The 10 most popular TED-Ed Animations of 2025

Xixi Wang

In 2025, our YouTube audience spent nearly 16 million hours watching TED-Ed Animations (that’s equal to over 1,800 years!). Our most-viewed videos of 2025 include an exploration of dragon legends from around the world, tips on how to best build new skills, an explanation of why it’s a really bad idea to mess with a crow, a handful to help you understand your body, and more!

Liminal review: Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe discuss their new spacebound album, Liminal | New Scientist

Liminal
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe, Verve Records

Quantum 2.0 review: An ambitious look at quantum physics is fun - but overdoes it a little | New Scientist

Physics of light and magnetism rewritten after almost two centuries | New Scientist

Physics

An experiment 180 years ago first demonstrated a connection between light and electromagnetism – but the link is deeper than we thought

19 November 2025

The forgotten women of quantum physics | New Scientist

In the 1960s, a group of physicists and historians began a massive project meant to catalogue and record the history of quantum physics. It was called Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP). As part of it, they conducted interviews with physicists who had helped found the field three or four decades earlier. Out of more than 100 interviewees, only two were women.

Kyrgios v Sabalenka: Who has won 'Battle of the Sexes' matches?

ByJonty Colman

BBC Sport journalist

Updated 4 November 2025

Australia's Nick Kyrgios will face women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka in tennis's latest 'Battle of the Sexes' fixture on 28 December 2025.

Formula 1: What is a halo? When has it worked? Why was it introduced?

ByTasnim Chowdhury

BBC Sport journalist

The halo is a curved wishbone-shaped structure that surrounds the cockpit of a Formula 1 car.

It was first introduced in 2018, to improve the safety of drivers during races.

ready for dessert: behind-the-scenes, baking tips, and errata - David Lebovitz

There’s a lot going on when you write a cookbook. You begin with an idea, then spend a year or two testing and developing recipes. Once the first draft is done, it goes through a developmental edit where the editor gives feedback on what you’ve done so far and offers up changes, ideas, or things to reconsider.

Maple Pecan Sticky Buns recipe

I’ve never been a huge fan of sticky buns because I find many of them teeth-screamingly sweet. That said, these dial down the sweetness in favor of flavor, courtesy of two of my favorite things: pecans and maple syrup. And having the two swaddled in a butterscotch-like caramel seems to make each one taste even better than they do on their own.

Formula 1: What are McLaren's papaya rules?

ByTasnim Chowdhury

BBC Sport journalist

'Papaya rules' are a code of conduct for McLaren team-mates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris on the racing track.

The word 'papaya' refers to the colour of the fruit that bears a resemblance to the iconic orange colour of McLaren.