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How would you finish the sentence, “Imagine if…”? - Sir Ken Robinson

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Share how you would reimagine the world by finishing the sentence “Imagine if…”

The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer

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Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.

How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll

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Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?

A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips

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Dig into the complicated history of divorce— from the earliest known divorce laws in ancient Mesopotamia to modern day.

The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi

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Explore the early days of the Ottoman Empire, as shrewd political rulers grew the principality into an intercontinental empire.

Wildlife Disappearing at the Border | National Geographic

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The San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge marks the convergence of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts in a grassland valley at the base of the Peloncillo mountains.

Who decides how long a second is?

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Discover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.

These SCP’s Could End The World

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The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!

The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

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On the bottom of the world’s oceans lie historic treasures—the lost wrecks of ships that carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Only a handful have been identified so far, but National Geographic explorer and Storytelling Fellow Tara Roberts is documenting the efforts of Black scuba divers and archaeologists to find more, hoping to finally bring their stories to light.

Remembrance Day Resources

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Remembering all that they have done during times of war, military conflict and peace helps us to better understand our nation's history and its future.

The dark history of bananas - John Soluri

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Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.

Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades? - Dan Finkel

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The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on the soul in front of it, they’ll get returned to the land of the living. Anyone to the left must stay in Hades forever. Can you pick the right spot and escape the underworld? Dan Finkel shows how.

The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into the Japanese folktale of a scholar’s quest to purify his body and mind, and the spiritual secret he discovers along the way.

A brief history of plastic

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Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.

The Mummy's Curse | Lost Treasures of Egypt

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Archaeologists find a looted tomb and begin excavating the mummy inside, but there is a problem.

A brief history of plastic

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Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.

The Mystery of Queen Nefertiti

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Queen Nefertiti is one of the most famous queens of ancient Egypt, but the location of her tomb is still a mystery.