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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science… Homer’s “Odyssey” recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-wildfir… Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could co

Tim Morely thinks that every student should learn Esperanto. In this unexpected and persuasive talk, he makes the case that this constructed language

English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation — the u

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-o… Stemming from the days of bubonic plague in Medieval Europe, quarantines were originall

The drive to probe deep into a social phenomenon switches on at different ages. Maiki K. is still in her teens, but she’s already fully committed to i

Jimmy Nelson is one of Britain’s finest and most adventurous photographers. When he was only 19, Nelson began a year-long trek across Tibet. A small h

Music + language (songs) activate our brains, hearts and souls. By using songs, we can learn foreign languages and saved dying tongues. This TEDxSanta

iew full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-… When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancien

Next-generation Japanese didgeridoo performer SMILY first heard the otherworldly tones of the quintessential Australian wind instrument while studying

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origins… Can you imagine a party where every movement and every visual detail were governed by a

Naohiko Umewaka’s family lineage in the art of Noh dates back six hundred years. His greatgrandfather, Umewaka Minoru, is credited with saving Noh the

When he was just 25, Yoshiharu Habu became the only player ever to simultaneously seize all seven titles of the ancient board game known as shogi. He’

There are some things about Japan that only become obvious to the Japanese once they leave the country. When Souryou Matsumura was wandering around Eu

For those who are constantly funny, who constantly encounter interesting things, a similar trait is there.Once you come to realize that, the minus ele