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2018x1
How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) - Brian Christian
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Ene 02, 2018
Human beings and computers alike share the challenge of how to get as much done as possible in a limited time. Over the last fifty or so years, computer scientists have learned a lot of .. show full overview
2018x3
Emma Bryce: How does the immune system work?
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Ene 08, 2018
Inside you, a daily battle is being waged and your immune system is at the frontline. Most of the time, you may not even notice it's there, but over the course of your life your immune .. show full overview
2018x7
Can you solve the dark coin riddle? - Lisa Winer
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Ene 22, 2018
You heard the travelers’ tales, you followed the maps, and now, you’ve finally located the dungeon containing a stash of ancient coins. The good news: the wizard who owns the castle has .. show full overview
2018x13
The rise and fall of the Inca empire - Gordon McEwan
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Feb 12, 2018
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2018x15
The surprising reason birds sing - Partha P. Mitra
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Feb 20, 2018
A brown thrasher knows a thousand songs. A wood thrush can sing two pitches at once. A mockingbird can match the sounds around it — including car alarms. These are just a few of the .. show full overview
2018x16
The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor
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Feb 22, 2018
Thor – son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind – struggled mightily against his greatest challenge yet: opening a bag of food. How had the mighty god fallen so far? Scott .. show full overview
2018x17
Can you solve the seven planets riddle - Edwin F Meyer
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Feb 26, 2018
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2018x18
The weird and wonderful metamorphosis of the butterfly - Franziska Bauer
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Mar 01, 2018
In order to become a butterfly, a caterpillar’s body dissolves almost completely and is rebuilt from its own juices. Butterflies are just a few of the 800,000 insect species that .. show full overview
2018x19
The myth of King Midas and his golden touch - Iseult Gillespie
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Mar 05, 2018
In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods. Many know the classic story of Midas's golden touch, but the foolish king .. show full overview
2018x20
Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer
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Mar 08, 2018
Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction masterpiece "A Handmaid's Tale" explores the consequences of complacency and how power can be wielded unfairly. Atwood’s chilling vision of a .. show full overview
2018x21
The science of skin - Emma Bryce
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Mar 13, 2018
Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close .. show full overview
2018x22
A day in the life of an ancient Athenian - Robert Garland
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Mar 15, 2018
It’s 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year. Athens is facing a big decision: what to do with the people of Mytilene, a .. show full overview
2018x23
Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt
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Mar 19, 2018
Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals like the praying mantis and black widow were considered .. show full overview
2018x24
Can you solve the buried treasure riddle - Daniel Griller
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Mar 22, 2018
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2018x25
Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
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Mar 26, 2018
Each day, the animal kingdom produces roughly enough poop to match the volume of water pouring over Victoria Falls. So why isn’t the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble .. show full overview
2018x26
A day in the life of a Roman soldier - Robert Garland
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Mar 29, 2018
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2018x28
A simple way to tell insects apart - Anika Hazra
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Abr 03, 2018
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2018x29
What causes body odor? - Mel Rosenberg
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Abr 05, 2018
Most of us don’t need more than one whiff to identify that generally unpleasant, characteristic smell we call body odor. But it’s a surprisingly complex phenomenon, influenced by our .. show full overview
2018x30
The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire - Leonora Neville
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Abr 09, 2018
Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century CE, but this would’ve come as a surprise to the millions who lived in the Roman Empire through the Middle .. show full overview
2018x31
The Cambodian myth of lightning, thunder, and rain - Prumsodun Ok
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Abr 10, 2018
"Moni Mekhala Ream Eyso" is the most sacred dance drama in Cambodia. It is performed every year in the buong suong ceremony, and explains the origins of lightning, thunder and rain .. show full overview
2018x32
Dan Kwartler: What causes headaches?
