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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Invisibility
What if invisibility wasn't just the stuff of epic comic book stories? Is it scientifically possible to be invisible? In this series, creator Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be. [4:33]
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Flight
Is it scientifically possible to fly? In this series, creator Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be to us mere mortals. [5:11]
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Body Mass
What if manipulating body mass wasn't just the stuff of fantasies and comics? Is it scientifically possible to manipulate your body mass? In this series, creator and educator Joy Lin tackles superpowers and reveals just how...
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Immortality
In this series, educator Joy Lin tackles the superpower, immortality, and reveals just how scientifically realistic it is to be immortal. [4:30]
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Super Strength
Find out if it is scientifically possible to have super strength. In this series, creator Joy Lin tackles this and six other superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be. [4:05]
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Super Speed
Is it scientifically possible to have super speed? Find out in this TED Ed series about the science of superpowers. [4:51]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Myths and Misconceptions About Evolution
How does evolution really work? Alex Gendler sets the record straight on the finer points of evolution, including some common evolutionary misconceptions.
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Human and the Honeybee
Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the connection between us has survived the ages. Dino Martins encourages us to remember how much we owe to these magnificent insects. [6:25]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Brilliance of Bioluminescence
Some lucky animals are naturally endowed with bioluminescence, or the ability to create light. Leslie Kenna investigates this magical glow and our quest to replicate it. [4:09]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Feathers Evolve?
To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of...
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Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Fat?
George Zaidan examines triglycerides, the varied molecules that make up fat, and how to identify which types of fat you are consuming. [4:22]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Biofuels and Bioprospecting for Beginners
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels, but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. Craig A. Kohn demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Dark Matter: The Matter We Can't See
The Greeks had a simple and elegant formula for the universe: just earth, fire, wind, and water, but this visible matter comprises only 4% of the universe. CERN scientist James Gillies tells us what accounts for the remaining 96% (dark...
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Ted: Ted Ed: If Molecules Were People
When molecules collide, chemical reactions can occur -- causing major structural changes akin to getting a new arm on your face! George Zaidan and Charles Morton playfully imagine chemical systems as busy city streets, and the colliding...
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely
Water is both essential and unique. Many of its particular qualities stem from the fact that it consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen, therefore creating an unequal sharing of electrons. From fish in frozen lakes to ice floating...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Activation Energy Kickstarting Chemical Reactions
Chemical reactions are constantly happening in your body - even at this very moment. But what catalyzes these important reactions? Vance Kite explains how enzymes assist the process, while providing a light-hearted way to remember how...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Sylvia Earle's Ted Prize Wish to Protect Our Oceans
What's been happening to the world's oceans over the past 50 years? Ocean researcher, Sylvia Earle, shares breathtaking images of the ocean and surprising details about the many problems plaguing its health. [18:12]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
Sir Harold Evans discusses the invention that changed the way we ship things across the world, containerization. [4:47]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Majora Carter: Greening the Ghetto
Listen as activist, Majora Carter, details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx while arguing that race and class determine where the good and bad stuff are in communities showing how minority neighborhoods tend to...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Ellen Dunham Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones takes a look at how shopping has evolved over the past few decades and discusses what's to come of dying malls, dead "big box" stores, and empty parking lots. [19:24]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Poetic Stickup: Put the Financial Aid in the Bag
See performance artist, Carvens Lissaint to use language, metaphor, and imagery to express an emotional plea to make college education more accessible to all. [5:05]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Jane Chen: A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives
Jane Chen demonstrates how a life-saving invention called the embrace infant warmer, can lower infant mortality rates in countries without advanced health care. [4:47]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce
Malcolm Gladwell discusses the food industry's quest for the perfect spaghetti sauce, and takes a bigger look at the nature of choice and happiness. [17:34]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Magical Metals: How Shape Memory Alloys Work
In this video, Ainissa Ramirez describes what shape memory alloys are, how they work, and how they are used. [4:46] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.