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From TED Ed. Drummers Tony Succar, Matt Flynn, Matt Tong, and Matt Johnson share what it takes to improve your skills and find your rhythm. — "Think Like A Musician" connects you with working musicians who want to help the music-curious and music-passionate hone and share the gift of music with the world. Part interview,…
From TED Ed. Dig into the science of inhalers, and find out how these devices treat common respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD. — Inhalers are mainly used to treat two conditions: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. And there are two main types: preventative inhalers and rescue inhalers. Preventative inhalers can be…
From TED Ed. Learn more at https://brilliant.org/TedEd — When the Visualphone VP210 hit the market in 1999, it advertised a never-before-seen feature: a camera. With only .11 megapixels, the Visualphone is a relic compared to modern devices. But while this technology has improved dramatically, engineers are rapidly approaching a hard limit on phone camera quality.…
From TED Ed. Dig into the Greek myth of Meleager, who set out to end a boar’s destruction of his city along with Greece’s best warriors. — The night of her son’s birth, the queen of Calydon was visited by three shadowy goddesses, known as the Fates. They gestured towards the blazing hearth and decreed…
From TED Ed. Explore how Salmonella spreads from chickens to humans, and learn how this crafty microscopic pathogen makes us sick. — Salmonella infects millions worldwide each year, causing fever, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. And these effects can be extreme: Salmonella is the leading cause of hospitalizations and deaths from food poisoning. So, how does…
From TED Ed. Dig into the Greek myth of Dionysus, the god of winemaking and excess, and his journey to his ancestral home in Thebes. — Acoetes of Maeonia had been roped into serving as the navigator for a band of pirates. And now the pirates had kidnapped a sleeping youth. As they laid their…
From TED Ed. Explore the science of sinkholes, how they commonly form, and what human activities can also trigger them. — It was a rainy December morning in San Francisco when the Earth opened up. The ground suddenly fell away into a 12-meter-deep sinkhole that engulfed a garage, part of a street, and a multi-million-dollar…
From TED Ed. Opera singer Denyce Graves-Montgomery shares how to find your voice, range, breath, and, ultimately, your truth. — "Think Like A Musician" connects you with working musicians who want to help the music-curious and music-passionate hone and share the gift of music with the world. Part interview, part animated course, our first season…
From TED Ed. Explore different philosophers’ ideas on immortality and dig into their theories about the positives and negatives of eternal life. — While cleaning out your uncle’s attic you find a chest with a sparkling potion. The attached tag declares drinking this liquid will make you immortal. Your body will be frozen at its…