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Think Like a Coder | Teaser Trailer

What makes neon signs glow? A 360° animation - Michael Lipman

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid - Philip Freeman

Can you solve the secret sauce riddle? - Alex Gendler

A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler

Why should you read “Midnight’s Children”? - Iseult Gillespie

"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class" poem by Clint Smith

The dust bunnies that built our planet - Lorin Swint Matthews

The secret student resistance to Hitler - Iseult Gillespie

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire - Anne F. Broadbridge

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts - Iseult Gillespie

The mysterious origins of life on Earth - Luka Seamus Wright

A day in the life of a Cossack warrior - Alex Gendler

Why should you read “Kafka on the Shore”? - Iseult Gillespie

Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle? - Dan Finkel

The high-stakes race to make quantum computers work - Chiara Decaroli

How do viruses jump from animals to humans? - Ben Longdon

From pacifist to spy: WWII’s surprising secret agent - Shrabani Basu

The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar - Soraya Field Fiorio

How turtle shells evolved... twice - Judy Cebra Thomas

A brief history of cannibalism - Bill Schutt

Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans

Ancient Rome’s most notorious doctor - Ramon Glazov

Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Dan Finkel

Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges - Ilan Stavans

The most common STI in the world - Emma Bryce

"New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus

The secret language of trees - Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

What makes tuberculosis (TB) the world's most infectious killer? - Melvin Sanicas

Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie

The Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles - Janelle Peters

There may be extraterrestrial life in our solar system - Augusto Carballido

How do crystals work? - Graham Baird

Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler

Underwater farms vs. climate change - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis

Ugly History: Witch Hunts - Brian A. Pavlac

How close are we to eradicating HIV? - Philip A. Chan

This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

You are more transparent than you think - Sajan Saini

The Opposites Game

Why should you read “The Master and Margarita”? - Alex Gendler

The lovable (and lethal) sea lion - Claire Simeone

The Chinese myth of the meddling monk - Shunan Teng

Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate

Can a black hole be destroyed? - Fabio Pacucci

Why should you read “Crime and Punishment”? - Alex Gendler

How do self-driving cars “see”? - Sajan Saini