TED-Ed Video Lesson Transcript: The good news is that your experimental robo-ants are a success! The bad news is that you accidentally just gave them the ability to shoot deadly… Read More »Can You Solve the Killer Robo-Ants Riddle? – Dan Finkel (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson Transcript: The discovery of an alien monolith on planet RH-1729 has scientists across the world racing to unlock its mysteries. Your engineering team has developed an elegant… Read More »Can You Solve the Alien Probe Riddle? – Dan Finkel (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson Transcript: As of 2018, there are around 25 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all their newest phones, which are just a fraction… Read More »What’s a Smartphone Made Of? – Kim Preshoff (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson: Cigarettes aren’t good for us. That’s hardly news — we’ve known about the dangers of smoking for decades. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us? Let’s look… Read More »How Do Cigarettes Affect the Body? – Krishna Sudhir (Transcript)
TED-Ed Lesson: The universe began its cosmic life in a big bang nearly fourteen billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since. But what is it expanding into? That’s… Read More »What is the Universe Expanding Into? – Sajan Saini (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson: Even after writing eleven books and winning several prestigious awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t escape the nagging doubt that she hadn’t really earned her accomplishments. Albert Einstein experienced… Read More »What is Imposter Syndrome and How Can You Combat It? – Elizabeth Cox (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson: You’ve found Leonardo Da Vinci’s secret vault, secured by a series of combination locks. Fortunately, your treasure map has three codes: 1210, 3211000, and… hmm… The last… Read More »Can You Solve the Leonardo da Vinci Riddle? – Tanya Khovanova (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson: It’s another sweltering morning in Memphis, Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies. Honey, garlic, cumin, acacia leaves, cedar oil. She’s well stocked with… Read More »A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian Doctor: Elizabeth Cox (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson Transcript: One fine day, when Charles Darwin was still a student at Cambridge, the budding naturalist tore some old bark off a tree and found two rare… Read More »Why Don’t Poisonous Animals Poison Themselves? – Rebecca D. Tarvin (Transcript)
TED-Ed Video Lesson: An elderly woman named Rosalie was sitting in her nursing home when her room suddenly burst to life with twirling fabrics. Through the elaborate drapings, she could… Read More »What Causes Hallucinations? – Elizabeth Cox (Transcript)