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Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity
The video discusses the dangers of stupidity and how it can be more dangerous than malice. It explores how individuals can become stupid under certain circumstances and how it can be difficult to reason with them. The video also...
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Developing new drugs
In this video you'll learn about developing drugs; their side effects, are they safe and effective. What is clinical trials?
Weird History
The Real Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder was a homesteader and author, famous for her Little House on the Prairie book series. Like Juana Maria, who inspired the book, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Wilder actually existed. Laura Ingalls Wilder was a real...
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Modify a data structure : Linked List Wrap-Up
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Institute of Human Anatomy
The Cool Science of Blindness and Neuroplasticity
This video explains how the brain processes visual information and what happens to the visual areas of the brain when someone is blind. It also explores neuroplasticity and how the brain can reorganize itself in response to blindness,...
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Interpreting Our Universe
You’ve probably seen beautiful images of space taken from telescopes around the world and out in orbit. But how does a bunch of intergalactic information become a vibrant photograph? And what else can we see, feel, and hear from that...
Music Matters
Name the Composer Quiz! - #3 Do you know your classical composers?
How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.
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Elevator outage forces tenants to climb roof or several flights of stairs
New ReviewYasmin Rodriguez has lived on Anthony Avenue for 14 years, but an elevator outage on Oct. 4 left her feeling like a prisoner in her home.
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Pay or drive all day? Elderly patients forced to decide
New ReviewElderly people living on B.C.’s South Coast are being forced to decide between travelling all day or paying out of pocket — to not go blind. As Alanna Kelly explains, patients are disappointed that the cost for the same treatment...
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Rare tooth-in-eye surgery restores B.C. man’s vision
For the first time, a Canadian doctor performed tooth-in-eye surgery to restore the vision of a B.C. man who’d been blind for 21 years. The intensive involves removing a patient's tooth, inserting a plastic lens into it and stitching the...
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Chile security forces accused of grave rights abuses
The Chilean government has been accused of failing to stop human rights abuses by security forces as they crack down on protests.
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Chile workers unions strike in support of ongoing protests
Unions present demands related to wages, pensions and union organising but their primary demand is a new constitution.
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Toronto man hailed as a hero for rescuing blind man from subway tracks
CBC's Michael Serapio speaks with Kyle Busquine, one of three commuters who rescued a blind man who fell onto the subway tracks at Toronto's Broadview Station.
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Florida man helps Syrians reunite in Vancouver
A Florida man has helped Syrian refugees reunite in Vancouver. Due to U.S. immigration rules, Tom Smith had to find a group in Canada willing to help sponsor refugees to take his money. Smith was in Vancouver to welcome the Syrians he...
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Critical eye surgery not funded in Ottawa, but is elsewhere in Canada
A critical eye surgery that could save a woman's sight is not funded in Ottawa, but is covered elsewhere in Canada. The Ontario Health Insurance Plan doesn't cover the operation to prevent the blindness but it will cover any treatments...
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Hearing-impaired Ottawa girl to see Paris before losing vision
Suffers from Usher Syndrome and may lose sight within 5-10 years
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How mobile phones are helping the blind to see
Anne Hansen was not born blind, but around the age of 10-years-old she was told she had problems with her sight. That problem turned out to be a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. Around 10 years ago, she became...
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The Kiss comes to life for the visually impaired
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is probably the most famous painting in Vienna, with over a million people viewing the masterpiece at the Belvedere Museum https://www.belvedere.at/en each year. The iconic image is now available to blind and...
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Too much smartphone in bed could make you go blind
Smartphones and tablets are powerful tools of information and communication and, for most, an essential piece of kit. But too much usage could make you go blind. The desire to keep using our phones, even while lying in bed, has been...
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Patty Duke, Oscar-winning actress, dead at 69
She won her Oscar as a teen for The Miracle Worker and maintained a successful career throughout her life, despite bipolar disorder
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Boy told he'd have to go blind before health system would pay for sight-saving surgery
The parents of a 13-year-old boy were forced to pay thousands of dollars for eye surgery or wait until their son was legally blind before the public health-care system would help him.
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Photography exhibit lets visually impaired feel 3-D photos
'Sight Unseen', a photography exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, features the work of visually impaired photographers and lets people feel 3-D photographs.
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Teen 'given the gift of sight' after laser eye surgery
Fourteen years after the Desrochers family was told their son was blind, he can now see thanks to laser eye surgery.
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Blind man sues Prospect Heights business, claims it violates Americans with Disabilities Act
According to Robert Thorpe, partner of Barclay Damon, the plaintiff sued at least 20 other businesses for similar complaints.