If you're an adult mayfly you'll probably die before the end of this video - Luke M. Jacobus
Trace the life cycle of mayflies, and explore why these swarming insects are a sign of healthy aquat ...View More
How to increase your happiness
Dig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful ...View More
How do gas masks actually work? - George Zaidan
Explore the science behind how gas masks work, and how the technology protects us from airborne thre ...View More
The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city - Geoffrey E. Braswell
Trace the rise and fall of the Maya city Chichen Itza, and how Yucatán's unpredictable environment c ...View More
Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/teded -- A mathematician with a knife and bal ...View More
A day in the life of a teenager in medieval Baghdad - Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
Join siblings Hisham and Asma in medieval Baghdad as they prepare and gather supplies for the hajj, ...View More
How the Mongols used horses to create an empire - William T. Taylor
Explore how the domestication of horses influenced the fate of entire civilizations and dramatically ...View More
Picture a perfect society. What does it look like? - Joseph Lacey
Dig into political philosopher John Rawls' classic thought experiment about what principles we need ...View More
The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim
Dig into Operation Paperclip, a secret intelligence program which brought scientists from Nazi Germa ...View More
This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms - Kenny Coogan
Discover the tradition of worm grunting, and find out why earthworms come to the surface when they s ...View More