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Abr 12, 2018
In ancient Greece, the best-known remedy for a long-standing headache was to drill a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood. Fortunately, doctors today don't resort .. show full overview
2018x33
The surprising reasons animals play dead - Tierney Thys
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Abr 16, 2018
From lemurs to lizards, ants to amphibians, sharks to chickens, hundreds of animals "play dead" as a survival tactic. But how and why do animals do this? Tierney Thys explains how this .. show full overview
2018x35
How the world's first metro system was built - Christian Wolmar
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Abr 19, 2018
It was the dawn of 1863, and London's not-yet-opened subway system — the first of its kind in the world — had the city in an uproar. Most people thought the project, which cost more than .. show full overview
2018x36
Why can't you divide by zero? - TED-Ed
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Abr 23, 2018
n the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there’s one rule that most of us have been warned not to break: don’t divide by zero. How can the .. show full overview
2018x37
The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman
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Abr 24, 2018
Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before Rome extended its influence to encircle the Mediterranean Sea; there was ancient Assyria. .. show full overview
2018x38
How do brain scans work? - John Borghi and Elizabeth Waters
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Abr 26, 2018
As far as we know, there’s only one thing in our solar system sophisticated enough to study itself: the human brain. But this self-investigation is challenging because a living brain is .. show full overview
2018x39
Which is stronger: Glue or tape? - Elizabeth Cox
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Abr 30, 2018
The oldest glue in the world is over 8,000 years old and comes from a cave near the Dead Sea. Today, we have enough types of tape and glue to build and repair almost anything. But what .. show full overview
2018x40
How to build a dark matter detector - Jenna Saffin
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May 01, 2018
More than 2 kilometers below the surface of northern Ontario, suspended in 345,000 liters of ultra-pure water, there’s a perfect sphere. Scientists continuously monitor this chamber, .. show full overview
2018x41
How does hibernation work? - Sheena Lee Faherty
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May 03, 2018
The Arctic Ground Squirrel hibernates by burrowing under the permafrost and slipping into a state of suspended animation. The female black bear can give birth while she hibernates. The .. show full overview
2018x42
What causes constipation? - Heba Shaheed
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May 07, 2018
Visiting the bathroom is part of the daily human experience. But occasionally, constipation, a condition that causes a backup in your digestive system, strikes. In some especially .. show full overview
2018x43
Can you solve the false positive riddle - Alex Gendler
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May 08, 2018
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2018x44
When will the next ice age happen? - Lorraine Lisiecki
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May 10, 2018
Throughout Earth’s history, climate has varied greatly. For hundreds of millions of years, the planet had no polar ice caps. Without this ice, the sea level was 70 meters higher. At the .. show full overview
2018x45
How squids outsmart their predators - Carly Anne York
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May 14, 2018
There are about 500 species of squid, and they live in all the world’s oceans, making them a reliable food source for whales, dolphins, sharks, seabirds, fish - and even other squid. As .. show full overview
2018x46
Why do we sweat? - John Murnan
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May 15, 2018
There are a number of scenarios that can make us sweat–including exercise, eating spicy foods, and nervousness. But how does this substance suddenly materialize, and what exactly is its .. show full overview
2018x47
The journey to Pluto, the farthest world ever explored - Alan Stern
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May 17, 2018
As of 1989, mankind had successfully sent craft to every known planet in the solar system except one: Pluto. Located in an mysterious region called the Kuiper Belt, Pluto is a scientific .. show full overview
2018x48
Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen: How to stay calm under pressure
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May 21, 2018
Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as .. show full overview
2018x49
Can you solve the wizard standoff riddle - Dan Finkel
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May 22, 2018
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2018x50
What is dust made of? - Michael Marder
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May 24, 2018
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our .. show full overview
2018x51
Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park
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May 29, 2018
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant? Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole-rats may not be pretty, but they are .. show full overview
2018x52
Why is it so hard to cure ALS? - Fernando G. Vieira
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May 31, 2018
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig’s Disease, affects about two out of every 100,000 people worldwide. When a person has ALS, their .. show full overview
2018x53
Can you solve the penniless pilgrim riddle? - Daniel Finkel
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Jun 04, 2018
After months of travel, you’ve arrived at Duonia, home to the famous temple that’s the destination of your pilgrimage. The walk from the welcome center to the temple isn't a long one ... .. show full overview
2018x54
Would you live on the moon? - Alex Gendler
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Jun 05, 2018
