Who controls the world? – James B. Glattfelder
James Glattfelder studies complexity: how an interconnected system — say, a swarm of birds — is more than the sum of its...
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The brilliance of bioluminescence – Leslie Kenna
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-brilliance-of-bioluminescence-leslie-kenna Some lucky animals are naturally endowed...
Four sisters in Ancient Rome – Ray Laurence
Sign up for our newsletter and never miss an animation: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter How did the young, wealthy women of Ancient Ro...
Meet Shahruz Ghaemi
This is one of five student perspectives featured in the PBS special “TED Talks Education” (#TEDTalksed.) Learn more her...
A girl who demanded school – Kakenya Ntaiya
Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he wo...
Biofuels and bioprospecting for beginners – Craig A. Kohn
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/biofuels-and-bioprospecting-for-beginners-craig-a-kohn Biofuels can provide energy witho...
Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals – David Anderson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/your-brain-is-more-than-a-bag-of-chemicals-david-anderson Modern psychiatric drugs treat...
Weaving narratives in museum galleries – Thomas P. Campbell
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/weaving-narratives-in-museum-galleries-thomas-p-campbell As the director of the Metropol...
Print your own medicine – Lee Cronin
Chemist Lee Cronin is working on a 3D printer that, instead of objects, is able to print molecules. An exciting potential long-term...
Averting the climate crisis – Al Gore
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate...