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Design, Engineering & Technology

The World's Roundest Object (and Why it Exists)

38,159,244 Views

Philosophy & Religion

The Philosophy of The Buddha

3,249,001 Views

Social Studies

This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world

3,894,441 Views

The Arts

The origins of ballet

1,122,565 Views

Nature of Science

The Leap Year Explained

349,143 Views

The Arts

How ancient art influenced modern art

404,041 Views

Philosophy

Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry

7,042,565 Views

Health

The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks

5,887,064 Views

Literature & Language

How science fiction can help predict the future

410,804 Views

Social Studies

History through the eyes of the potato

2,438,546 Views

Social Studies

Let's make history…by recording it

215,828 Views

Social Studies

The science behind the myth: Homer's "Odyssey"

2,831,161 Views

Philosophy

Who was Confucius?

1,537,171 Views

Science & Technology

How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease

710,657 Views

Health

Why do women have periods?

17,183,490 Views

Social Studies

What are the universal human rights?

2,932,294 Views

Science & Technology

Where does gold come from?

8,131,756 Views

Civics

Democracy - A short introduction

1,734,857 Views

Health

The treadmill's dark and twisted past

4,746,305 Views

Social Studies

What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary

6,532,726 Views

Social Studies

The ancient origins of the Olympics

2,341,676 Views

Science & Technology

What happens when continents collide?

1,828,280 Views

Literature & Language

Who am I? A philosophical inquiry

3,731,742 Views

Social Studies

The Akune brothers: Siblings on opposite sides of war

1,967,099 Views