The luckiest unlucky man to ever live
Adults Life TransportationMost people don't escape death even once. Frane Selak has survived just about every type of vehicular accident.
From Homeless To Harvard
Adults Education Equality LeadershipDawn Loggins, 18, was homeless last year. Yet she worked hard - both as a student and as a janitor. She's now going off to the Ivy League.
Google Self-Driving Car on City Streets
Adults Cities Self-Driving Cars Technology AutomotiveJaywalking pedestrians. Cars lurching out of hidden driveways. Double-parked delivery trucks blocking your lane and your view. At a busy time of day, a typical city street can leave even experienced drivers sweaty-palmed and irritable. We all dream of a world in which city centers are freed of congestion from cars circling for parking and have fewer intersections made dangerous by distracted drivers. That's why over the last year we've shifted the focus of the Google self-driving car project onto mastering city street driving.
Nissan develops first "Self-Cleaning" car prototype
Adults Technology Transportation AutomotiveWashing a car can be a chore - and a costly one at that. In response, Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers may never have to clean their car again.
How do we smell?
Adults Human Neuroscience ScienceAn 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
Adults Creativity TVNot 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
Adults Creativity Film Visual DesignHe gets there way faster than the school bus, but with admittedly worse hair.
Larry Page: Where's Google going next?
Adults Business Future TechnologyOnstage 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
Adults Art CreativityFrench 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
Adults Construction GamingWatch Excavators Play The Largest Game Of Jenga You've Ever Seen