The European Space Agency is hoping to establish an inhabited research base on the moon by the 2020s. But living in this "moon camp" won’t be easy. How will humans deal with the cosmic .. show full overview
2018x55
How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone
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Jun 07, 2018
In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration’s newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives — though no one .. show full overview
2018x57
The Irish myth of the Giant's Causeway - Iseult Gillespie
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Jun 12, 2018
On the coast of Northern Ireland, a vast plateau of basalt slabs and columns called the Giant’s Causeway stretches into the ocean. The scientific explanation for this is that it’s the .. show full overview
2018x58
What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler
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Jun 14, 2018
What keeps you up at night? Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Stress about unfinished work? What if the very thing keeping you awake was stress about losing sleep? .. show full overview
2018x59
Did the Amazons really exist? - Adrienne Mayor
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Jun 18, 2018
It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary. But curiously enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central .. show full overview
2018x60
The science of hearing - Douglas L. Oliver
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Jun 19, 2018
The ability to recognize sounds and identify their location is possible thanks to the auditory system. That’s comprised of two main parts: the ear, and the brain. The ear’s task is to .. show full overview
2018x61
How do your hormones work? - Emma Bryce
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Jun 21, 2018
Over our lifetimes, our bodies undergo a series of extraordinary metamorphoses: we grow, experience puberty, and many of us reproduce. Behind the scenes, the endocrine system works .. show full overview
2018x62
The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder - Joelle Rabow Maletis
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Jun 25, 2018
Many of us will experience some kind of trauma during our lifetime. Sometimes, we escape with no long-term effects. But for millions of people, those experiences linger, causing symptoms .. show full overview
2018x63
How much of what you see is a hallucination? - Elizabeth Cox
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Jun 26, 2018
A condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome can cause blind patients to hallucinate scenes in vivid color. fMRI studies show that these hallucinations activate the same brain areas as .. show full overview
2018x64
Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle? - Gordon Hamilton
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Jun 28, 2018
Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s abstract, rectangular paintings inspired mathematicians to create a two-fold challenge. Can you solve the puzzle and get to the lowest score possible? Gordon .. show full overview
2018x65
Are there universal expressions of emotion? - Sophie Zadeh
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Jul 03, 2018
The 40 or so muscles in the human face can be activated in different combinations to create thousands of expressions. But do these expressions look the same and communicate the same .. show full overview
2018x66
Why don’t poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin
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Jul 05, 2018
Thousands of animal species use toxic chemicals to defend themselves from predators. Snakes have blood clotting compounds in their fangs, the bombardier beetle has corrosive liquid in .. show full overview
2018x67
What is the coldest thing in the world? - Lina Marieth Hoyos
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Jul 10, 2018
The coldest materials in the world aren’t in Antarctica or at the top of Mount Everest. They’re in physics labs: clouds of gases held just fractions of a degree above absolute zero. Lina .. show full overview
2018x68
How exactly does binary code work? - José Américo N L F de Freitas
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Jul 12, 2018
Imagine trying to use words to describe every scene in a film, every note in a song, or every street in your town. Now imagine trying to do it using only the numbers 1 and 0. Every time .. show full overview
2018x69
History vs. Augustus - Peta Greenfield & Alex Gendler
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Jul 17, 2018
His reign marked the beginning of one of history’s greatest empires … and the end of one of its first republics. Was Rome’s first emperor a visionary leader who guaranteed his .. show full overview
2018x70
A day in the life of an ancient Egyptian doctor - Elizabeth Cox
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Jul 19, 2018
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 .. show full overview
2018x71
The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman - Janell Hobson
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Jul 24, 2018
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage; these are just a handful of the accomplishments of one of .. show full overview
2018x72
How can you change someone's mind? (hint: facts aren't always enough) - Hugo Mercier
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Jul 26, 2018
Why do arguments change people’s minds in some cases and backfire in others? Hugo Mercier explains how arguments are more convincing when they rest on a good knowledge of the audience, .. show full overview
2018x73
Did ancient Troy really exist? - Einav Zamir Dembin
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Jul 31, 2018
When Homer’s Iliad was first written down in the eighth century BCE, the story of the Trojan war was already an old one. From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the .. show full overview
2018x74
Why does your voice change as you get older? - Shaylin A. Schundler
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Ago 02, 2018
The human voice is capable of incredible variety and range. As we age, our bodies undergo two major changes which explore that range. So how exactly does our voice box work, and what .. show full overview
