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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-superstitions-come-from-stuart-vyse Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or not you believe in them, you’re probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. But where did they come from? Stuart Vyse shares the weird and specific origins of

What if everyone became a vegetarian right now? Becoming Vegetarian for 21 Days: https://youtu.be/9iQKLSw15WM Subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Tyler Irving, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown GET THE ASAPSCIENCE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ FOLLOW US! Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.ly/15J7ube AsapINSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/asapscience/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AsapSCIENCE Twitter: http://twitter.com/AsapSCIENCE Tumblr: http://asapscience.tumblr.com Vine: Search “AsapSCIENCE”

An excerpt of our video, “What is Juneteenth, and why is it important?” written by Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio, and directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist. Watch the full animation: https://bit.ly/TEDEdJuneteenth #shorts #juneteenth

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when

Banks are a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. We all kind of know that they do stuff with money we don’t understand, while the last crisis left a feeling of deep mistrust and confusion. We try to shed a bit of light onto the banking system. Why were banks invented, why did they cause

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-caffeine-keep-us-awake-hanan-qasim Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep — but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious.

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How does your body fight a virus? Take a look inside your cells to witness how they produce antibodies and fight to keep you healthy. — All living things are made of cells. In the human body, these highly efficient units are protected by layer upon layer of defense against icky invaders like the cold

In chronically online language, humans might have joined the cosmic chat much later then the universe was born, but in reality, the cosmic chatroom was a very chaotic place for such a long time, that the server wasn’t even available until recently. 💁 #inanutshell #kurzgesagt #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithyoutube #science #aliens #extraterrestrial #spaceexploration #outerspace #spacenerds Sources &

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/sugar-hiding-in-plain-sight-robert-lustig While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect — including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar’s many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-insect-brain-is-so-incredible-anna-stockl The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs in the world, a supercomputer made of billions of neurons that control all of our senses, thoughts, and actions. But there was something Charles Darwin found even more impressive: the brain of an ant, which he called “one of the most

Have you ever wondered how lasers work? Well, we did! #inanutshell #kurzgesagt #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #youtubelearning #science #physics #lasers #howstuffworks #scienceshorts #lightsaber #sciencefacts #physicsquestions Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sources Follow us for more sciencey content! 🦆 OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish: https://kgs.link/youtubeES French: https://kgs.link/youtubeFR Portuguese: https://kgs.link/youtubePT Arabic: https://kgs.link/youtubeAR Hindi: https://kgs.link/youtubeHI Japanese: https://kgs.link/youtubeJA Korean: https://kgs.link/youtubeKO HOW CAN

When you stop eating sugar, you body changes. So what exactly happens to your brain and body when you try to quit sugar? Are artificial sweeteners secretly killing you? https://youtu.be/HdQRf3IzC4Q FOLLOW US! Instagram: https://instagram.com/asapscience​​ Facebook: https://facebook.com/asapscience​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/asapscience​​ TikTok: @AsapSCIENCE Written by: Greg Brown Edited by: Luka Šarlija Drawings by: Max Simmons and Greg Brown

Find out what expiration date labels on food actually mean, and discover ways communities and governments can lessen food waste. — Countries around the world waste huge amounts of food every year: roughly a fifth of food items in the US are tossed because consumers aren’t sure how to interpret expiration labels. But most groceries

Dig into the 800 year history and architecture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and find out what gives the tower its infamous tilt. — In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisa’s famous Leaning Tower. There’d been many attempts during its 800 year history, but computer models revealed the urgency of

Today we are going to explain EXACTLY what happens to your brain and body when you try to quit alcohol! FOLLOW US! Instagram: https://instagram.com/asapscience​​ Facebook: https://facebook.com/asapscience​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/asapscience​​ TikTok: @AsapSCIENCE Written by: Gregory Brown Edited by: Luka Šarlija Link To Alcohol Survey: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/understanding-alcohol-use-disorder Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195126/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-021-00527-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327759/ https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19532341/what-happens-when-you-stop-drinking-alcohol/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441882/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-021-01635-w https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2012/854524/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99211-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-021-01610-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-020-01163-z

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-meningitis-so-dangerous-melvin-sanicas 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 meningitis broke out, spreading across Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world.

As part of THE GREAT GIFT EXCHANGE, AsapSCIENCE are transported to a magical “Wrapshop” to wrap a charitable gift for blind creator Molly Burke. They’ll explore the science of blindness and, with help from The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist, design the PERFECT scientifically-engineered gift wrap!

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Walking around the Minecraft server might be fun, but sadly, the same couldn’t be said about the Minecraft Earth… #inanutshell #kurzgesagt #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #science #physics #spacefacts #space #howstuffworks #solarsystem #science #sciencefacts #sciencefiction #planetearth #sciencetheories #cubeearth #minecraft #minecraftshorts Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sources Follow us for more sciencey content! 🦆 OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish: https://kgs.link/youtubeES

Get to know avant-garde music composer John Cage, whose work challenged the boundaries between music and noise. — In 1960, composer John Cage went on television to share his latest work. But rather than using traditional instruments, Cage appeared surrounded by household clutter, including a bathtub, ice cubes, a toy fish, a rubber duck, several

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-control-room-riddle-dennis-shasha As your country’s top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your reconnaissance team is spotty, and you have only limited information about the control panel’s whereabouts. Can you solve the control room riddle and deactivate their

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes-heartburn-rusha-modi 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 how can it be stopped? Rusha Modi details the causes and treatments of heartburn. Lesson by

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-groundbreaking-scientist-you-ve-never-heard-of-addison-anderson Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Steno made outsized contributions to the field of geology, influencing Charles Lyell, James Hutton and Charles Darwin. Addison Anderson recounts Steno’s little-known legacy and lauds his insistence on empiricism over blind

Learn more about our student voice program, TED-Ed Clubs: http://bit.ly/2J5g4eS View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-world-s-first-subway-system-was-built-christian-wolmar 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 100 million dollars in today’s