In 1998 Americans represented nearly three quarters of all Internet users; today they are less than fifteen percent. The complexion of the Web - its users, their desires, their languages, points of en...

Session Chair: Till Bärnighausen, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health. 7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health

What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Dona...

Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happenin...

Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fell...

Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusio...

Different species often depend on one another. David Gonzales describes the remarkable relationship of the Clark's nutcracker and the whitebark pine, to illustrate the interdependency known as symbios...

In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extr...

In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, probes into the mind to demonstrate how it is much more complex than just a series of processes carried out by the brain.

Stolze speaks about "living without the Internet" and about his research on "virtual happiness". Listen to how he survived a remarkable experiment and benefit from his 5 crucial tips to live a happy -...

Renowned academic, journalist and internet freedom activist, Rebecca MacKinnon, issues us with a powerful call to action: it's time to stop thinking of ourselves as passive users of technology, and in...

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group sel...

Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can -- and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citi...

Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about ...

Using newts, coyotes and mice, Jason Munshi-South shows how animals develop genetic differences in evolution, even within an urban city. (Launching a series on Awesome Nature)

This talk will describe past and emerging research themes and illustrate them with examples drawn from our current research activities in medical robotics and computer-integrated interventional system...

Daniel Dennant gives a lecture on The Magic of Consciousness.

The 36-foot wall at the University of Dayton’s admission center engages prospective students and interactively reveals videos of student life at UD. The wall displays continuously changing patterns of...

As part of the Graduate School's 10th anniverary celebrations, some of Imperial's leading scientists were invited to say what they think the top scientific discovery of the last 10 years is.