SciShow
Talk Show: Brain Injuries & Pearl the Tegu
Ben Fowlkes joins the Talk Show to talk about mixed martial arts and how it affects the brain and body.
SciShow
How Do Curveballs Change Direction in Midair?
It’s amazing how professional baseball players can throw very fast curveballs, but do you know how do curveballs change direction in midair?
MinuteEarth
Why Some Molecules Have Evil Twins
A tiny change in a molecule’s geometry completely changes its effects on the human body. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start your googling with: Enantiomers: Molecules that are...
TED Talks
Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate
Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually...
TED Talks
Marvin Minsky: Health and the human mind
Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice.
TED Talks
Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Could your brain repair itself? - Ralitsa Petrova
Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like science fiction - but it's a potential reality scientists are investigating right now. Ralitsa Petrova details the science behind...
TED Talks
TED: What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova
Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease -- and some promising research on what each of us can do to build...
TED Talks
TED: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems...
SciShow
Those Maddening Eyeball Floaters!
Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What are they? Where do they come from? Join us today on SciShow as Hank explores the science behind these little specks.
TED Talks
TED: I was held hostage for 317 days. Here's what I thought about… | Vincent Cochetel
Vincent Cochetel was held hostage for 317 days in 1998, while working for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees in Chechnya. For the first time, he recounts the experience — from what it was like to live in a dark, underground chamber,...
TED Talks
TED: My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
SciShow
Can Hanging Upside Down Kill You?
When you were a kid, did anyone ever tell you that your head would explode if you hung upside down for too long? Well... they might have been on to something.
SciShow
Now We Can Turn Your Thoughts Into Reality
How is it that you can be looking at a distinct object in front of you, yet picture something entirely different in your mind? The inner workings of what’s happening in our brains to allow this is a puzzle that scientists are now...
SciShow
Football, Dementia, and the Future of Sports
It’s not like anyone thought head injuries were good for people, but the long term effects of concussions has researchers, coaches, and doctors concerned about the extra risks of some popular sports.
TED Talks
TED: Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease | Khalil Ramadi
Could a small jolt of electricity to your gut help treat chronic diseases? Medical hacker and TED Fellow Khalil Ramadi is developing a new, noninvasive therapy that could treat diseases like diabetes, obesity, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's...
TED Talks
Sandrine Thuret: You can grow new brain cells. Here's how
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and...
TED Talks
Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it
You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014 World Cup. What’s he working on now? Building ways for two minds (rats and...
SciShow
Do You Do More Housework Than Your Roommate?
You do way more housework than your slob of a roommate, right? Well, turns out your roommate might think you're the slob. Our brains are just wired that way.
SciShow
Do Doorways Actually Make Us Forget Things?
Have you ever forgotten why you walked into a room? Turns out it's just your brain doing its job.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu
It's 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You've been studying for days, but you still don't feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the...
Be Smart
Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
They say everyone has a doppelganger, but is that really true? This week we meet a young woman who found her own look-alike, and figure out how we actually recognize faces.
TED Talks
TED: In our baby's illness, a life lesson | Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli
Roberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli thought their baby boy Mario was healthy -- until at 10 days old, they discovered he'd had a perinatal stroke. With Mario unable to control the left side of his body, they grappled with tough...
SciShow
Why Do We Get Nosebleeds?
One moment, you're fine. The next, moment it seems like your nose is recreating a scene from The Shining. Why do we get nosebleeds?