TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment - Eleanor Nelsen
Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything...
Crash Course
Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science
So now that we’ve built and programmed our very own CPU, we’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased from just a few cycles per second to gigahertz! Some of that improvement, of course, has come from...
TED Talks
Vusi Mahlasela: "Thula Mama"
South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela dedicates his song, "Thula Mama," to all women -- and especially his grandmother.
TED Talks
Elargir la porte d’entrée de notre mémoire
Elargir la porte d’entrée de notre mémoire Comment fonctionne notre mémoire? Comment réussissons-nous à nous rappeler de ce que nous voulons ? Chercheuse en psychologie, Stéphanie Mazza décrit les grandes étapes du fonctionnement du...
SciShow
The New Oldest Animal Fossils?
A new study reports what might be the oldest fossil animals ever found. And we're also learning more about what role the hippocampus plays in certain types of visual memory.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How plants tell time - Dasha Savage
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
SciShow
This Is Your Brain on GPS
Researchers have revealed a potentially life-saving rapid blood type test, and does using GPS to get around make your brain lazy?
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Let Go of Grudges?
We all have some displeasing memories from the past that still make our blood boil. Why are those grudges so hard to let go of?
SciShow
How Music Can Heal the Brain
Sometimes you hear music and you automatically tap your foot, or do a little dance, or walk to the beat. What’s happening in your brain that makes your body move like that? Can music’s effects on movement or speech rewire your brain?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How memories form and how we lose them - Catharine Young
Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn't as strong-but why not? Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories...
SciShow
The Weird, Delightful Smells of Being Human
Let’s face it: humans stink! But that’s not always a bad thing - we use smells to interact with each other and navigate our lives.
TED Talks
Dessa: Can we choose to fall out of love?
What's the best way to get over heartbreak? Rapper and writer Dessa came up with an unconventional approach after a chance viewing of Helen Fisher's TED Talk about the brains of the lovestruck. In a wryly funny talk, she describes how...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr
Professor Fukan_, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...
Be Smart
How Many Smells Can You Smell?
We walk through life led by our noses. Literally. Because they're on the front of our faces. How does the sense of smell work, and how sensitive are our noses? Why are smell-related memories so vivid? How many different smells could we...
Crash Course
Hackers & Cyber Attacks: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we're going to talk about hackers and their strategies for breaking into computer systems. Now, not all hackers are malicious cybercriminals intent on stealing your data (these people are known as Black Hats). There are also White...
SciShow
How Do You Make Memories?
What if you couldn’t remember anything past 30 seconds? Let us introduce you to a man named Henry Molaison who was diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. He couldn’t form new memories.
SciShow
Do You Really Know What You Think You Do?
We are generally pretty confident when it comes to things that we know really well. But what if your brain is lying to you... tricking you into thinking you know everything, but you really know nothing?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are all of your memories real? | Daniel L. Schacter
In a 1990's study, participants recalled getting lost in a shopping mall as children. Some shared these memories in vivid detail, but there was one problem: none of these people had actually gotten lost in a mall. They produced these...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the...
SciShow
Rocking & Sleep: It's Not Just for Babies
50 to 70 million people are thought to have some kind of sleeping disorder. If you're one of those people, desperate for a good night's sleep, scientists may have an option for you: rocking!
SciShow
Prelude to a Revolution | Antibodies Series Part 1
You may have heard a lot of talk about antibodies lately, especially in relation to vaccines. We wanted to tackle this important subject, but these tiny objects are deceptively complex! So, this is the first of three episodes in a...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Diagnosing a zombie: Brain and behavior - Tim Verstynen & Bradley Voytek
How are different brain stimulations involved with human behaviors--and how can observing a zombie help us understand the brain? In the second part of the Diagnosing Zombies series, two scientists continue to ponder the erratic behaviors...
SciShow
Knitting to the Moon!
The software running Apollo's guidance computers was literally woven by hand by "little old ladies."
SciShow
The Science of Hypnosis
Hypnosis: that's just a fun gimmick for stage shows and plot twists, right? Well, turns out there might be more to it.