Krokodil: Russia’s Deadliest Drug
[25:16] A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokod…
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The power of the placebo effect
[4:37] The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren’t suppo…
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Ray Kurzweil: Biotechnology Will Stop Aging
[5:13] The coming biotechnology revolution will allow us, in the next 15 to 20 years, to reprogram our genes to resist bo…
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Al Seckel: Powerful visual illusions
[16:30] Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye t…
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10 Strangest Things People Have Done While Sleepwalking
[7:45] Sleepwalking is actually pretty goddamn scary… [Source: Top Trending YouTube link]…
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James Cantor: The Pedophile’s Brain
[5:25] Dr. James Cantor talks about what brain research is telling us about the minds of the most abhorred people in soci…
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Greg Gage: How to Control Someone Else’s Arm with Your Brain
[5:52] Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscien…
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Human v Chimp: Memory test
[3:43] Ayumu the chimpanzee has made headlines around the world for his ability to beat humans on memory tests, in both s…
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