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Do entertain the animals: 5 ways to be a better human at the zoo

Your job: Be interesting. Researcher and author Laurel Braitman explains. Most humans...

All children deserve to learn in a safe, supportive educational environment. One education...

Some jellyfish are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. And...

Synthetic biologist Tal Danino manipulates microorganisms in his lab to create eye-catching,...

Thinking about how to discuss Syria with your students? Here are 4 key ideas that can help kids...

Anyone with an allergy has their origin story, a tale of how they discovered that their immune...

Every great book is a portal — to adventure, to knowledge, or to new perspectives. Beyond the...

What are facts? Facts are the truthful answers to a reporter’s 5 key questions: who, what, when,...

Citizen activism is as American as apple pie. Whether you call it a protest, a parade, a tea...

How much do you know about the tiny, mighty bees? Here are 8 facts worth learning about our...

This is an age of epic political turbulence. From the fracturing of major political parties, to...

Which TED Talks do students love? We asked TED-Ed Club Members around the world to share their...

Recent detentions and seizures of phones and other material from travelers to the United States...

Brainstorming was invented in the 1930s as a practical idea-generation technique for regular use...

“Citizen science” projects can boost student engagement by giving kids the opportunity to help...

Theoretical physicist (and TED Fellow) Shohini Ghose has two great passions: physics, and...