Beginner Lessons

Does grammar matter? - Andreea S. Calude

The power of the placebo effect - Emma Bryce

How do schools of fish swim in harmony? - Nathan S. Jacobs

What is metallic glass? - Ashwini Bharathula

Is radiation dangerous? - Matt Anticole

How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten

Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry - Skye C. Cleary

How to make your writing funnier - Cheri Steinkellner

History vs. Napoleon Bonaparte - Alex Gendler

How statistics can be misleading - Mark Liddell

Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes - Danit Peleg

What is depression? - Helen M. Farrell

Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary - Cláudio L. Guerra

What’s the difference between a scientific law and theory? - Matt Anticole

3 tips to boost your confidence - TED-Ed

How memories form and how we lose them - Catharine Young

Why do some people go bald? - Sarthak Sinha

Bring TED to the classroom with TED-Ed Clubs

Solid, liquid, gas and … plasma? - Michael Murillo

How blood pressure works - Wilfred Manzano

What is a calorie? - Emma Bryce

How do pregnancy tests work? - Tien Nguyen

Why do blood types matter? - Natalie S. Hodge

How batteries work - Adam Jacobson

The complex geometry of Islamic design - Eric Broug

How in vitro fertilization (IVF) works - Nassim Assefi and Brian A. Levine

What is leukemia? - Danilo Allegra and Dania Puggioni

How to spot a counterfeit bill - Tien Nguyen

Why are manhole covers round? - Marc Chamberland

Camera or eye: Which sees better? - Michael Mauser

The effects of underwater pressure on the body - Neosha S Kashef

What causes bad breath? - Mel Rosenberg

Learning from smallpox: How to eradicate a disease - Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein

How do vaccines work? - Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut

What is a gift economy? - Alex Gendler

The great conspiracy against Julius Caesar - Kathryn Tempest

At what moment are you dead? - Randall Hayes

What does the liver do? - Emma Bryce

Why elephants never forget - Alex Gendler

How do we study the stars? - Yuan-Sen Ting

Is telekinesis real? - Emma Bryce

What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? - Chad Orzel

Why we love repetition in music - Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

What light can teach us about the universe - Pete Edwards

What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis

A guide to the energy of the Earth - Joshua M. Sneideman

Attack of the killer algae - Eric Noel Muñoz

What is the world wide web? - Twila Camp