The oddities of the first American election – Kenneth C. Davis
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-oddities-of-the-first-american-election-kenneth-c-davis How did George Washington be...
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The operating system of life – George Zaidan and Charles Morton
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-operating-system-of-life-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton Humans, octopi and pine tr...
The optimism bias – Tali Sharot
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on t...
The origin of countless conspiracy theories – PatrickJMT
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origin-of-countless-conspiracy-theories-patrickjmt Check out PatrickJMT’s YouT...
The origins of ballet – Jennifer Tortorello and Adrienne Westwood
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origins-of-ballet-jennifer-tortorello-and-adrienne-westwood Can you imagine a party...
The other inconvenient truth – Jonathan Foley
A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environ...
The otherworldly creatures in the ocean’s deepest depths – Lidia Lins
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-otherworldly-creatures-in-the-ocean-s-deepest-depths-lidia-lins About 60 percent of...
The Pangaea Pop-up – Michael Molina
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-pangaea-pop-up-michael-molina/ The supercontinent Pangaea, with its connected South...
The paradox of value – Akshita Agarwal
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-paradox-of-value-akshita-agarwal Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose be...
The past, present and future of the bubonic plague – Sharon N. DeWitte
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-bubonic-plague-sharon-n-dewitte The bubonic plague, w...