Watch video on YouTube by NationalGeographic »
It’s eyes are enclosed in a transparent dome of a head. It is thought that this would protect the eyes from being sting when it tries to steal food from a stinging creature.
Watch video on YouTube by NationalGeographic »
It’s eyes are enclosed in a transparent dome of a head. It is thought that this would protect the eyes from being sting when it tries to steal food from a stinging creature.
Dr. Mark Hyman’s videos are the best health videos that I have ever seen.
You can find most of of his videos on YouTube UltraWellness channel.
You can see some of his best video on his website drhyman.com.
He gave a talk at Google about the brain (video here).
Very peaceful especially when place with the music.
The title of the video is “Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona)”
Jon Jon Kabat-Zinn is an author and authority on mindfulness meditation. He developed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. His book is “Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness” which is a guide to help people overcome stress and pain through the use of mindfulness meditation.
As he says in this MITWorld video, mindfulness it is “Paying attention, on-purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally”
He also talked at Google…
Daniel Gilbert, author of the book Stumbling on Happiness, claims that the “impact bais” causes people to over-estimate the amount that events will affect people’s happiness. Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard University. He suggests that “synthetic happiness” is just as good as “authentic happiness”.
Eva Vertes poses some interesting questions about cancer. Could it be that cancer is the body own immune system go awry and unable to complete the process?
John Maeda, author of The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life), give this very funny talk at TED.
Arthur Benjamin perform multiplication of 5 digit numbers in his head using math tricks — an amazing performance in front of and with participation from the live audience.
Chris Anderson, editor of “Wired”, coined the term “Long Tail” that is now widely used today in regards to the new business dynamics that have come about due in part to the internet. It is the idea products with low sales volume can still have a large marketshare if you sell many of such products. And now you can since distribution cost have dropped to the point where this is possible.
Computer scientist Jeff Hawkins (who also pioneered PDA’s) tells us the theory of brains and how the brain work. The talk is not technical but covers the theory. There are a few chuckles here and there as well.