The Case of Clive Wearing, A Man With Dual Amnesia Who Lives His Life Seven Seconds at a Time
Joe Scott takes an empathetic deep look into Clive Wearing, a renowned musicologist who now can only live his life seven seconds at a time.
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How the Flooding of Stress Induced Corticosteroids in the Brain Can Temporarily Wipe Out One’s Memory
In a disquieting Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Christina Greer explains how memory is connected to stress…
A TED-Ed Animation Describing the Hippocampus Region of the Brain and Why We Need It
In the latest TED-Ed animation, “The Hippocampus and Memory,” educator Sam Kean and animator Anton Bogaty explore the function of the hippocampus, the region of…
ASAPScience Explores the Biological Causes of Depression
In “The Science of Depression“, ASAPScience uses animation to explain and explore various scientific theories around the biological causes of depression and how certain medications…
Weird Origins of 40 English Words
Mental Floss host John Green explores the weird origins of 40 English words in “40 Weird Word Origins.” For example, Green states that hippocampus is…
Big-Belly Seahorse Babies Born at the Georgia Aquarium Are Smaller Than the End of a Pencil
The big-belly seahorses, also known as Hippocampus abdominalis, at the Georgia Aquarium recently had babies, or fry. For comparison, the small fry pictured is even…
Photos: Burning Man Headquarters
Yesterday I stopped by the Burning Man headquarters in San Francisco to drop off a CD of my Flock photos for the Black Rock Arts…