👁How does alcohol cause blackouts?
🧠Shannon Odell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Alcohol has been shown to have strange and selective effects on the brain. Many intoxicated people can perform complex tasks like holding a detailed conversation or navigating a walk home. Yet for those experiencing a blackout, the memory of these events is quickly forgotten. So, how does alcohol cause these memory lapses? Shannon Odell explores how ethanol interrupts the brain’s processes. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #health #human_body #memory #brain #science #biology

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👁How babies think about danger
🧠Shari Liu
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Are babies oblivious to danger? It's not that simple, says cognitive scientist Shari Liu. Sharing surprising insights (and plenty of baby videos) from studies of early human development, Liu highlights the unexpected ways babies perceive and respond to risky situations — and what these findings could unravel about the inner workings of our minds.
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#health #brain #science #humanity

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👁Lessons from the past on adapting to climate change
🧠Laprisha Berry Daniels
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Laprisha Berry Daniels' grandparents left the Southern United States and migrated north to Detroit in the 1950s — a move that could be considered a big "climate change." Now, as a public health social worker, Berry Daniels mines the survival strategies of her grandparents to think about how we can all learn from the past to better prepare for current and future environmental climate change.
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#climate_change #community #cities #history #sustainability #Countdown

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👁A reframing of masculinity, rooted in empathy
🧠Gary Barker
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Urging us to turn away from voices perpetuating harmful stereotypes, gender equality advocate Gary Barker shares three insights on fostering a culture of care, compassion and connection among men. "We are the most wired-to-care species on the planet," he says. "But if you don't use it ... you don't get good at it."
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#gender #empathy #compassion #equality #personal_growth #emotions #self #mental_health

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👁Wild, intricate sculptures — made out of my hair
🧠Laetitia Ky
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Artist Laetitia Ky has a unique medium: using the hair on her head (and some wire), she creates incredible sculptures of objects, animals, people and more, promoting messages of bodily autonomy and self-acceptance. She shares how she came to create these surprisingly intricate forms and offers a joyful message of creative perseverance.
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👁Why does this flower smell like a dead body?
🧠Daniel Nickrent
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Deep inside the Sumatran rainforest, a carrion fly descends, guided by the scent of its favorite place to lay eggs: rotting animal carcasses. But when it lands, it isn’t on liquifying flesh, but instead on the world’s biggest, and perhaps strangest, flower— Rafflesia arnoldii. So, how does this giant flower grow? Daniel Nickrent explores the parasitic tendencies of the foul-smelling plant. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #plants #science #ecology #environment

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👁6 tips on being a successful entrepreneur
🧠John Mullins
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Sometimes, you need to break the rules to innovate — but which ones? Entrepreneurship professor John Mullins shares six counter-conventional mindsets for entrepreneurs looking to think strategically, navigate challenges and change the world.
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#business #entrepreneur #success #personal_growth

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👁Is Chandigarh a perfectly planned city?
🧠Vikramāditya Prakāsh
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In 1947, India achieved independence from British rule — but this freedom came at a tremendous cost. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, was eager to usher his country towards a brighter, united future. And one of the projects that would prove most essential to realizing this vision was the construction of Chandigarh. Vikramāditya Prakāsh details the creation of the futurist city. [Directed by Jeff Le Bars, Jet Propulsion, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁The god who wanted to rule the seas
🧠Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Long ago, the ancestral gods of Fiji settled on the Pacific archipelago. They eventually metamorphosed into various forms, with the god Dakuwaqa transforming into a shark. But he was unsatisfied. He became proud and greedy and wanted to establish himself as the mightiest god, and dominate all of Fiji’s islands. Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak share the tale of Dakuwaqa’s quest for power. [Directed by KERO Animation, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #storytelling #culture #ocean

