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Active Reading Application

YouthEducationHow-toReading...
In this life skills lesson, students will practice applying active reading strategies.

Defining A Problem

YouthEngineeringScienceTechnology...
Sabrina talks about how we can all be better engineers by understanding what problems we want or need to solve.

Your Planet News: Plastic

YouthEnvironmentInnovationNews...
In this Your Planet, we look into plastic that dissolves in sea water, reducing plastic waste and life-sized puppet animals roaming Madrid.

How to Build in Space — for Life on Earth | Ariel Ekblaw | TED

AdultsArchitectureInnovationScience...
Is space the “final frontier” — or the perfect place to revolutionize life on Earth?

How this helicopter survived 1004 days on Mars, then disappeared...

AdultsInnovationSpaceSurvival...
How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years.

Primitive Technology: Charcoal retort experiment

AdultsExperimentsTechnology
I tested a charcoal retort based on the Hookway retort method using only primitive materials.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED

AdultsArtificial IntelligenceTechnology
Yoshua Bengio — the world's most-cited computer scientist and a "godfather" of artificial intelligence — is deadly concerned about the current trajectory of the technology.

The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets Wrong

AdultsCareersTechnology
Are you smart enough to solve this Google interview question?

We have the tools to fix our food system. Why aren’t we using them? | Hannah Ritchie

AdultsScienceTechnology
"Our food systems are the leading driver of deforestation, the leading driver of biodiversity loss, the leading driver of fresh water use, and the leading driver of water pollution."

The Next Computer? Your Glasses | Shahram Izadi | TED

AdultsInnovationAugmented RealityTechnology
Picture this: you’re wearing a normal-looking pair of glasses, but they give you the ability to quickly summarize a book, translate between languages or remember where you left your keys.

CA Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image Meet NEO, Your Robot Butler in Training | Bernt Børnich | TED

AdultsRoboticsTechnology
What if doing your chores were as easy as flipping a switch?

The Future Of The Natural World

YouthEnvironmentFutureGadgets...
Ricky takes a look at the future of the natural world at London's Natural History Museum.

Primitive Technology: Water powered forge blower

AdultsDIYEngineeringTechnology
I made a water powered forge blower to blow air into a furnace. Getting running water to power a blower had been on my list for a while now and the weather had been wet enough to cause enough flow in the creek to try one.

6 Weapons That Changed Human History Forever

AdultsHistoryHumanTechnology
Sometimes, humans invent a technology that changes the game. From ancient hand axes to gunpowder, here are 6 weapons that changed the course of human history.

How To Make Homemade Southern Fried Chicken By Jamie Oliver

AdultsCookingFoodPolitics...
Learn how to make homemade southern fried chicken with Jamie Oliver!

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like Carole Cadwalladr TED

AdultsPoliticsTechnology
We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start

The First (And Only) Cat In Space

YouthAnimalsScienceSpace...
You might not have heard of Félicette, who in 1963 became the first -- and so far only -- cat to go to space.

Why Is MIT Making Robot Insects?

AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology
What happens when you shrink robots down to the size of insects? Let’s explore the mind-bending physics behind their superpowers!

Elon Musk's Empire is Even Bigger Than You Think | On The Grid | WIRED

AdultsBusinessSpaceTechnology
There's barely a place left on Earth outside the gravitational pull of Elon Musk’s empire.

Why Isn’t Thorium Changing the World?

AdultsEnergyScienceTechnology
If Thorium molten salt reactors (MSRs) offer a safer, more efficient, and more scalable alternative to traditional nuclear power, then why isn’t there a single commercial reactor in operation today?

Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?

AdultsEngineeringTechnologyTransportation
How Thermite turned the clickety-clack of railroads into seamless, silent tracks.