Visual Arts
A brief history of religion in art
Lesson duration 04:38
Before we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart to...
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Technology
The cockroach beatbox
Lesson duration 06:16
By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage...
Social Studies
The history of museums
Lesson duration 05:44
Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years -- but they weren't always like...
Life Sciences
How we see color
Lesson duration 03:44
There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the...
Earth and Space Science
Calculating the odds of intelligent alien life
Lesson duration 07:27
Could there be intelligent life on other planets? This question has piqued imagination and...
Religion
The five major world religions
Lesson duration 11:10
It's perfectly human to grapple with questions, like ‘Where do we come from?’ and ‘How do I live...
Earth and Space Science
Dark matter: The matter we can't see
Lesson duration 05:35
The Greeks had a simple and elegant formula for the universe: just earth, fire, wind, and water....
Measurement
How taking a bath led to Archimedes’ Principle
Lesson duration 03:01
Stories of discovery and invention often begin with a problem that needs solving. Summoned by the...
Numbers & Operations
Logarithms, explained
Lesson duration 03:34
What are logarithms and why are they useful? Get the basics on these critical mathematical...
Philosophy & Religion
What did democracy really mean in Athens?
Lesson duration 04:51
While we might consider elections to be the cornerstone of democracy, the Athenians who coined...
Earth and Space Science
A needle in countless haystacks: Finding habitable worlds
Lesson duration 05:11
Out of billions of galaxies and billions of stars, how do we find Earth-like habitable worlds?...
Information Literacy
The key to media's hidden codes
Lesson duration 06:00
Colors, camera angles and logos in the media can all prompt immediate associations with emotions,...
Literature & Language
What "Orwellian" really means
Lesson duration 05:32
If you’ve watched the news or followed politics, chances are you’ve heard the term Orwellian ...
Literature & Language
What makes something "Kafkaesque"?
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The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and...
Literature & Language
How to recognize a dystopia
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The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and...
Performing Arts
Become a slam poet in five steps
Lesson duration 03:32
With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant...
Algebra
Gridiron physics: Scalars and vectors
Lesson duration 04:49
An unbelievable play on an American football field is the perfect backdrop for understanding...
Earth and Space Science
How do animals see in the dark?
Lesson duration 04:23
To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the...