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Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dark-matter… All the stars in a spiral galaxy rotate around a center — but to astronomers, the
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Read moreSteve Ramirez and Xu Liu shoot laser beams into the brains of living mice to activate and manipulate their memories. In a funny and — perhaps
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happen… The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Beca
Read moreScience could solve many of the existing problems of the world, but there is a gap between research and application. Scientists do not always have the
Read moreAffordable renewable energy is still science fiction, right? Dead wrong, says Dr. Eric Martinot, and he should know. A former senior energy specialist
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-there-a-… Today, about a third of the world’s population is infected with a strange disease calle
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