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BrainCraft
Birth Name:	Vanessa Hill
Nationality:	Australian
Module:	Embed: yes Genre: Education Channels: BrainCraft Subscribers: 600 Thousand Views: 37 million Stats Update: July 7, 2022 Years Active: 2013–present

BrainCraft is an educational video series on YouTube created by Australian science communicator Vanessa Hill.^[1] Hill's videos use stop motion and paper craft animation to explain neuroscience, psychology and human behavior.^[2] BrainCraft is part of the PBS Digital Studios network.

Channel

BrainCraft videos are about science, with many episodes discussing phenomena related to sleep, memory, and the science of food. BrainCraft launched on 23 November 2013 with the video, Is Google Killing Your Memory?^[3] In its first few months on YouTube, BrainCraft joined PBS Digital Studios.^[4] As of March, 2020, BrainCraft has more than 500,000 subscribers and 30 million views.

Hill has collaborated with many well-known YouTubers such as Vsauce, Mike Rugnetta (PBS Idea Channel, Know Your Meme),^[5] Jake Roper (Vsauce3),^[6] Dianna Cowern (PBS Physics Girl),^[7] and more.

BrainCraft videos have been featured in Scientific American,^[8] Huffington Post,^[9] Gizmodo^[10] and MTV.^[11]

See also

• PBS Digital Studios
• It's Okay to be Smart
• Crash Course
• Vsauce

Notes and References

1. Web site: Try and Be Clever: an Interview with BrainCraft's Vanessa Hill. SciLogs. Nature. 18 November 2015. 19 February 2015.
2. Web site: BrainCraft. YouTube. 18 November 2015. 25 October 2014.
3. Web site: Is Google Killing Your Memory?. BrainCraft. YouTube. 18 November 2015. 23 November 2013.
4. Web site: BrainCraft is the craftiest science show on YouTube. 25 October 2014. The Daily Dot. 18 November 2015.
5. The Psychology of Listicles. 16 December 2015. YouTube.
6. Can You Solve This Dilemma? ft. Vsauce3!. 14 August 2015. YouTube.
7. Epic Space Rescues ft. BrainCraft. 29 September 2015. YouTube.
8. Web site: The Brains Behind BrainCraft : Meet Vanessa Hill. Scientific American. 18 November 2015. 27 January 2014.
9. Web site: Science Describes When You're The Smartest You'll Ever Be. Huffington Post. 18 November 2015. 1 September 2014.
10. Web site: 4 Videos That Explain How Technology Can Affect Your Brain. Gizmodo. 18 November 2015. 13 July 2015.
11. Web site: Why Are These YouTubers Saying 'Pizza Rolls Not Gender Roles?'. https://web.archive.org/web/20150307033939/http://www.mtv.com/news/2097313/pizza-rolls-not-gender-roles/. dead. March 7, 2015. MTV. 18 November 2015. 5 March 2015.