The mathematics of history – Jean-Baptiste Michel
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What happened to antimatter? – Rolf Landua
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happened-to-antimatter-rolf-landua Particles come in pairs, which is why there shou...
The basics of the Higgs boson – Dave Barney and Steve Goldfarb
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-basics-of-boson-dave-barney-and-steve-goldfarb In 2012, scientists at CERN discovere...
Big Data – Tim Smith
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploration-on-the-big-data-frontier-tim-smith There is a mind-boggling amount of data f...
Dark matter: The matter we can’t see – James Gillies
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How did feathers evolve? – Carl Zimmer
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-feathers-evolve-carl-zimmer To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we...
Sometimes it’s good to give up the driver’s seat – Baba Shiv
Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less...
Mysteries of vernacular: Tuxedo – Jessica Oreck
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-tuxedo-jessica-oreck How did tuxedo’s roots extend from Na...
How do you know whom to trust? – Ram Neta
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-you-know-whom-to-trust-ram-neta We believe a lot of things because we’ve be...
The dance of the dung beetle – Marcus Byrne
A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling it...