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When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks...

When a musician rips into a totally sweet solo, it can give you goosebumps and send a chill down your spine, but how does that happen?

The sensation of time slowing down during intense situations is a commonly reported phenomenon, but what's actually going on?

Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big...

Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate Aurasma, a new augmented reality tool that can seamlessly animate the world as seen through a smartphone. Going beyond previous augmented reality, their "auras" can do everything from making a...

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Welcome back to the Frame Channel for a feature on the process from planting to the packing of tomatoes and its by-products like one of the most used edible items, the ketchup.

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Having a new giraffe calf at the San Diego Zoo is always an exciting event.

Having a new giraffe calf at the San Diego Zoo is always an exciting event.

The 1-day-old giraffe passed her first health exam with flying colors.