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Can certain neurological conditions make us forget how to move? In this talk Dr. Farias explains how is possible to awaken silent neural pathways in t

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-spee… The complex systems of high school dating and chemical reactions may have more in commo

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-ma… Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever have seen the world? Great mathematica

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-brea… Where does bread get its fluffiness? Swiss cheese its holes? And what makes vinegar so

click here for view full lesson. We have over 600 muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. Your muscles also ne

Stand by for an animated exploration of the famous Fermi Paradox. Given the vast number of planets in the universe, many much older than Earth, why ha

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rosalind-fr… The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievem

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happen… Tens of millions of years ago, plate tectonics set North and South America on an unavoi

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biod… Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats… They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million Yo

Huai-Chien (Bill) Chang has his head way above the clouds. A PhD student at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science, he helped launc

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-make… Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples worldwide. But in the last 40 years, more than 5 mil

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-infinit… The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter is always the same: 3.14159

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-li… Lake Maracaibo is the stormiest place on the planet. Thunderstorms rage above this mass

Dr. Yukio Yamori says that living the affluent life is killing us. As the director of the memo: Institute for World Health Development at Mukogawa Wom

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-clo… The study of clouds has always been a daydreamer’s science, aptly founded by a thoughtf