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Who Invented Braille? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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Braille has become a worldwide way for people with blindness to read and write with ease, but have you ever stopped and wondered... who invented Braille??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that answers a
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Could A Blind Eye Regenerate? - David Davila

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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-a-blind-eye-regenerate-david-davila We tend to think of blindness as something you're born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you’re a kid, or even when you’re an ad
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Repairing the cornea: let there be sight

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The cornea is our window onto the world, letting light into our eyes, and it must be kept in perfect condition. Damage to the cornea and the vital ‘limbal’ cells that surround it can have severe consequences, and can ultimately lead to blindness. In this
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Nose Blindness, Mouthwash, and Hand Sanitizer--Your Questions Answered

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How can your nose go blind to certain smells? Why don’t hand sanitizers dissolve your skin cells? What’s the science behind mouthwash? Shoutout to Pal Dali, Hojjat Abdollahi and The Last Targaryen for sending us these awesome chemistry questions. Got more
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Can a Virus Cure Blindness? | Earth Lab

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Gene therapy has discovered the new frontier to prevent blindness... with the surprising help of a virus. Subscribe to Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http
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How Color Blindness Works

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How colour blind people see and the science behind it. Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomblatherwick Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/humaninterests Facebook: https://www.fb.me/HumanInterestsYT Email: tom@humaninterests.co.uk Additional voices by Megan Rope
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How Do Things Hide In Plain Sight?

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Did you see that? ...No? With so much going on around us, our brain sometimes misses the details - here's why. Why Do We Hallucinate? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Wvl9RC Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Learn more about the Click I
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A Curable Condition That Causes Blindness - Andrew Bastawrous

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-curable-condition-that-causes-blindness-andrew-bastawrous An estimated 20 million cases of blindness worldwide are caused by cataracts, a curable condition affecting the lens that focuses images onto the eye’s
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Curing Blindness Can Only Take 5 Minutes, Thanks to This Revolutionary Method

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A dedicated team of eye doctors are on a mission to rid the world of preventable blindness, one incision at a time. How Eyes Evolved to See the World Differently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsuSfkr3I10 Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/DNewsChan
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Real-life 'Batman' Daniel Kish Demonstrates Human Echolocation

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Can We 'Cure' Deafness and Blindness? Should We?" on Friday, September 13th at 8pm EST.Recent breakthroughs in vision and hearing mean many forms of blindness and deafness may soon be reversible. T
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If a tree falls, but no-one hears it, does it make a sound? | Your Questions | We The Curious

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Do unheard falling trees make sound? Why do people get squeamish? These are some of the amazing questions you asked, that we sent Florence and Will in search of answers to.Got a question you want answered? Leave it in the comments below. Or ask us on Face
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He Overcame Blindness and Cancer to Become a Powerlifting Champion

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Rocky Balboa isnt the only champion to come out of Philly. Meet Charles King. The 69-year-old is winning medals at powerlifting competitions around the world, but his journey getting there has not been easy. The Army veteran lost his sight when he was 39,
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What is plant blindness (and are you suffering from it)? | BBC Ideas

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"Plant blindness" is the inability to appreciate - or sometimes even notice - the plant life around us. And it's a surprisingly common phenomenon. But more and more studies show that spending time in nature is good for our wellbeing. Made in partnership w
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Is Your Red The Same as My Red?

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Christmas Lectures 2011: Change Blindness

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Professor Bruce Hood shows an audience an images which changes with every blink, yet the audience fail to see big changes such as a disappearing tree and car. This is called change blindness. Everytime your eye blinks, your brain doesn't notice anything d
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Can Science Bring Vision to the Blind?

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This episode explores how new research and developing technology in brain implants may eventually pave the way to the treatment of complete blindness and bring vision to the blind. See how you can help more immediately by giving visual assistance to blind

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