Follow Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, on his journey to Heaven and the trouble he causes the Jade Emperor during his stay. -- While his disciples loved their roguish leader, Sun Wukong’s misadventures had spread chaos throughout the land. The Jade Emperor, watching from his throne in Heaven, decided he would no longer stand by as this monkey...

Explore the toxicity of death cap mushrooms, and find out what makes this one species so dangerous to humans. -- Humans have known about the toxicity of death cap mushrooms for millennia. Yet they continue to pose a significant threat to unsuspecting foragers and mushroom hunters throughout the world. Today, death caps are responsible for...

Travel to some of the most extreme environments on Earth and see how insects are able to employ their skills to survive. -- Insects are the world’s most numerous and diverse animals. Even where you’d least expect them in some of Earth’s most extreme environments, there they are. From a scalding volcano, parched desert, to a frigid glacier,...

Learn more at https://brilliant.org/TedEd -- Your granddaughter created a surprise for your birthday: a holographic map displaying everywhere you’ve traveled— not just on Earth, but through the universe. Considering you’re living on a spinning rock hurtling around a sun whizzing through a galaxy, you’ve made some real progress. But, how much,...

Dive into the deep sea to find giant squids, and explore what scientists have learned about these mysterious creatures. -- In 1873, fishermen glimpsed what they thought was a shipwreck. But when they probed the mass, it moved— and huge, serpentine appendages soon besieged their boat. One fisherman took an axe to the animal, and it disappeared...