Controversial
How does evolution really work? Actually, not how some of our common evolutionary metaphors would have us believe. For instance, it’s species, not individual organisms, that adapt to produce evolution, and genes don’t
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“want” to be passed on — a gene can’t want anything at all! Alex Gendler sets the record straight on the finer points of evolution.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Giant Animation Studios.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Giant Animation Studios.
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Category: Controversial
Keywords: Evolution | Misconceptions
Born in 1731 to freed slaves on a farm in Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was obsessed with math and science. And his appetite for knowledge only grew as he taught himself astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and the
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study of the natural world. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua details the numerous accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker.
Lesson by Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, animation by Jun Zee Myers.
Lesson by Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, animation by Jun Zee Myers.
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Category: Controversial
Keywords: Postal Service | Racism
If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the
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chocolate bars of today? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.
Lesson by Deanna Pucciarelli, animation by TED-Ed.
Lesson by Deanna Pucciarelli, animation by TED-Ed.
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Category: Controversial