2018x75
Can you solve the rogue AI riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Ago 07, 2018
A hostile artificial intelligence called NIM has taken over the world’s computers. You’re the only person skilled enough to shut it down, and you’ll only have one chance. Can you survive .. show full overview
2018x76
How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson
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Ago 09, 2018
In the year 1066, 7,000 Norman infantry and knights sailed in warships across the English Channel. Their target: England, home to more than a million people. Around the same period of .. show full overview
2018x77
What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? - Elizabeth Cox
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Ago 14, 2018
2,300 years ago, the rulers of Alexandria set out to fulfill a very audacious goal: to collect all the knowledge in the world under one roof. In its prime, the Library of Alexandria .. show full overview
2018x78
Zen kōans: unsolvable enigmas designed to break your brain - Puqun Li
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Ago 16, 2018
How do we explain the unexplainable? This question has inspired numerous myths, religious practices and scientific inquiries. But Zen Buddhists practicing throughout China from the 9th .. show full overview
2018x79
Why is Aristophanes called "The Father of Comedy"? - Mark Robinson
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Ago 21, 2018
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world’s earliest surviving comic dramas. They're stuffed full of parodies, songs, sexual jokes and surreal fantasy -- .. show full overview
2018x80
Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle? - Tanya Khovanova
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Ago 23, 2018
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 one appears to .. show full overview
2018x81
What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox
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Ago 28, 2018
Even after writing eleven books and winning several awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t escape the doubt that she hadn’t earned her accomplishments. This feeling of fraudulence is extremely .. show full overview
2018x83
Does stress affect your memory? - Elizabeth Cox
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Sept 04, 2018
You spend weeks studying for an important test. On the big day, you wait nervously as your teacher hands it out. You’re working your way through, when you’re asked to define "ataraxia." .. show full overview
2018x84
What is the universe expanding into? - Sajan Saini
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Sept 06, 2018
The universe began in a Big Bang nearly fourteen billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since. But how does the universe expand and what is it expanding into? Sajan Saini .. show full overview
2018x85
Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? - Alex Gendler
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Sept 10, 2018
You’re overseeing the delivery of supplies to a rebel base in the heart of enemy territory. To get past customs, all packages must follow this rule: if a box is marked with an even .. show full overview
2018x86
Is there any truth to the King Arthur legends? - Alan Lupack
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Sept 11, 2018
King Arthur has risen again and again in our collective imagination, along with his retinue of knights, Guinevere, the Round Table, Camelot, and of course Excalibur. But where do these .. show full overview
2018x87
How do cigarettes affect the body? - Krishna Sudhir
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Sept 13, 2018
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, and can our bodies recover if we stop? .. show full overview
2018x88
What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler
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Sept 17, 2018
Human beings are everywhere. With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most .. show full overview
2018x89
Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? - Scott Peeples
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Sept 18, 2018
The prisoner strapped under a descending pendulum blade. A raven who refuses to leave the narrator’s chamber. A beating heart buried under the floorboards. Poe’s macabre and innovative .. show full overview
2018x90
Could the Earth be swallowed by a black hole? - Fabio Pacucci
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Sept 20, 2018
From asteroids capable of destroying entire species to supernovae that could exterminate life on Earth, outer space has no shortage of forces that could wreak havoc on our planet. But .. show full overview
2018x91
Can you solve the alien probe riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Sept 24, 2018
Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings — in red, purple or green — to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out .. show full overview
2018x93
How much will you change in the future? More than you think - Bence Nanay
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Sept 27, 2018
Time and time again, we’ve failed to predict that the technologies of the present will change the future. Recently, a similar pattern was discovered in our individual lives: we’re unable .. show full overview
2018x94
What’s a smartphone made of? - Kim Preshoff
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Oct 01, 2018
As of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 .. show full overview
2018x95
Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
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Oct 01, 2018
A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy .. show full overview
2018x96
Can you still feel a limb that's gone? - Joshua W. Pate
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Oct 04, 2018
The vast majority of people who’ve lost a limb can still feel it — not as a memory or vague shape, but in complete lifelike detail. They can flex their phantom fingers and sometimes even .. show full overview
2018x97
Ilan Stavans: Why should you read "Don Quixote"?
