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Would you experiment with your brain? Perhaps there's a Dr. Frankenstein in us all.

Can artificial intelligence tell the difference between labradoodles and fried chicken? ...probably. But they can also see things that... aren't there.

In conversation with Dr. Carin Bondar on her new book subject: Wild Sex.

How did the stem-cells drawn from children's teeth help us understand the key to autism?

Magic tricks along with optical illusions might even fall in the same basket taking into consideration tat both can deceive your eyes. It is also a fact that is very very interesting to watch. We can always use a little sheering up and going to a show, where we can see things that we strongly believe that are real but usually come to understand that all that was a lie. Magic, especially illusion tricks tend to hide behind reality and the truth which makes it even more fun to see. Most of the time we have to go out of the way to purchase tickets and spend money for such a show, where as nowadays it is easy to come across such show by only connecting to the internet and searching for videos of such category. This girl has us on our toes as she happens to perform an <a href="https://rumble.com/v32p51-creepy-following-window-ghost-hollow-face-illusion.html" target="_blank">illusion</a> which seems to look very interesting and attention grabbing and even something that you might find an interest in learning how to do. She does take us step by step explaining the process of how our minds can be tricked. So, here is a video of how to trick your brain with optical illusions. There is always new and <a href="https://rumble.com/v33t4i-lumberjack-builds-innovative-machine-to-make-his-job-1000-times-easier.html" target="_blank">innovative</a> ways to keep you busy, and if you might think for a second you know them all, you might be too quick with conclusions. Take a look as this video is somewhat ready to amaze you!

The Allais Paradox undermines the theory of expected utility because it shows that we don't always make decisions that align with our wants and needs. So, would you prefer a higher chance of living, or a longer life? And then, which pills did you choose?

Join Physics Girl with this look at space isolation, both fictional and real.

The 1998 film can impact people in quite bizarre ways.

Your sense of smell is incredible. Inside your nose, odour molecules interact with your senses at the quantum level – you can detect the presence of extra neutrons in a molecule. Lots of the ways we experience the world are on the teeniest, tiniest scale. It's just one of the places that quantum mechanics interacts with biology. Now you nose

This is Lois. He lives in St. Lois, Missouri, with a disproportionate number of other people named Louis. We’re unconsciously attracted to people, places, and things that resemble ourselves. And it affects our life in some pretty bizarre ways. In one study, researchers analyzed the public records of 66 million Americans and found that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own. Just like St. Lois and it’s Louises, Jacksonville is inhabited by more Jacks, Philadelphia by Philips and Virginia Beach by Virginias. While some gravitate towards these places, it is also possible that parents living in Georgia are more likely to name their children George or Georgia. The researchers also found that people are more likely to live in cities that names began with their <a href="https://rumble.com/v2zho0-hilarious-huge-dog-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">birthday</a> numbers. Interesting facts! If you were born on the second of the month, you would live in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The third? Three Oaks, Michigan. Also, people were more likely to choose careers whose labels whose labels resemble their names. Dennis or Denise are over presented among dentist. Laurie, Lawrence, and Lauren among lawyers. The researchers called this effect of unconscious self-love “Implicit Egotism”. And it doesn’t stop there. A recent study of undergraduate students found that when you work in a group, sharing initials with other members of the group increases the overall quality of your group work. Bizarrely the study was authored by three researches named Polman, Pollmann, and Poehlman. We write our name thousands of times throughout our lives, so the more we are merely exposed to something like those letters the more we like it. And finally, there’s a scientific explanation about why Susie sells <a href="https://rumble.com/v45r2i-gaza-artist-fights-unemployment-by-selling-sea-shell-artworks.html" target="_blank">sea shells</a> by the sea shore!

A story about ethics, commenting on mental health, and why Dr Oz is still a doctor.

The Cocktail Party Effect is an auditory phenomena that, really, humans shouldn't have to solve – normally we can automatically separate different sounds and voices through our selective attention. But it's hard, right? Well Artificial Intelligence found it even harder – a machine found it difficult to determine the difference between audio tracks.

Can we define beauty?

It's my 100th episode of BrainCraft! Thank you so much for watching!

The psychology behind self driving cars: What happens when people don’t interact with technology in the way that developers expect?

Knitting is making a comeback and the benefits might just surprise you.

How can we figure out the intelligence of something that's been extinct for millions of years? Well, one way is by looking at the structure of its brain. I chat about what we know about dinosaur brains with my friend Dustin Growick, dinosaur whisperer. I also dissect a T. rex brain, which really means I cut up a clay model with a knife. It was fun.

How do makeup and our perception of beauty affect our trustworthy and credible we appear? The 100 layer challenge, with science.

Do you trust your ears?

Can you see what I see? Let me know if you were tricked by these illusions!

Our reaction to be tickled may be nature's way of encouraging self defence training from an early age.

These animal mating rituals reveal some secrets of our own Valentines Day behavior. And after the video, crawl on over to PBS NATURE and check out Spy in the Wild!

A lot of us can stop and visualise things in a flash – a rainbow, your breakfast table, your Mum's 80s haircut. But "visualising" isn't the norm for everyone – some people don't imagine things in a visual way. While our "mind's eye" allows a lot of us to see things in our head, other people imagine with words or concepts – in non-visual ways.

If you're feeling lost about what happens inside a VR headset, you can count on your brain's’ internal GPS to guide you through virtual reality experiences. Here, we dive head(set) first into the neuroscience and psychology of VR.

Generally we move our bodies pretty automatically and quickly, thanks to myelin, insulation which coats some of our nerve cells. Though one autoimmune disease – Multiple Sclerosis (MS) – attacks this insulation, impacting patients’ motor and sensory functions. Researching brain development and the disease itself can help develop better treatments for MS patients in the future.