How do we smell?
AdultsHumanNeuroscience...An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the air get translated into smells in your brain? Rose Eveleth charts the smelly journey through your olfactory epithelium and explains why scent can be so subjective.
Darcy Oake's jaw-dropping dove illusions
AdultsCreativityTVNot only can illusionist Darcy make doves appear out of nowhere, he also has an even bigger trick up his sleeve.
Action Movie Kid Goes To School
AdultsCreativityFilm...He gets there way faster than the school bus, but with admittedly worse hair.
Larry Page: Where's Google going next?
AdultsBusinessFuture...Onstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons ... and then it gets even more interesting, as Page talks through the company's recent acquisition of Deep Mind, an AI that is learning some surprising things.
Lindzee - Amelymeloptical illusion
AdultsArtCreativityFrench juggler and illusionist Lindzee Poi is about to haunt your brain with his extremely fine finger work.
Built For It Trials - Stack: Largest Board Game Played with Cat Excavators
AdultsConstructionGamingWatch Excavators Play The Largest Game Of Jenga You've Ever Seen
Action Movie Kid - Volume 01
AdultsCreativityFilm...As requested, here are all of Action Movie Kid's adventures thus far in one simple video. More volumes to come. Remember to subscribe to always see his latest adventures.
Another Reason Why Dogs Are Amazing: They Can Detect Cancer.
AdultsHealthPetsHaving a dog for a pet is a great way to find love, loyalty, friendship and fun; but canines are now using their keen senses for something remarkable. New studies have shown that through intense observation and an astute sense of smell (which is is about 100,000 times more powerful than that of a human), our canine friends are able to alert us when cancerous cells are present. In many instances dogs have pointed their noses on the precise locations of unidentified tumors. Read the Article
Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world
AdultsData ScienceWorldWe live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses and microscopes. At TED2014, he shares highlights from his latest project, a 3D film titled "Mysteries of the Unseen World," which slows down, speeds up, and magnifies the astonishing wonders of nature.
Why is ketchup so hard to pour?
AdultsFoodPhysicsEver go to pour ketchup on your fries...and nothing comes out? Or the opposite happens, and your plate is suddenly swimming in a sea of red? George Zaidan describes the physics behind this frustrating phenomenon, explaining how ketchup and other non-Newtonian fluids can suddenly transition from solid to liquid and back again.
1st solar plane to fly around the world
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnology...The Solar Impulse 2 is to be officially presented today, but its construction didn't happen in a day. Watch this video and understand the steps that had to be taken when you're looking towards attempting the First #RTW Solar Flight!
Facebook Will Use Drones and Lasers to 'Beam' Internet to the World
AdultsInternet CultureTechnology...After announcing Internet.org last year, an initiative to improve Internet access across the globe, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Connectivity Lab, a new team of scientists that has been working on the ambitious project. He said that the Connectivity Lab would develop "new platforms for connectivity on the ground, in the air and in orbit," according to a post on Internet.org on Thursday. How are they going to do it?
Cort Acoustic Guitar Factory Tour
AdultsBusinessMusicThis video provides an in-depth look at how Cort Guitars builds their great acoustic guitars. As one of the world's biggest makers of guitars Cort implements a blend of state of the art technology with vintage guitar building techniques to produce great acoustic guitars. Now for the first time you can get an inside look at how their guitars are built.
The chemistry of cookies
AdultsFoodScienceYou stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven indicates that the cookies are ready for eating.