Feats of memory anyone can do – Joshua Foer
There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much mo...
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Visualizing hidden worlds inside your body – Dee Breger
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/visualizing-hidden-worlds-inside-your-body-dee-breger How do we see things too small to...
Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Synesthesia and playing cards
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-a-ted-ed-lesson-synesthesia-and-playing-cards How can a pack of playing cards acc...
Txtng is killing language. JK!!! – John McWhorter
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistic...
How to restore a rainforest – Willie Smits
By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits believes he has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest i...
What’s so funny about mental illness? – Ruby Wax
Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax — except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy an...
Moral behavior in animals – Frans de Waal
Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Fran...
Mysteries of vernacular: Inaugurate – Jessica Oreck
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-inaugurate-jessica-oreck From avian omens to the beginning of a...