The popularity, plight and poop of penguins – Dyan deNapoli
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-popularity-plight-and-poop-of-penguins-dyan-denapoli Penguins are odd birds. For one...
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The true story of ‘true’ – Gina Cooke
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-true-story-of-true-gina-cooke The older the word, the longer (and more fascinating)...
The death of the universe – Renée Hlozek
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-death-of-the-universe-renee-hlozek The shape, contents and future of the universe ar...
A father-daughter dance … in prison – Angela Patton
At Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help girls and fathers stay connected and in each others’ lives. But what about girls who...
Deep sea diving … in a wheelchair – Sue Austin
When Sue Austin got a power chair 16 years ago, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom — yet others looked at her as though sh...
The beautiful nano details of our world – Gary Greenberg
When photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like...
A child of the state – Lemn Sissay
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry...
My glacier cave discoveries – Eddy Cartaya
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/my-glacier-cave-discoveries-eddy-cartaya Snow Dragon. Pure Imagination. Frozen Minotaur....
From DNA to Silly Putty, the diverse world of polymers – Jan Mattingly
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/from-dna-to-silly-putty-the-diverse-world-of-polymers-jan-mattingly You are made of poly...
How to sequence the human genome – Mark J. Kiel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-sequence-the-human-genome-mark-j-kiel Your genome, every human’s genome, co...