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Oct 08, 2018
Mounting his skinny steed, Don Quixote charges an army of giants. It is his duty to vanquish these behemoths in the name of his beloved lady, Dulcinea. There's only one problem: the .. show full overview
2018x98
Can you solve the killer robo-ants riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Oct 09, 2018
The good news is that your experimental robo-ants are a success. The bad news is that you accidentally gave them the ability to shoot deadly lasers … and you can’t turn it off. Can you .. show full overview
2018x99
History through the eyes of a chicken - Chris A. Kniesly
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Oct 11, 2018
The Ancient Egyptian king Thutmose III described the chicken as a marvelous foreign bird that “gives birth daily.” Romans brought them on their military campaigns to foretell the success .. show full overview
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Why should you read "Waiting For Godot"? - Iseult Gillespie
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Oct 15, 2018
Two men, Estragon and Vladimir, meet by a tree at dusk to wait for someone named “Godot.” So begins a vexing cycle where the two debate when Godot will come, why they’re waiting and .. show full overview
2018x101
What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves? - Congrui Jin
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Oct 16, 2018
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements, bridges that span vast rivers and the tallest skyscrapers on earth. But .. show full overview
2018x102
Why can't some birds fly? - Gillian Gibb
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Oct 18, 2018
Though the common ancestor of all modern birds could fly, many different bird species have independently lost their flight. Flight can have incredible benefits, especially for escaping .. show full overview
2018x103
The princess who rewrote history - Leonora Neville
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Oct 22, 2018
Anna Komnene, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios, spent the last decade of her life creating a 500-page history of her father’s reign called “The Alexiad.” As a princess writing about .. show full overview
2018x104
Does time exist? - Andrew Zimmerman Jones
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Oct 23, 2018
The earliest time measurements were observations of cycles of the natural world, using patterns of changes from day to night and season to season to build calendars. More precise .. show full overview
2018x106
How rollercoasters affect your body - Brian D. Avery
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Oct 29, 2018
In 1895, crowds flooded Coney Island to see America’s first-ever looping coaster: the Flip Flap Railway. But its thrilling flip caused cases of severe whiplash, neck injury and even .. show full overview
2018x107
The fascinating history of cemeteries - Keith Eggener
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Oct 30, 2018
Spindly trees, rusted gates, crumbling stone, a solitary mourner: these things come to mind when we think of cemeteries. But not long ago, many burial grounds were lively places, with .. show full overview
2018x108
What causes heartburn? - Rusha Modi
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Nov 01, 2018
Humans have been battling heartburn for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. But recently the incidence has risen, making it a common complaint worldwide. What causes this problem, and .. show full overview
2018x109
Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? - Elizabeth Cox
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Nov 05, 2018
Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the .. show full overview
2018x110
How far would you have to go to escape gravity? - Rene Laufer
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Nov 06, 2018
Every star, black hole, human being, smartphone and atom are all constantly pulling on each other due to one force: gravity. So why don’t we feel pulled in billions of different .. show full overview
2018x111
Can you solve the secret werewolf riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Nov 08, 2018
You’re on the trail of a werewolf that’s been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you’ve narrowed your suspects to one of five people. You’ve invited them to dinner .. show full overview
2018x112
History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler
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Nov 12, 2018
He was a powerful king whose break with the church of Rome would forever change the course of English history. But was he a charismatic reformer who freed his subjects from a corrupt .. show full overview
2018x113
The myth of Sisyphus - Alex Gendler
