WARNING: Do not watch if you suffer from photosensitive epilepsy or are sensitive to flashing lights. The mind-boggling video is part of a study by researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia that they hope will lead to treatments for people with Parkinson's Disease. A new technique enables researchers to measure the strength of scientifically measure hallucinations for the first time, without having to reply on subjective descriptions. The optical illusion features a plain white flashing disc (pictured left). When it flashes, viewers hallucinate grey blobs on the disc that are not really there (pictured right).
The project team is being led by Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian scientist and founder of the Aerospace International Research Center (AIRC) in Vienna
The project team is being led by Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian scientist and founder of the Aerospace International Research Center (AIRC) in Vienna
Welcome to chimp school! Video captures the moment wild chimpanzee mothers teach their young to 'fish' for food using tools for first time
For the first time ever, researchers have captured footage of wild chimpanzee mothers teaching their offspring to use tools. The videos taken at the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo shed new light on the evolution of teaching, showing how young chimpanzees learn from their mothers to catch termites with ‘fishing probes.’ Mother chimpanzees were found to bring multiple tools or divide their own in half, allowing them to address the needs of their young without hindering their own ability to gather food.
Why baddies are always triangular and the good guys round: Mathematician reveals the hidden geometry of hit films
Have you ever noticed characters such as Darth Vader and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (left) have sharp, angular faces made from triangles, while lovable characters such as Baloo from 'The Jungle Book' are made entirely of circles (right)? Our brain is designed to perceive shapes with specific meanings - sharp and point things are seen as threatening. YouTube channel Now You See Me has revealed the trick and explained the influence of shapes on characters’ personalities and how geometry affects the visual storytelling of the films we love in a new video.
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Can YOU spot something sinister in this picture? Image of a dark basement terrifies the internet - but the real scare is not what you think
A creepy photo showing a dark basement with a red circle is causing confusion on Imgur as people try to work out what is sinister about the picture. Users are invited to zoom in on the photo to find out what might be lurking within the red circle, but those with eagle eyes have figured out that the scariness is lurking somewhere else in the basement.
The motorcycle of the future? BMW reveals self-balancing bike concept that is so safe you will NEVER fall off
The German automaker, headquartered in Munich, unveiled its Motorrad Vision Next 100, a sleek, self-balancing prototype the company released as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations (pictured). he zero-emissions bike has self-balancing wheels designed to stand upright even at a complete stop, stability that the company says will allow riders to forgo riding a helmet.
Would you ride this bizarre bike? Two-wheeler designed to be used while LYING DOWN could prevent injuries
The bike is the brainchild of John Aldridge, an inventor from California. Rather than riding in a seat, cyclists lean forward with their weight resting on their hips and arms. This position enhances spinning ease, and allows the rider to 'push and pull on the pedals as if he were running with legs fully extended'.
Meet the Elytron: Futuristic biplane takes off and lands like a helicopter, but travels TWICE as fast
The Elytron aircraft has three sets of wings - one pair of rotating wings, mounted on a single central wing, and two pairs of fixed wings. The firm is working with Nasa to test a scaled version of its aircraft concept, at Nasa's Ames Research Centre in California, with wind-tunnel tests expected to take place early in 2017.
Are YOU a puzzle genius? Just one in five people can solve all of these fiendishly tricky dot tests
The latest Playbuzz quiz to leave players stumped is a tricky test consisting of five puzzles in total. The game, posted by Julie Richmond, asks participants to join rows of circles using a fixed number of straight lines and to play a version of 'dot sudoku'. The puzzle's creator claims that if you manage to solve four, or even all five, of the tests - you're officially 'a puzzle genius!'
Fly me ACROSS the moon! Stunning new HD video captured by Japan's Kaguya spacecraft shows off the lunar surface
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released a massive data trove from the Kaguya spacecraft, revealing breathtaking views of our home planet as seen from the moon. While the footage was captured nearly a decade ago, JAXA has now made available more than 600 images and several new videos taken by the craft’s 2.2 megapixel HDTV sensors. Kaguya was the largest of three spacecraft in the Selene mission, which orbited the moon between October 2007 and June 2009 – and along with stunning images of the lunar surface, it captured the first footage of an ‘Earth-rise’ and ‘Earth-set.’
US Air Force's X-37B space plane reaches 500 days in orbit - and we STILL don't know its mission
The X-37B space plane, an experimental program run by the Air Force, launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015 at at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Theories have ranged from it being a space bomber, to a clandestine probe on a mission to 'take out' spy satellites. The mystery vehicle (artist's impression shown, infrared image inset), essentially a technology test bed, is designed to orbit the Earth and land like one of Nasa's old shuttles.
GoPro camera captures thrilling Hot Wheels stunts as cars flip, spin and jump over homemade backyard track
No magnets or motors were used to help the toy cars along the track. Instead a playground set, ladders and blocks help give them momentum as they splash into fountains, race down slides and jump over gaps in the track. The video of the incredible stunts has already racked up nearly 60,000 YouTube views in just one day.
Is there a crystal pyramid below the Bermuda Triangle? Conspiracy theorists say the structure exists - and it could explain why planes go missing
Reports have re-emerged that suggest a crystal pyramid lies 2,000 metres below the surface of the Bermuda Triangle, which is roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. The reports claim that the findings were presented by a scientist at a press conference held in the Bahamas, but there is no evidence that the scientist actually exists.
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