The historical audacity of the Louisiana Purchase – Judy Walton
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-audacity-behind-the-louisiana-purchase-judy-walton When the French offered up the Lo...
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Make robots smarter – Ayanna Howard
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/make-robots-smarter-ayanna-howard There are three major rules that we want our robots to...
How did trains standardize time in the United States? – William Heuisler
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-trains-standardize-time-in-the-united-states-william-heuisler If you live in the...
How polarity makes water behave strangely – Christina Kleinberg
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-polarity-makes-water-behave-strangely-christina-kleinberg Water is both essential an...
Our buggy moral code – Dan Ariely
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/our-buggy-moral-code-dan-ariely Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our...
Our loss of wisdom – Barry Schwartz
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/our-loss-of-wisdom-barry-schwartz Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “prac...
Earth’s mass extinction – Peter Ward
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/earth-s-mass-extinction-peter-ward Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but “Med...
What if we could look inside human brains? – Moran Cerf
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-if-we-could-look-inside-human-brains-moran-cerf The brain is what makes us function...
Life of an astronaut – Jerry Carr
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/life-of-an-astronaut-jerry-carr Astronaut Jerry Carr knows space. As commander of Skylab...
In on a secret? That’s dramatic irony – Christopher Warner
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/in-on-a-secret-that-s-dramatic-irony-christopher-warner You’re in a movie theater,...