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TyuGBi6joxY | Is Chandigarh a perfectly planned city? - Vikramāditya Prakāsh | Explore the construction of the futurist city Chandigarh, a project of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and planned by Le Corbusier.
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4HZCPTiyAVY | The corpse flower may keep you up at night - Daniel Nickrent | Explore how the Rafflesia plant uses parasitic strategies to grow the world’s largest flower, and find out why it smells so bad.
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Isn’t it odd that, when something’s funny, you might show your teeth, change your breathing, become weak and achy in some places, and maybe even cry? In other words, why do we do this bizarre thing that is laugh... | 2023-12-21T16:01:32Z | [
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PUptWlp-hoI | Does planting trees actually cool the planet? - Carolyn Beans | Dig into common mistakes that tree-planting programs make, and explore strategies that can successfully re-green the planet.
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awhOrqGb-TU | The rights you might not realize you have - Shannon Odell | Do you have a right to a healthy planet? Dig into the movement to hold governments accountable for climate change inaction.
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Since 2015, an unprecedented movement has been sweeping courts around the world. Groups of young plaintiffs are suing their governments for their inaction on tackling climate change. These su... | 2023-12-07T16:01:16Z | [
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5pBGutEhZes | The diseases that changed humanity forever - Dan Kwartler | Explore the history of humanity’s deadliest diseases, and find out how our progress and innovation exposed us to new pathogens.
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iRGrY9F1cCE | The gory history of barber surgeons - Stephanie Honchell Smith | Trace the history of barber-surgeons, and find out what led to barbers performing medical procedures in medieval Europe.
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uDaFgNcTVSE | What really caused the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith | Dig into what caused the Irish potato famine, and explore how the UK government’s response turned the crisis into a catastrophe.
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A-oxDZ3AO74 | Japan's scariest ghost story - Kit Brooks | Follow the chilling Japanese tale of Oiwa, a ghost seeking revenge after her husband poisoned her and killed her father.
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OUieqzVZdQc | Confused about recycling? It’s not your fault - Shannon Odell | Dig into the biggest problems facing our current plastic recycling process, and explore potential solutions to these systems.
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Educators can support students’ skill development and socio-emotional well-being via free and customizable TED-Ed Student Talks activities. Apply to get access to resources and our exclusive online educator platform!
Apply here: https://bit.ly/3qmLZm3
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fLu080UX25o | Humans are all almost exactly the same... almost - Greg Foot | Dig into why ethnic diversity is so important to medical research when creating new treatments and medicines for diseases.
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ZExGV6jSuBw | The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith | Trace the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, which became one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the early modern world.
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Z7bfPaTfU0c | Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t? - G. Richard Scott | Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.
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5D3hQS6ezXc | Trust the process #shorts | Take a look behind the scenes of our video, “The Opposites Game”, animated by Anna Samo and Lisa LaBracio! Here's the creative process behind the final animation’s scenes.
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