Posted at 15:40h
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TED 2018-2019,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFk3e5PcK7s
12th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we’re feeling? Kostas Karpouzis imagines a future where machines and the people who...
Posted at 15:30h
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TED 2018-2019,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8992A5oAWM
11th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes is universally recognizable. And yet many of his most recognizable features don't appear in Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. So who exactly is Sherlock...
Posted at 15:20h
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TED 2018-2019,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVdY9KXF_Sg
10th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It’s official: you’ve got the flu. It’s logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms...
Posted at 15:10h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMriWTvPXHI
9th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Pascal’s triangle, which at first may just look like a neatly arranged stack of numbers, is actually a mathematical treasure trove. But what about it has so intrigued mathematicians the world over? Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi shows how Pascal's triangle is full...
Posted at 15:00h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeSuQm7KfaE
8th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Geckos aren’t covered in adhesives or hooks or suction cups, and yet they can effortlessly scale vertical walls and hang from ceilings. What’s going on? Eleanor Nelsen explains how geckos’ phenomenal feet allow them to defy gravity.
View full lesson: How do...
Posted at 14:50h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S6e11NBwiw
7th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Everything in our universe has mass — from the smallest atom to the largest star. But the amount of mass has remained constant throughout existence even during the birth and death of stars, planets and you. How can the universe grow...
Posted at 14:40h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7kAt97XYU
6th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history of life (and specifically during the evolution of complex eukaryotic cells)...
Posted at 14:30h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDo7saKaEys
5th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: As the Earth’s surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds. Jasper...
Posted at 14:20h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbbWx2COU0E
4th TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: When you think about Einstein and physics, E=mc^2 is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But one of his greatest contributions to the field actually came in the form of an odd philosophical footnote in a 1935 paper he...
Posted at 14:10h
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TED 2014-2017,
TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjaAxUO6-Uw
3rd TED-ED – TAW coproduction
Synopsis: Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what...