Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen – Walter R. Tschinkel
Follow a queen fire ant as she builds a colony, protects it from neighboring ant armies and fends off would-be usurpers vying for he...
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What caused the French Revolution? – Tom Mullaney
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-caused-the-french-revolution-tom-mullaney What rights do people have, and where do...
Why do some people go bald? – Sarthak Sinha
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-some-people-go-bald-sarthak-sinha What do Charles Darwin, Michael Jordan, and Yod...
How does the Nobel Peace Prize work? – Adeline Cuvelier and Toril Rokseth
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-the-nobel-peace-prize-work-adeline-cuvelier-and-toril-rokseth Among the top pre...
What gives a dollar bill its value? – Doug Levinson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-gives-a-dollar-bill-its-value-doug-levinson The value of money is determined by how...
Why Can’t We See Evidence of Alien Life?
Stand by for an animated exploration of the famous Fermi Paradox. Given the vast number of planets in the universe, many much older...
How tsunamis work – Alex Gendler
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-tsunamis-work-alex-gendler The immense swell of a tsunami can grow up to 100 feet, h...
Where do math symbols come from? – John David Walters
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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...
How does a jellyfish sting? – Neosha S Kashef
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-a-jellyfish-sting-neosha-s-kashef You’re swimming in the ocean when something b...