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Ted: Ted Ed: What Happens When You Get Heat Stroke?
Heat stroke can be deadly if not treated immediately. Find out what exertional heat stroke is, how to identify it, and how to treat it. Includes a video, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, background information with links for...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Blood Types Matter?
Learn about the four main types of blood, and why some blood types mix and others don't. Includes a video, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, background information with links for further research, and a guided discussion...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How to Grow a Bone
How does bone grow and can it be produced outside of a human body? That is the focus of this module. Includes a video, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, background information with links for further research, and a guided...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How to Make a Mummy
Learn about the many steps involved in the process of mummification use by the Egyptians in their burial process. What is preserved after thousands of years? And what can scientists learn about life in ancient Egypt from studying...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Doug Levinson: What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?
The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip into the United States Federal Reserve,...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How X Rays See Through Your Skin
Learn how x-rays were discovered, and how x-ray machines and CT scanners are able to see inside the human body. Includes a video, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, background information with links for further research, and a...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Does Ice Float in Water?
Ever wonder why solid ice floats in liquid water? In this video lecture you will explore the special properties of water. Learn "the science behind how hydrogen bonds keep the ice in your glass (and the polar ice caps) afloat". At the...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Silk Road: Connecting the Ancient World Through Trade
With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Your Kidneys Work?
After drinking a few glasses of water on a hot day, you might be struck with a sudden urge. Behind that feeling are two bean-shaped organs that work as fine-tuned internal sensors. This video describes how the incredible kidneys balance...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Does O Ur Thyroid Work?
Nestled in the tissues of your neck is a small, unassuming organ that wields enormous power over our bodies: the thyroid. This video explains how the thyroid, like the operations manager in a company, is tasked with making sure that all...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Attraction
Romantic chemistry is all about warm, gooey feelings that gush from the deepest depths of the heart right? Not quite. Actually, the real boss behind attraction is your brain, which runs through a very quick, very complex series of...
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Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 40 million people worldwide. And though it was discovered over a century ago, scientists are still grappling for a cure. This lesson describes how Alzheimer's...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Everything You Need to Know to Read Homer's "Odyssey"
An encounter with a man-eating giant. A sorceress who turns men into pigs. A long-lost king taking back his throne. On their own, any of these make great stories. But each is just one episode in the "Odyssey," a 12,000-line poem spanning...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Beautiful Math of Coral
A science writer re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation. [15:32]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Secret Life of Plankton
Explore the life of plankton using this TED Ed lesson that is complete with video, questions, and links to resources for deeper understanding.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Navigating Our Global Future
As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Are Ghost Ships Real?
Peter B. Campbell investigates the fascinating phenomenon of ghost ships. [5:01]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Nasa & Trappist 1: A Treasure Trove of Planets Found
Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. In this video, NASA Scientists...
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Ted: Ted Ed: 7 Things We Don't Know About the Ocean
The ocean covers 70% of the planet, but humans still don't know very much about it. In this video, Hank Green from SciShow discusses seven mysterious ocean topics. [10:31]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Plants Use an Internet Made of Fungus
Gross Science explains the "Wood Wide Web," and it might make you look at forests in a whole new light. [4:08]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Where Are the Baby Dinosaurs?
In a spellbinding talk, paleontologist Jack Horner tells the story of how iconoclastic thinking revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs. [18:24]
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Ted: Ted Ed: 3 Planets That Shouldn't Exist
Scishow explores several exoplanets whose features suggest that they shouldn't even have been able to form in the first place! [5:06]
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Ted: Ted Ed: What's So Great About the Great Lakes?
The North American Great Lakes- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior- are so big that they border 8 states and contain 23 quadrillion liters of water. They span forest, grassland, and wetland habitats, supporting a region that's...