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12:22
Quixotic Fusion
Dancing with light
Posted
Jun 2012
16:51
Rogier van der Heide
Why light needs darkness
Posted
Mar 2011
4:44
Monika Bulaj
The hidden light of Afghanistan
Posted
Dec 2011
18:24
Ed Boyden
A light switch for neurons
Posted
May 2011
30:15
David Brenner
Can light stop the coronavirus?
Posted
Jul 2020
5:05
The Holladay Brothers
To the beat of light
Posted
Feb 2018
5:43
Lucianne Walkowicz
Light waves, visible and invisible
Posted
Sep 2013
16:09
Patricia Burchat
Shedding light on dark matter
Posted
Aug 2008
9:36
Olafur Eliasson
Playing with space and light
Posted
Jul 2009
12:27
Dragana Rogulja
How artificial light affects our health
Posted
Jun 2019
12:51
Harald Haas
Wireless data from every light bulb
Posted
Aug 2011
5:07
Sajan Saini
How light technology is changing medicine
Posted
Jun 2019
4:13
Colm Kelleher
Is light a particle or a wave?
Posted
Jan 2013
12:43
Li-Huei Tsai
Could we treat Alzheimer's with light and sound?
Posted
Jan 2022
11:36
Ane Brun
"It All Starts With One" / "You Light My Fire"
Posted
May 2019
13:08
Truls Nord
Tactile photographs that display worlds of light, shadow and mood
Posted
Jun 2019
9:50
Aakash Odedra
A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light
Posted
Dec 2014
4:35
Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
The fundamentals of space-time: Part 2
Posted
May 2014
11:31
Kaki King
A musical escape into a world of light and color
Posted
Nov 2015
2:58
Colm Kelleher
What is color?
Posted
Dec 2012
8:54
Sandra Rey
Pollution-free lights, powered by microbes
Posted
Jul 2016
16:50
Mary Lou Jepsen
How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains
Posted
Aug 2018
13:28
Kelsey Johnson
The problem of light pollution — and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
Posted
Dec 2019
13:54
David Gruber
Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures
Posted
Jan 2016
8:25
Lloyd Treinish
This weather forecasting model is actually accurate
Posted
Feb 2018
13:45
Lloyd Pendleton
The Housing First approach to homelessness
Posted
Nov 2017
13:59
Karen Lloyd
The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth — and how they could help humanity
Posted
Jun 2019
6:50
Lei Li
The incredible cancer-detecting potential of photoacoustic imaging
Posted
Feb 2022
22:33
Thomas Lloyd
Why am I "so gay?"
Posted
Jun 2020
8:05
John Lloyd
An animated tour of the invisible
Posted
Sep 2012
5:59
Jessica Ladd
The reporting system that sexual assault survivors want
Posted
Mar 2016
13:08
Karen Lloyd
This deep-sea mystery is changing our understanding of life
Posted
Feb 2018
16:30
Beau Lotto
Optical illusions show how we see
Posted
Oct 2009
10:24
John Lloyd
An inventory of the invisible
Posted
Sep 2009
10:45
Lýdia Machová
The secrets of learning a new language
Posted
Jan 2019
16:22
Kwabena Boahen
A computer that works like the brain
Posted
Jul 2008
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