👁This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms
🧠Kenny Coogan
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the middle of Florida's Apalachicola National Forest, a bizarre, almost magical scene is unraveling. Sliding a metal strip over a wooden stake, a master summoner is sending deep croaking noises reverberating throughout the area. And, as if in a trance, hundreds of earthworms begin emerging from the soil. What's going on? Kenny Coogan explores the tradition known as worm grunting. [Directed by Martina Meštrović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Marko First].
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👁The benefits of daydreaming
🧠Elizabeth Cox
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣On a daily basis, you spend between a third and half of your waking hours daydreaming. That may sound like a huge waste of time, but scientists think it must have some purpose, or humans wouldn't have evolved to do so much of it. So, what exactly happens in the brain while you daydream? Elizabeth Cox takes a closer look at the science of daydreaming through the mind of a teenager. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer and Hani Furstenberg, music by Weston Fonger].
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#memory #education #TED_Ed #animation #brain #kids #decision_making #evolution #psychology

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👁What is the rarest color in nature?
🧠Victoria Hwang
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues you see in the wild: physics and evolution. So, which colors are you least likely to see in the natural world? Victoria Hwang explores one of nature's rarest spectacles. [Directed by Tamara Bogovac, Artrake Studio, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Nikola Radivojevic].
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#animation #TED_Ed #education #evolution #nature #plants #biology #physics #animals

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👁Why do women have periods?
🧠TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few mammals on Earth that menstruate, and we also do it more than any other animal, even though it's a waste of nutrients, and can be a physical inconvenience. So where's the sense in this uncommon biological process? TED-Ed describes the history and evolution of menstruation. [Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Susan Zimmerman].
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#health #history #women #animals #public_health #animation #TED_Ed #science #evolution

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👁Underwater astonishments
🧠David Gallo
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. This short talk celebrates the pioneering work of ocean explorers like Edith Widder and Roger Hanlon.
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#animals #evolution #exploration #fish #science #technology #marine_biology #ocean

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👁Why do you want to squeeze cute things?
🧠Joshua Paul Dale
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Watching a kitten fumbling around, it might feel as if you've never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal life. You may want to pet its soft fur and kiss its tiny head. But you may also feel the conflicting urge... to squeeze or smush the kitten, maybe even stuff it in your mouth. What is this peculiar phenomenon? Joshua Paul Dale explores the urge known as cute aggression. [Directed by Oksana Kurmaz, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Jan Willem de With].
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👁Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't?
🧠G. Richard Scott
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣According to the fossil record, ancient humans usually had straight teeth, complete with wisdom teeth. In fact, the dental dilemmas that fuel the demand for braces and wisdom teeth extractions today appear to be recent developments. So, what happened? While it's nearly impossible to know for sure, scientists have a hypothesis. G. Richard Scott shares the prevailing theory on crooked teeth. [Directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#animation #human_body #education #TED_Ed #archaeology #evolution #biology #science

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👁Seeing things that aren't there? It's pareidolia
🧠Susan G. Wardle
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Imagine opening a bag of chips, only to find Santa Claus looking back at you. Or turning a corner to see a building smiling at you. Humans see faces in all kinds of mundane objects, but these faces aren't real— they're illusions due to a phenomenon known as face pareidolia. So why exactly does this happen, and how far does this distortion go? Susan G. Wardle explores why we see illusory faces. [Directed by Oksana Kurmaz, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by André Aires].
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👁Can we recreate the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy?
🧠David M. Howard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Drawing on his work reconstructing the vocal tract of an ancient Egyptian priest, speech scientist David M. Howard shares three evolutionary wonders of human speech -- and the importance of nurturing your own voice in an increasingly noisy world.
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#history #language #communication #human_body #biology #science #TEDx #evolution

