Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich Spectrum | Andrew Leland | TED
Adults Science
When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness -- and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world.
How Fish Get Away With Being Colourful
Youth Science
Coral reef fish get away with being colourful thanks to a weird quirk of underwater optics.
How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider
Adults Science
Huge thanks to the Australian Reptile Park for having us over to film – special thanks to Jake Meney for showing us the spiders and Caitlin Vine for organizing the shoot.
How Do Great Lakes Form?
Kids Science
Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin and wants to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!
The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
Adults Science
An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie.
It's Pareidolia!
Youth Science
Dig into the phenomenon of face pareidolia, which is the tendency of our brains to see faces in everyday objects.
These Countries Are Cheating
Adults Science
By overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.
Using Lasers To Disperse Ravens
Youth Science
Chris uses one of the world's only remotely-fired lasers to safely disperse a gathering of thousands of ravens in the middle of the California desert.
Numbers They Don't Teach You In School
Adults Science
There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.
Melting Ice Experiment
Kids Science
Today, we delve into a crucial aspect of climate change - the melting of ice caps and how they impact sea levels.
Are There Earthquakes On Other Planets?
Youth Science
Are there earthquakes on other planets? There sure are, but we don’t call them earthquakes. Find out more in this video.
What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology
Adults Science
A biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.
How To Design A Mars Rover
Kids Science
Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!
The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies - Quasars
Adults Science
The universe isn't just a vast empty ocean sprinkled with galaxies – most of the atoms are actually drifting in between, in the intergalactic medium.
What Cake Can Teach Us About AI?
Youth Science
How is artificial intelligence (AI) a lot like cake?
The Real Reason Ghost Catfish Shimmer Like Rainbows
Youth Science
The cause of ghost catfishes’ rainbow shimmer has been hidden in plain sight all along.
How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider
Adults Science
The deadliest is probably the funnel-web spider and its relatives. The Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) can kill a toddler in about 5 minutes and a 5-year-old in about 2 hours.
How Stretching Changes Your Muscles
Youth Science
Dig into the science of stretching, and find out what it actually does to your muscles and how you can improve your flexibility.
Meet The Mars Rover
Kids Science
Squeaks and Jessi explore how scientists can learn things about Mars by sending rovers to land on it.
What's So Special About A Woodpecker's Tongue?
Youth Science
Dr. Alex Bond explains one of the adaptations that makes woodpecker's tongues so fascinating.
Science All Around Us
Youth Science
Learn all about how science can help solve the problems around us.