5:53 How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Ewandro Magalhaes View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-magellan-circumnavigated-th...On September 6, 1522, the "Victoria" sailed into harbor in southern Spain. The battered vessel ...
Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jellyfish-predate-dinosaurs-how...Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand...
4:37 Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-people-get-so-anxious-ab...Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your p...
5:10 How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-food-you-eat-affects-yo...The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can’t digest, produce important nutrients, re...
4:10 Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/meet-the-tardigrade-the-toughes...Without water, a human can only survive for about 100 hours. But there’s a creature so r...
5:20 What makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-poem-a-poem-meliss...What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to...
4:41 The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-chocolate-deanna...If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until t...
5:43 What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-mccarthyism-and-how-did...In the 1950s, as part of a campaign to expose suspected Communists, thousands of individuals w...
5:09 The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-icarus-and-daedalus...In mythological ancient Greece, Icarus flew above Crete on wings made from wax and feathers, defying the laws...
5:11 Where do superstitions come from? - Stuart Vyse View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-superstitions-come-fro...Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whet...
1:50 How Braille was invented | Moments of Vision 9 - Jessica Oreck View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-braille-was-invented-moment...Today, Braille is the universally accepted system of writing for the blind, translated into a...
4:44 Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message? - David B. Parker View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz...In his introduction to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum claims that the ...
4:12 What happened to trial by jury? - Suja A. Thomas View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happened-to-trial-by-jury-...In the United States today, juries decide less than 4% of criminal cases and less than 1% of civil cases fi...
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