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👁Why can't you put metal in a microwave?
🧠Aaron Slepkov
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1945, engineer Percy Spencer was standing near a RADAR device that produced high-intensity microwaves and noticed that his candy bar had melted. He then exposed popcorn kernels to the magnetron device, and sure enough, they popped. Soon after, the first microwave oven became available, using the very same technology. So, how does it work? Aaron Slepkov explores the science of microwave ovens. [Directed by Yuriy Polyashko, Darvideo Animation Studio, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Reality Check].
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👁The Herds, a vast act of theater to spark climate action
🧠Amir Nizar Zuabi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Theater has the power to transform the most pressing issues of our time from news stories into human stories, says director and playwright Amir Nizar Zuabi. Recounting his work on the journey of Little Amal — a 13-foot puppet symbolizing the refugee experience — Zuabi unveils his newest project: "The Herds," a vast theatrical production of animal puppets that will "migrate" from West Africa to Norway in 2025, aimed at sparking climate change awareness.
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👁What the world can learn from Ukraine's fight for democracy
🧠Olesya Khromeychuk
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣"A flourishing democracy next door is a scary thing for an autocrat," says Ukrainian historian Olesya Khromeychuk. Detailing the history of Ukraine's long struggle for sovereignty and freedom — against Russian tsars, communist dictators and now the Kremlin's army — she shares three lessons anybody can use to join the global fight for democracy.
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#war #global_issues #history #democracy #social_change #politics #society #government

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👁The mystery of the lost sisters
🧠Rebecca Webster
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Suffering illness and despair, Chief Handsome Lake prepared for death. Then, he had a vision. He was walking through a planted field and heard a woman call out. She told him that the recent devastation had left her and her sisters with little hope for the future and asked if they could join him on his journey toward death. Who were these women? Rebecca Webster shares the tale of the Three Sisters. [Directed by Luisa Holanda, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Gabriel Maia].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #farming #agriculture #history #indigenous_peoples #sustainability #food

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👁Why ocean currents are slowing — and what it means for you
🧠Susan Lozier
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Ocean waters are constantly on the move, traveling far distances in complex currents that regulate Earth's climate and weather patterns. How might climate change impact this critical system? Oceanographer Susan Lozier dives into the data, which suggests that ocean overturning is slowing down as waters gradually warm — and takes us on board the international effort to track these changes and set us on the right course while we still have time.
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#ocean #nature #climate_change #environment #science #technology #fish #marine_biology #maps

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👁From enslaved to kingmaker: Malik Ambar’s legendary rise to power
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1624, Mughal Emperor Jahangir received word of yet another defeat at the hands of his greatest enemy: Malik Ambar. Jahangir was so obsessed with defeating his rival, he commissioned a painting of himself shooting an arrow at Ambar’s skull. So, who was this brilliant tactician? And how did he come into power? Stephanie Honchell Smith shares Ambar's rise from enslaved youth to kingmaker. [Directed by Layron DeJarnette, Gumboyo, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁Can nanoparticles help fight hunger?
🧠Christy L. Haynes
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣A game-changing solution to the global food crisis could come from something so tiny you can't see it with the naked eye. Nanomaterials chemist Christy Haynes describes her team's work designing nanoparticles that could protect plants from disease and crop loss, helping farmers reap abundant harvests and grow food that will make its way to markets and dinner tables.
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👁How poop turns into forests
🧠Ludmila Rattis
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Did you know the world's largest tropical forest is partly formed by seeds emerging from poop? Ecologist Ludmila Rattis reveals the surprisingly fruitful benefits of letting nature take care of its own business, sharing how the digestive habits of tapirs — pig-like creatures that roam Amazonia — spread seeds that help regenerate the forest and promote climate resilience worldwide. (Even nature's waste is put to good use!)
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#animals #trees #climate_change #ecology #environment #biology #science #biodiversity #Countdown

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👁What's the point of digital fashion?
🧠Karinna Grant
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if you could own more clothes without crowding your closet or growing your carbon footprint? Introducing the dematerialized future of your wardrobe, digital fashion entrepreneur Karinna Grant talks about the brands selling pixelated clothes via NFTs and augmented reality — and explores the creative and sustainable potential of fashion that transcends physical constraints.
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#shopping #fashion #metaverse #NFTs #technology #environment #climate_change #sustainability

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👁These 70 writers are actually all the same person
🧠Ilan Stavans
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣On November 30th, 1935, dozens of writers passed away. They came from different backgrounds, espoused divergent beliefs, and wrote in a variety of styles. Yet almost 30,000 pages of their work was stashed in a trunk in an apartment in Lisbon, Portugal. So, what mysterious string tied all these writers together? Ilan Stavans explores the enigmatic life of Fernando Pessoa and his many identities. [Directed by Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet, narrated by Christina Greer, music by André Aires, João Mendes].
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👁How AI and democracy can fix each other
🧠Divya Siddarth
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
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#AI #technology #democracy #computers #community #social_change #data

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