Actions and Reactions

Watch and track your favorite playlist.

Curated by: TED-Ed (48 videos)

---

Tracks in this Playlist

• How to squeeze electricity out of crystals - Ashwini Bharathula
• What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi
• History’s deadliest colors - J. V. Maranto
• Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat? - Elizabeth Brauer
• How do we separate the seemingly inseparable? - Iddo Magen
• The invisible motion of still objects - Ran Tivony
• What is metallic glass? - Ashwini Bharathula
• Is radiation dangerous? - Matt Anticole
• The beneficial bacteria that make delicious food - Erez Garty
• Solid, liquid, gas and … plasma? - Michael Murillo
• How do pregnancy tests work? - Tien Nguyen
• How batteries work - Adam Jacobson
• How to unboil an egg - Eleanor Nelsen
• How to spot a counterfeit bill - Tien Nguyen
• The law of conservation of mass - Todd Ramsey
• What triggers a chemical reaction? - Kareem Jarrah
• The 2,400-year search for the atom - Theresa Doud
• The chemistry of cold packs - John Pollard
• Under the hood: The chemistry of cars - Cynthia Chubbuck
• From DNA to Silly Putty: The diverse world of polymers - Jan Mattingly
• How to make the perfect cookies (according to science) - Stephanie Warren
• The chemical reaction that feeds the world - Daniel D. Dulek
• Where does energy come from? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• The operating system of life - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• The deadly irony of gunpowder - Eric Rosado
• The strengths and weaknesses of acids and bases - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• What is the shape of a molecule? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• How atoms bond - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• The uncertain location of electrons - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• Why don't oil and water mix? - John Pollard
• The science of macaroni salad: What's in a molecule? - Josh Kurz
• The science of macaroni salad: What's in a mixture? - Josh Kurz
• What is chemical equilibrium? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
• Early forensics and crime-solving chemists - Deborah Blum
• How polarity makes water behave strangely - Christina Kleinberg
• Activation energy: Kickstarting chemical reactions - Vance Kite
• Solving the puzzle of the periodic table - Eric Rosado
• Radioactivity: Expect the unexpected - Steve Weatherall
• The genius of Mendeleev's periodic table - Lou Serico
• How big is a mole? (Not the animal, the other one.) - Daniel Dulek
• How to speed up chemical reactions (and get a date) - Aaron Sams
• The ABC's of gas: Avogadro, Boyle, Charles - Brian Bennett
• Describing the invisible properties of gas - Brian Bennett
• What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules? - Michael Evans
• What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules? - Michael Evans
• Print your own medicine - Lee Cronin
• Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor - Taylor Wilson
• Can you survive nuclear fallout? - Brooke Buddemeier and Jessica S. Wieder