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How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood

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Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?

Why We Need To Teach Astronomy

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People don’t understand the scale of the Universe.

Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster

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Can keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."

Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally

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Your tattoos are inside your immune system, literally. With each very tasteful piece of art, you kick start a drama with millions of deaths, grand sacrifices and your immune system stepping in to protect you from yourself.

Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin: Sodom & Gomorrah

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Albert Lin reveals real events behind the epic biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Why AI Will Spark Exponential Economic Growth | Cathie Wood | TED

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Investor Cathie Wood explores this unique moment in technology, which she sees as being marked by the simultaneous evolution of five pivotal innovation platforms — a scenario unparalleled in history.

A Tour of the Cell: Crash Course Biology #23

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The cell is the basic unit of life, and our understanding of it has advanced as science, and the tools available to scientists, has advanced.

The #1 antidote to aging | Daniel Lieberman, Morgan Levine & more

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5 health experts, including Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman, share the exact ways exercise can lead to a healthier lifespan.

The time I was a human incubator

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Premature babies majorly benefit from skin-to-skin contact with a parent –also known as “kangaroo care”– because it reduces infections and hypothermia and increases weight gain and parental involvement.

Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED

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AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol.

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal

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One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.

The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED

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From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.

Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED

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"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.

How Did Humans Evolve? Crash Course Biology #19

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What’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway?

Why the wrong people end up in power | Brian Klaas, Bill Eddy, & more

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This is the psychology of an authoritarian unpacked.

I kissed nuclear waste to prove a point.

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The shadows of Chernobyl and Fukushima loom large over the topic of nuclear energy, fueling fears often unaligned with reality.

You Went Through Puberty as a Baby

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We all remember the woes and trials of our adolescence.

How to overcome your mistakes

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Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.

Why Korea is Dying Out

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Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?

How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes

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A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.

How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn | TED

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When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok?