Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch.
First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.
History of life is a history of replicators. Language is a parasite we've adapted to. It may have started out being harmful, but we've developed a symbiotic relationship with it.
Although I shy away from 'top lists', the TED conference always has amazing speakers and here is a list of ten solid videos that definitely are worth watching.
Richard Dawkins gives an impassioned talk about why Atheism is important.
A highly intelligent and entertainment talk by Jeff Hawkins about the brain theory and how he is working to develop artificial brain-like intelligence.
