👁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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👁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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#art #environment #theater #climate_change #activism

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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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#science #chemistry #food #nature #biology #plants #environment #farming #agriculture

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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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👁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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👁How humanity got hooked on coffee
🧠Jonathan Morris
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣One day around 850 CE, a goatherd observed that his goats started acting abnormally after nibbling on some berries. The herder tried them himself, and soon enough, he was just as hyper. As the story goes, this was humanity’s first run-in with coffee. So, how did coffee go from humble plant to one of the world's most consumed beverages? Jonathan Morris traces the history of this energizing elixir. [Directed by Harry Tennant, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁When is anger justified? A philosophical inquiry
🧠Delaney Thull
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Anger is a complicated emotion. It can feel reasonable and righteous or impulsive and uncontrollable. Anger can be an important part of letting us know when something immoral is happening, but finding the right response to those psychological alarm bells can be tricky. So, is it ever right to be angry? And if so, when? Delaney Thull takes a philosophical look at this powerful emotion. [Directed by Cara Watson, narrated by Christina Greer, music by André Aires].
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👁Why are women still taken less seriously than men?
🧠Mary Ann Sieghart
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Women are routinely underestimated, overlooked, interrupted, talked over or mistaken for someone more junior at the workplace. Author Mary Ann Sieghart calls this the "authority gap" — all the ways women are (still) taken less seriously than men, despite proven competence and expertise. She explains how we can close this pernicious gap and why everyone wins when we do so.
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👁The unsung heroes fighting malnutrition
🧠Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The pastoralists in Africa sustainably produce meat and milk to help feed the continent. But their way of life — and work — is under threat. Food systems advocate Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju explains how best to preserve these vital communities and why they're key to solving the nutritional challenges of Africa's children.
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👁3 mysteries of the universe — and a new force that might explain them
🧠Alex Keshavarzi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣We're still in the dark about what 95 percent of our universe is made of — and the standard model for understanding particle physics has hit a limit. What's the next step forward? Particle physicist Alex Keshavarzi digs into the first results of the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab in Chicago, which found compelling evidence of new particles or forces existing in our universe — a finding that could act as a window into the subatomic world and deepen our understanding of the fabric of reality.
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👁One of the world’s oldest condiments
🧠Dan Kwartler
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In the mid-18th century, England was crazy for ketchup. The sauce was a staple, but this ketchup wasn’t the ubiquitous red goop you’re familiar with today. In fact, it was a sweet and savory brown sauce that didn’t even have tomatoes in it. So where did this early ketchup come from, and how did it become the dip we know and love? Dan Kwartler traces the condiment's history. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, Greg Chudzik].
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👁How a sanctuary for self-expression can change lives
🧠Reed J. Williams and Lindsay Morris
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣After bringing her son to a summer camp for gender-nonconforming children, photographer Lindsay Morris launched a project to share the campers' stories with the world. One of them, Reed J. Williams, is now a powerful advocate for transgender youth. Together, Morris and Williams reveal two sides to the LGBTQ+ experience — one as a mother, one as a trans woman — and offer insight into the power of community.
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#LGBTQIA+ #community #Transgender #photography #family #social_change #personal_growth #identity

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