TED-Ed

Why don’t oil and water mix? – John Pollard

What causes insomnia? – Dan Kwartler

Can you solve the virus riddle? – Lisa Winer

The Infinite Hotel Paradox – Jeff Dekofsky

Can you solve the false positive riddle? – Alex Gendler

Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain – John C. Moore

The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony – Hanako Sawada

What happens to your body at the top of Mount Everest – Andrew Lovering

What’s so great about the Great Lakes? – Cheri Dobbs and Jennifer Gabrys

How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) – Brian Christian

From enslavement to rebel gladiator: The life of Spartacus – Fiona Radford

The myth of Narcissus and Echo – Iseult Gillespie

A brief history of video games (Part I) – Safwat Saleem

How does a jellyfish sting? – Neosha S Kashef

How art can help you analyze – Amy E. Herman

What is schizophrenia? – Anees Bahji

Nature’s fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out – Lucas C. Majure

Can you freeze your body and come back to life? – Shannon N. Tessier

The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human? – Alex Gendler

How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease – Tien Nguyen

Where did Russia come from? – Alex Gendler

Can you solve the pirate riddle? – Alex Gendler

Why should you read Virginia Woolf? – Iseult Gillespie

Your body vs. implants – Kaitlyn Sadtler

Is it bad to hold your pee? – Heba Shaheed

How does your immune system work? – Emma Bryce

Why do our bodies age? – Monica Menesini

How to think about gravity – Jon Bergmann

What is the universe made of? – Dennis Wildfogel

Making sense of irrational numbers – Ganesh Pai

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

Which is stronger: Glue or tape? – Elizabeth Cox

Debunking the myths of OCD – Natascha M. Santos

Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? – Lorenzo García-Amaya

How to make your writing funnier – Cheri Steinkellner

How I fell in love with a fish – Dan Barber

How is power divided in the United States government? – Belinda Stutzman

A brief history of toilets – Francis de los Reyes

Why should you read Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”? – Brendan Pelsue

The history of the world according to cats – Eva-Maria Geigl