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Curated Video
Exploring Blind Spots and Brain Tricks
In this video, we explore how the human eye has a blind spot due to the position of the optic disc, and how our brain cleverly fills in the missing information. Through simple experiments, we discover how our perception can be influenced...
Curated Video
How to Handle Blind Spots While Driving
Howcast - Learn how to deal with blind spots when you're driving in this Howcast video with A-Club Driving School.
SciShow
Why Do We Have Blind Spots?
Your brain is lying to you about what you see-- find out why in this Quick Question! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin...
SciShow
Why Do We Have Blind Spots?
Your brain is lying to you about what you see-- find out why in this Quick Question!
Science Buddies
Find Your Blind Spot!
Did you know that you have a blind spot in your eye? In fact, every person has an unavoidable blind spot in each of their eyes. This doesn't mean that you see a constant black spot in your field of vision though. Normally you don't...
The Guardian
Owen Jones meets Sayeeda Warsi | 'Islamophobia is Britain’s bigotry blind spot'
Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi is one the most outspoken critics of Islamophobia in her own party. I met her to talk about what she calls ‘Britain's bigotry blind spot’ and the consequences it has for Muslim communities around the country. She...
Loughborough University
Reducing HGV blind spots
Hundreds of lives a year in Europe will be saved following the introduction of the Direct Vision Standard for HGVs, thanks to our new system for measuring blind spots in trucks, in partnership with Transport for London.
TED Talks
TED: How we can build AI to help humans, not hurt us | Margaret Mitchell
As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand. She tells a cautionary tale about the gaps, blind spots and biases we subconsciously encode into AI --...
SciShow
When Blindsight is 20 20
We tend to think of physical blindness like a blindfold, but it’s much more complicated than that, and in some instances, people who have lost their vision can still "see" subconsciously.
Rachel's English
Driving Vocabulary
Learn English vocabulary words for driving! I will teach you the American English pronunciation for driving-related words common in the US. You can use this English vocabulary video as a training guide, reading along with me and...
Curated Video
How to Drive More Safely with the 2010 Ford Taurus
Howcast - The 2010 Ford Taurus goes beyond conventional safety standards with its new and innovative features that reduce the risk of everyday road hazards -- taking defensive driving to a whole new level. Steve Kozak, Ford Motor...
SciShow
The Blinding White Remains of a Dying Sea | Weird Places: White Sands
The aptly named White Sands National Park is home to over 400 square kilometers of blindingly white sand. It's the culmination of a remarkable 250 million year process of sorting, transporting, and purifying gypsum to make a truly...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What causes hallucinations? - Elizabeth Cox
A condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome can cause blind patients to hallucinate scenes in vivid color. fMRI studies show that these hallucinations activate the same brain areas as sight - areas that are not activated by imagination....
TED Talks
TED: The blind spots of the green energy transition | Olivia Lazard
The world needs clean power, but decarbonization calls for a massive increase in the mining and extraction of minerals like lithium, graphite and cobalt. Environmental peacemaking expert Olivia Lazard sheds light on the scramble for...
National Geographic
Building a Blind | Live Free or Die
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Blind Spots of Economic Theories
In part 2 of INET's interview with Lance Taylor, he says that leveraged debt and other evidence was on the table before the crash, but people chose not to look at it
Curated Video
High Demand for Cataract Surgery in Konchi, Ethiopia
Before finishing setup, a line of patients forms at the Konchi eye camp, where many will camp overnight to secure a spot for vision-restoring surgery. Within an hour, the week's waiting list is nearly full, with patients traveling from...
TED Talks
El punto ciego de la neurociencia
El punto ciego de la neurociencia
Los neurocientíficos se enfrentan a una paradoja al tratar de comprender el cerebro: el sujeto de estudio y el investigador comparten características, es decir la mente estudia a la...
Los neurocientíficos se enfrentan a una paradoja al tratar de comprender el cerebro: el sujeto de estudio y el investigador comparten características, es decir la mente estudia a la...
TED Talks
TED: How kids can help design cities | Mara Mintzer
Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what the world they'll inherit will look...
TED Talks
TED: The missing piece of the clean energy transition | Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha
The clean energy transition has a major blind spot, says energy equity expert Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha: it ignores millions of people without access to energy. Highlighting grassroots women's organizations leading the charge towards...
TED Talks
Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons
Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure...
Big Think
A short history of knowledge, from feudalism to the Internet | Alice Dreger
Crowdsourcing as an idea isn't anything new, says historian and sex researcher Alice Dreger. She tells us about the history of public gathering of information from the medieval era to today. The enlightenment period was a big boon to the...
New Scientist
Vanishing head illusion
Richard Wiseman takes us through an illusion that makes his head disappear. Read more <a href='http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17511-the-blind-spot-and-the-vanishing-head-illusion.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at</a> href='http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17511-the-blind-spot-and-the-vanishing-head-illusion.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at
