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Ted: Ted Ed: A Needle in Countless Haystacks: Finding Habitable Worlds
In this video, Ariel Anbar describes the characteristics scientists use to determine whether a planet might be habitable. [5:11] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Cern's Supercollider
In this video, Brian Cox provides a brief overview of particle physics and discusses the role of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. [14:57] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Calculating the Odds of Intelligent Alien Life
This video uses the Drake Equation to calculate the odds of intelligent alien life in the universe. [7:28] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Carl Honore Praises Slowness
In this video, Carl Honore argues that the speed of Western society has become too fast and advocates that people should embrace the idea of slowness. [19:18] Followed by a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Chip Conley: Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile
In this video, Chip Conley explores the idea of measuring intangibles such as happiness when evaluating the success of an individual, business, and nation. [17:40] Followed by a brief quiz and a list of additional resources ot explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Condoleezza Rice at Smu Commencement 2012
Video of the commencement speech given by Condoleezza Rice at Southern Methodist University in 2012. [25:47] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Dark Matter: How Does It Explain a Star's Speed?
Video describes how stars move in a spiral galaxy and how their speeds can be explained by accounting for dark matter. [3:17] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Describing the Invisible Properties of Gas
This video explores how scientists use principles such as gravity to describe and study the properties of gases. [3:27] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Diagnosing a Zombie: Brain and Behavior
Video explores diagnosing a zombie by relating its symptoms to various human brain and behavior disorders. [3:44] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Diagnosing a Zombie: Brain and Body
Video explores diagnosing a zombie by relating its symptoms to various human brain disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. [3:47] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Does Stress Cause Pimples?
Video discusses how stress can affect the body and why stress management is important. [3:55] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Does Your Vote Count? The Electoral College Explained
A brief video that describes the Electoral College and its role in presidential elections. [5:22] Followed by a quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Electric Vocabulary
Video talks about the history of vocabulary associated with electricity and electric phenomena. [6:56] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Ellen De Generes at Tulane University Commencement 2009
Video of the commencement speech given by Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane University in 2009. [17:55] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Evolution in a Big City
Video explains how mice, coyotes, and newts can show signs of evolution, even in a big city such as New York. [5:16] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Five Fingers of Evolution
Video discusses the concept of evolution and the five processes that can cause it to happen. [5:24] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Breathing Works
This video describes how the process of breathing in the human body works. [5:19] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Cancer Cells Behave Differently From Healthy Ones?
Video explains the difference between cancer cells and normal cells and how chemotherapy works. [3:51] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Work, Work?
In this video, Peter Bohacek explains the interplay between work and power and how it can be seen in the functioning of a clock. [4:31] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Nerves Work?
This video explores how nerves, neurons, and nerve receptors work in the human body and how they communicate by electrical impulses. [5:00] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Pain Relievers Work?
Video describes the physiology of pain and how pain relievers such as aspirin and ibuprofen work. [4:14] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Life Came to Land
This video explores arthropods, who first made the transition from water to land and who outnumber all terrestrial animals. [5:28] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Many Universes Are There?
Video describes how recently scientists have postulated the existence of more than one universe. [4:43] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Jacqueline Novogratz at Gettysburg College Commencement 2012
Video of the commencement speech given by Jacqueline Novogratz at Gettysburg College in 2012. [21:13] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.