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In a TEDx Talk, brain researcher Dr. Lara Boyd talks about neuroplasticity, how we learn, and how short-term and long-term memory work.
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United Kingdom
A look at how lexicographers started creating the Dictionary of the English Language to ensure that everyone spelled words correctly and knew their correct definition.
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Michelle Obama continues discovering how shopping works for normal people. Meanwhile, Ellen purposely annoys her every step of the way
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USA
George Clooney discusses his long lasting partnership with Nespresso and what makes it his coffee of choice.
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Mayda del Valle, a poet whose work has helped to raise the bar in poetry circles all over the world, performs her piece "a faith like yours" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
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United Kingdom
In the 17th Century, scientific research influenced the invention of English words relating to physics, chemistry, and anatomy.
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The phenomenon of tonic immobility helps researchers study sharks, but does it also help orcas hunt and kill them?
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United Kingdom
Have you ever been unsure as to how elections work in the US on a federal and state level? This video explains it all.
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Some orcas do prey on sharks, but how do they do it? Researchers also have to catch sharks occasionally, and there is a particular technique that they use.
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United Kingdom
Created in 1611, The King James Bible permanently shaped the English language with new phrases that are still in use today. How many of them do you know?
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So if an orca attacking a shark is so rare, how do they usually behave? In this segment, we learn about how orcas around the world live and hunt.
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United Kingdom
Our friends at Numberphile provide a detailed look at how the game Connect Four is won or lost.
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Why would a killer whale go after a great white shark? Enter Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a biologist who is very familiar with the different families of killer whales off the coast of California.
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Orcas are at the top of the food chain, but it is unprecedented that they would go after a great white shark. From the boat, whale watchers and experts alike are shocked by what they see.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, and it looks like it may not be an especially smooth transition. John Oliver goes over the decision on his show "Last Week Tonight."
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