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The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins
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How algorithms shape our world - Kevin Slavin
View full lesson: Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasi... -
The Real Origin of the Franchise - Sir Harold Evans
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Music and math: The genius of Beethoven - Natalya St. Clair
View full lesson: How is it that Beethoven, who is celebrated as one of the most significant co... -
Can you solve the wizard standoff riddle? - Dan Finkel
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How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim
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The deadly irony of gunpowder - Eric Rosado
View full lesson: In the mid-ninth century, Chinese chemists, hard at work on an immortality po... -
Why do some people go bald? - Sarthak Sinha
View full lesson: What do Charles Darwin, Michael Jordan, and Yoda have in common? They, like m... -
The sonic boom problem - Katerina Kaouri
View full lesson: Objects that fly faster than the speed of sound (like really fast planes) cre... -
The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor
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Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment - Eleanor Nelsen
View full lesson: Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but s... -
How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? - Stanley Stepanic
View full lesson: Over a hundred years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as ...