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The Unbelievable Science of How We Read

The Unbelievable Science of How We Read

Season 9 Episode 20
16:14
What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

Season 10 Episode 1
10:16
Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?

Season 10 Episode 2
9:42
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?

Season 10 Episode 3
22:18
How Illusions Can Explain Reality

How Illusions Can Explain Reality

Season 10 Episode 4
19:07
Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Season 10 Episode 5
10:41
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

Season 10 Episode 6
11:50
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?

Season 10 Episode 7
19:10
Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Season 10 Episode 8
17:59
Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain

Season 10 Episode 9
8:29
Why is Puberty so Weird?

Why is Puberty so Weird?

Season 10 Episode 10
10:00
The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?

The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?

Season 10 Episode 11
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It's Okay to Be Smart

The Weird Way That Movies Trick Your Brain

Season 9 Episode 19

Movies. Video games. YouTube videos. All of them work because we accidentally figured out a way to fool your brain’s visual processing system, and you don’t even know it’s happening. In this video, I talk to neuroscientist David Eagleman about the secret illusions that make the moving picture possible.
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