How Marine Animals Navigate the Open Ocean | feat. Virginia Schutte
My first published collaboration is with Virginia Schutte and we talk about different methods exploited by animals to navigate the open ocean.
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Biology
The 12-Dot Illusion Explained (with simulations)
The 12-Dot Illusion has made the rounds on the internet, and today I explain the two factors that drive its effect.
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Why Bumblebees Squirt (and how it controls their life)
A friend sent me a picture of a bumblebee squirting in flight, which inspired me to make this video, as I had witnessed the same event on one of my slow motion recordings.
Bumblebees have the trouble of retaining far too much water, and require quick and effective ways to void it – with interesting behavioural consequences.
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Four Visual Disturbances and Phenomena We All Experience
Today I take over Tom Scott’s channel to talk about four visual disturbances we all experience on a daily basis – find out about floaters, blue entoptic phenomenon, visual snow and phosphenes!
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Four Ways Our Eyes Are Flawed
Human vision has adequate resolution and remarkable colour vision, but nonetheless, our eye structure is full of flaws, ranging from the physical properties of our lens to the fact our retinas back to front. Learn about the different ways our eyes are flawed in the video, and calculate the size and shape of your blindspot in the blog entry.
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Why Do We Value Some Lives More Than Others? | Inclusive Fitness 101
Why do we value some lives more than others? Inclusive fitness offers an evolutionary biology explanation for why individuals help some individuals, but not other.
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The Extraordinary Secret of Cephalopod Vision
Cephalopods have always been a mystery to scientists. In spite of being colourblind, they’re able to detect colour due to the shape of their pupils
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