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The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters

Adults Human Neuroscience Science
The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side controls logic and the right side controls creativity. And yet, this is a myth, unsupported by scientific evidence. So how did this idea come about, and what does it get wrong? Elizabeth Waters looks into this long held misconception.

Why people never smiled in old photos

Adults History Photography
Early portraits looked pretty grim. A lot of old photos from the 19th and early 20th century are fraught with doom and gloom-and on the occasion the literal dead face. That led to the popular belief that people just did not smile in old photographs. The common explanation is due to the limited technology at the time to capture a smile. Exposure times were long and the thinking was it's easier to hold a serious expression over a long period. Another theory included early photography being heavily influenced by painting (which meant no smiling).

What happens to your body when you stop exercising

Adults Health Sports Wellness
For adults, the CDC recommends at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and two, or more, days of muscle training per week. However, not everyone meets those standards. This is what happens to your body when you go from regularly exercise to none at all.

The Medical Student Trying To End Loneliness In The Elderly | Amazing Humans

Adults Health Wellness
This inspirational medical student Fraser takes elderly people on rickshaw rides to overcome loneliness. Mary is 89 and lives in a home, she and friend Chris are taken on rickshaw rides by Fraser to get them out and about in Aberdeen.

How to Recount Your Dreams

Adults Psychology Society Spirituality
We often wake up from a dream with a powerful urge to tell those around us about what happened. But our listeners are also liable to feel restless and bored during our narration of the dream. The issue takes us to the heart of the challenges of communication.

Art Aquarium: Hidetomo Kimura's fishy installation

Adults Animals Art Creativity
One of Tokyo's most popular summer attractions features LED light displays, impressive glass sculptures, an immersive soundscape and, most importantly, thousands of sea creatures. Japanese artist Hidetomo Kimura's Art Aquarium combines the movements of about 5,000 goldfish with light shows, beautifully crafted fishbowls, and projection mapping.

The Paralysed Beauty Blogger Inspiring Others With Her Beauty Tips | Living Differently

Adults Disability Internet Culture
Tess Daly is completely paralyzed but she has gained tens of thousands of followers online because of the amazing make up she can apply with the limited movement in her hand.

What happens to your body when you binge-watch too much TV

Adults Health TV
Watching hours of TV at a time creates an astounding cocktail of bad side-effects. But there are ways to binge responsibly.

LITERATURE - Goethe

Adults Books Creativity Culture
Goethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention.

Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler

Adults Creativity Math Science
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. These are the first five elements of a number sequence. Can you figure out what comes next? Alex Gendler reveals the answer and explains how beyond just being a neat puzzle, this type of sequence has practical applications as well.

It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.

Adults Business Technology
If you have played a claw machine you probably haven't won many prizes and maybe even thought they are rigged. Find out what really happened to your allowance.

The real secret to sushi isn't fish

Adults Creativity Food
Here's how it rolled from rice paddies into your burrito.

Stretchy Batteries Are Coming... Here's How They Work

Adults Future Technology
Researchers have developed a way to make a battery and its casing stretchy, enabling future advancements in wearable electronics.

Card Throwing Trick Shots | Dude Perfect

Adults Art Creativity
Is card throwing the new water bottle flipping?

How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim

Adults Addiction Food Health
Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That's equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep - but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious. So how does it keep us awake? Hanan Qasim shares the science behind the world's most widely used drug.

This Woman Is Helping Grieving Parents To Heal | Amazing Humans

Adults Mental Health Society
Funeral Director LeighAnne helps parents through one of the most difficult experiences they can face - the loss of a miscarried or stillborn baby.

Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame

Adults Art Creativity History
Van Gogh's travels informed the works we revere today.

Binging with Babish: Game of Thrones

Adults Creativity Food
This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching of a skull is rivalled only by his ability to describe the crunching of a pastry, so it's only fitting that this sexy saga is home to some serious food porn. I'm a main character in this show, so my life is decidedly in danger this week.

The Hunt for Patient Zero Is Important But Impossible

Adults Health Science
Finding the source of a disease outbreak requires intensive detective work from health experts. But is finding Patient Zero even possible?

How does fracking work? - Mia Nacamulli

Adults Global Warming Nature Technology
Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There's a technology, called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that can extract this natural gas, potentially powering us for decades to come. So how does fracking work and why is it a source of such heated controversy? Mia Nacamulli explains the ins and outs of fracking.

Why We Only Learn When We Repeat

Adults Human Psychology
Our education system is based on the idea that we can learn things once, and that they'll then stay in our minds throughout our lives. That's far too optimistic. Our brains are like sieves. If anything is going to remain in them, we need regular reminders of what really matters. Fascinatingly, religions always understood that.