David Eagleman and Alyssa Brewer take a group of of volunteers, fitted with special goggles.
To analyse how a disrupted brain learns to adapt to these new visual data streams.
Why our Sensory Data Information Timing is critical to Construct Our Reality
Combining all these streams of sensory data is an astonishing feat to pull off, but there’s one factor which really adds complication… timing. We have just looked at the phenomenon of brain blindness. Where the brain loses the ability to
What is Brain Blindness when the Brain stops Seeing, even when the eyes have vision
Mike Mays is in the unusual position of having his sight successfully restored but, remaining with brain blindness after 40 years with no use of his eyes.
This brain blindness happens when the brain rewires to function without normal eyesight. This causes structural changes within the brain.
Born with Two Heads | Craniopagus Parasiticus | Manar Maged
During a premature birth Naglaa Mohammed Yehiya gave birth to a baby with two heads. With a condition known as Craniopagus Parasiticus the outlook was poor.
Despite the best effor of doctors, young Manar Maged died after a brain infection.
Sex Reassignment | Man Again | Sam Hashimi | Samantha Kane
Sam Kashimi had a sex change to become Samantha Kane. But after some time, he decided, life as a woman was not for him and sex reassignment was the option.
Sam was not gay and sex with men was not to be. Sex reassignment was essential for this Iraqi born man.
John Ronald Brown | World’s Worst Sex Change Surgeon
A genius bordering on insanity, the self-appointed sex change surgeon, John Ronald Brown, operated without a surgical licence and left mayhem in his wake.
Brown was tried and unanimously found guilty of second degree murder. A crime that carried a sentence of 15 years to life. Even if he serves the minimum term, Brown will be 91 years old before he’s released.
Mystery of the Self Made Mummy | Tibetan Monk
A 500 year old self made mummy found atop a high Tibetan mountain poses an intriguing question. How did it get there and why hasn’t it decomposed.
It also revealed high nitrogen levels suggesting the monk was extremely mal-nourished when he died. A fact that fits in with the theory of the Japanese mummy.
Pyromania | An Obsession with Fire
Pyromania can be a destructive fascination with fire but, it can also be a sensual, erotic experience. Joe Wambaugh has researched the subject for his books
Even serial arsonists are not, necessarily, pyromaniacs as many of them set fires for other reasons. Candidates like Bruce Lee and Paul Keller set many fires for revenge or out of spite.
Red Rain in Kerala | Seeds of Life | Panspermia
Panspermia is the hypothesis that seeds of life exist in the Universe, Red Rain falling in India re-ignited the theory for two leading scientists.
Putting all the evidence together, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe believes this is how life began on Earth in the first place.
Truth behind the Moon Landing | Conspiracy Theory
Known as the greatest conspiracy theory of all time, the notion that the Apollo 11 moon landing was a hoax is put to the test and suitably debunked.