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Nov 13, 2018
Sisyphus was both a clever ruler who made his city prosperous, and a devious tyrant who seduced his niece and killed visitors to show off his power. While his violation of the sacred .. show full overview
2018x114
What’s the smallest thing in the universe? - Jonathan Butterworth
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 15, 2018
If you were to take a coffee cup, and break it in half, then in half again, and keep carrying on, where would you end up? Could you keep on going forever? Or would you eventually find a .. show full overview
2018x115
Why is meningitis so dangerous? - Melvin Sanicas
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 19, 2018
In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out as a celebration led to a worldwide health crisis: more than 2,000 cases of .. show full overview
2018x116
David Lunney: The life cycle of a neutron star
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 20, 2018
About once every century, a massive star somewhere in our galaxy runs out of fuel. No longer able to produce sufficient energy to maintain its structure, it collapses under its own .. show full overview
2018x117
Who decides what art means? - Hayley Levitt
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 26, 2018
There is a question that has been tossed around by philosophers and art critics for decades: how much should an artist's intention affect your interpretation of the work? Do the artist’s .. show full overview
2018x118
Can you solve the giant iron riddle? - Alex Gendler
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 27, 2018
The family of giants you work for is throwing a fancy dinner party, but there’s a problem — the elder giant’s favorite shirt is wrinkled! To fix it, you’ll need to power up the giant .. show full overview
2018x119
Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut? - Mia Nacamulli
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Fecha de emisión
Nov 29, 2018
Kurt Vonnegut found the tidy, satisfying arcs of many stories at odds with reality, and he set out to explore the ambiguity between good and bad fortune in his own novels. He tried to .. show full overview
2018x121
Can you solve the time travel riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 04, 2018
Your professor has accidentally stepped through a time portal in his physics lab. You’ve got just a minute to jump through before it closes and leaves him stranded in history. Your only .. show full overview
2018x122
Are we running out of clean water? - Balsher Singh Sidhu
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 06, 2018
Despite water covering 71% of the planet’s surface, more than half the world’s population endures extreme water scarcity for at least one month a year. Current estimates predict that by .. show full overview
2018x123
The dangerous race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 10, 2018
By the early 1900’s, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two key locations left: the North and South Poles. After two Americans staked claim to .. show full overview
2018x124
Inside the killer whale matriarchy - Darren Croft
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 11, 2018
Pods of killer whales inhabit the waters of every major ocean on Earth. Each family is able to survive thanks mainly to one member, its most knowledgeable hunter: the grandmother. These .. show full overview
2018x125
A brie(f) history of cheese - Paul Kindstedt
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 13, 2018
Before empires and royalty, before pottery and writing, before metal tools and weapons – there was cheese. As early as 8000 BCE, Neolithic farmers began a legacy of cheesemaking almost .. show full overview
2018x126
From enslavement to rebel gladiator: The life of Spartacus - Fiona Radford
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 17, 2018
Spartacus was enslaved — one of millions taken from territories conquered by Rome to work the mines, till the fields or fight for a crowd’s entertainment. Imprisoned for deserting the .. show full overview
2018x127
The sneakiest tricksters of the animal kingdom - Eldridge Adams
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 18, 2018
A male firefly emits a series of enticing flashes. He hopes a female will respond and mate with him. A female from a different species mimics his patterns: by tricking the male, she .. show full overview
2018x128 Final de temporada
Can you solve the troll’s paradox riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Fecha de emisión
Dic 20, 2018
You and your brother have discovered another realm and set off exploring the new wonderful world. Along the way, you see a troll catching creatures in an enormous net. The troll agrees .. show full overview

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