Vanessa Hill (born 3 March 1987[2]) is an Australian television presenter and science communicator who is best known for her YouTube series BrainCraft.
Hill was born in Sydney, Australia and developed her interest in science while walking dingoes around Taronga Zoo.
[9] She further collaborated with PBS and Screen Australia in 2017 to direct and host Mutant Menu, a global exploration of new gene editing technology that was PBS Digital Studio's first long-form documentary, and in 2018 for Attention Wars, an online exploration of the behavioral psychology behind social media.
Her videos address phenomena related to memory, sleep, brain hacks, and the science of food.
[16] In 2018, Hill was featured in New York Times and Washington Post reports about new research that found women on YouTube receive a higher proportion of critical comments about their appearances.