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👁Why did Megalodon go extinct?
🧠Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣20 million years ago, the ocean housed a creature so colossal that its stomach could reach volumes of almost 10,000 liters— big enough to fit an entire orca. It was the megalodon, the biggest shark to ever live. So, what was it like when megalodon ruled the seas? And what brought this formidable predator to extinction? Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento investigate. [Directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁Scientists are obsessed with this lake
🧠Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the millions of years since oxygen began saturating Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, most organisms have evolved to rely on this gas. However, there are some places where oxygen-averse microorganisms like those from Earth’s earliest days have re-emerged. And one such place is hidden high in the Swiss Alp’s Piora Valley. Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi dive into the depths of Lake Cadagno. [Directed by Ivana Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁Why do snakes have forked tongues?
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣An alligator snapping turtle lures its prey using a blood-engorged tongue that resembles a wriggling worm. And it’s far from the only animal doing tongue trickery. Tongues in the animal kingdom vary widely — from texture and length, to shape and dexterity. So, what's the point of having so many different kinds of tongues? Cella Wright explores how different species use the appendage to survive. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁You might be surprised by what you'd find in your pores
🧠M. Alejandra Perotti
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Two species of Demodex mites specifically inhabit human follicles. And not just some people’s— nearly everyone is thought to host mites. One person’s face might harbor hundreds or even thousands of individual mites. On any given day, these microscopic arachnids are probably eating, mating, and laying eggs inside your pores. So, is this… okay? M. Alejandra Perotti investigates. [Directed by Caitlin McCarthy, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁Can you survive a Komodo dragon bite?
🧠Achmad Ariefiandy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Clambering through the bush on one of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, suddenly you spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead. Forked tongue flickering; sharp, saw-like teeth glimmering; and strong, scaly body stretching up to 3 meters, Komodo dragons are formidable. So, what should you do? Are you doomed? Achmad Ariefiandy shares what we know about the world's largest lizards. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁Is this the grossest parasite?
🧠Niko Zlotnik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The infamous tongue-eating louse is one of nearly 400 species belonging to a family of fish parasites. Some latch onto their host’s head, others suck blood from fish gills, and others still burrow into fish flesh. But the Cymothoa exigua goes specifically for fish tongues. How do these parasites do it, and why? Niko Zlotnik explores the strategies tongue biters use to find a fish to call home. [Directed by Flaka Kokolli, Flammorum Animation Studio, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge
🧠Sara Beery
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Scientists estimate that 80 percent of life on Earth is still unknown to humanity. But as global temperatures rise, habitats shrink and food and water sources dry up, we're losing these species faster than we can discover them. AI naturalist Sara Beery reveals how the knowledge to study (and save) the natural world may already exist, buried in millions of images, recordings and observations. We just need to learn how to read them before it's too late.
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👁How vampire bats drink your blood without you noticing
🧠Imran Razik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Vampire bats are the only mammals to subsist on blood alone. Their ancient ancestors might have eaten parasites and insects off larger animals until vampire bats began feeding directly from those animals themselves. So, how do these nocturnal creatures find their sustenance? And what animals do they most commonly target? Imran Razik follows the nighttime routine of a vampire bat as she hunts. [Directed by Sharon Colman, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁The biggest myths about Neanderthals
🧠Bruce Hardy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1856, quarriers working in Germany’s Neander Valley discovered several mysterious fossils. The remains changed hands until being identified as the skullcap and femur bones of something ancient and human, but not quite us. It soon became clear they belonged to an extinct human species— the first ever known to science: Neanderthals. Bruce Hardy explores what happened to our evolutionary cousins. [Directed by Daniel Harisberger, Team Tumult, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Ardie Son, Francesco D'Andrea, Bishara Haroni, Roie Shpigler, Borrtex, Nobou].
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👁How do snakes swallow animals so much bigger than they are?
🧠Niko Zlotnik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Since slithering onto the scene some 150 million years ago, evolving length and limbless-ness out of their ancestral lizard forms, snakes have diversified rapidly. Their noodly bodies and flexible heads granted them access to novel places and prey. And today, there are nearly 4,000 snake species, spanning habitats high and low. Niko Zlotnik explores how snakes evolved into incredible predators. [Directed by Anna Benner, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Raphael Tschernuth].
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👁Why humans should merge with AI
🧠D. Scott Phoenix
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Deep tech entrepreneur D. Scott Phoenix spent years building AI — now, he believes we're on the cusp of a profound merger between humans and machines. Reframing the AI debate through the lens of evolutionary biology, he shifts the question from whether we should fear or embrace AI to whether we understand what's at stake if we get it wrong. Hear his provocative case for why we need to "eat the AI."
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#technology #AI #machine_learning #computers #history #evolution

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