train Heist | Think Like A Coder, Ep 4 | Alex Rosenthal

This is episode 4 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative f... more

09 Dec 2019

05 MINS

05:43

09 Dec 2019


#33

How does chemotherapy work? | Hyunsoo Joshua No

During World War I, scientists were trying to develop an antidote to the poisonous yellow ... more

05 Dec 2019

05 MINS

05:05

05 Dec 2019


#32

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

In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisa's famous Leaning ... more

03 Dec 2019

04 MINS

04:49

03 Dec 2019


#31

How corn conquered the world | Chris A. Kniesly

Corn currently accounts for more than one tenth of our global crop production. And over 99... more

02 Dec 2019

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05:00

02 Dec 2019


#30

Is marijuana bad for your brain? | Anees Bahji

In 1970, marijuana was classified as a schedule 1 drug in the United States: the strictest... more

02 Dec 2019

06 MINS

06:21

02 Dec 2019


#29

Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? | Alex Gendler

Meet Lucy. She was a math major in college, and aced all her courses in probability and st... more

25 Nov 2019

03 MINS

03:21

25 Nov 2019


#28

History's "worst" nun | Theresa A. Yugar

Juana Ramírez de Asbaje sat before a panel of prestigious theologians, jurists, and mathem... more

21 Nov 2019

04 MINS

04:32

21 Nov 2019


#27

How does laser eye surgery work? | Dan Reinstein

In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He ... more

19 Nov 2019

05 MINS

05:16

19 Nov 2019


#26

The Furnace Bots | Think Like A Coder, Ep 3 | Alex Rosenthal

This is episode 3 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative f... more

18 Nov 2019

05 MINS

05:55

18 Nov 2019


#25

The myth of Loki and the master builder | Alex Gendler

Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odin's great h... more

14 Nov 2019

04 MINS

04:25

14 Nov 2019


#24

Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior? | Lucas Husted

Given a range of integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to 2/3 of the... more

05 Nov 2019

04 MINS

04:40

05 Nov 2019


#23

How close are we to uploading our minds? | Michael S.A. Graziano

Imagine a future where nobody dies— instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. Th... more

29 Oct 2019

04 MINS

04:46

29 Oct 2019


#22

The Resistance | Think Like A Coder, Ep 2 | Alex Rosenthal

This is episode 2 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative f... more

14 Oct 2019

05 MINS

05:54

14 Oct 2019


#21

The Prison Break | Think Like A Coder, Ep 1 | Alex Rosenthal

This is episode 1 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative f... more

30 Sep 2019

06 MINS

06:34

30 Sep 2019