Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in…
Over the course of hundreds of scuba dives, marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson fell in love — with a fish. In this ode to parrotfish, she shares five reasons why these creatures are simply amazing…
When professional child actor Suki Hillier landed the title role in “Matilda The Musical,” she thought she would have to learn how to become someone else. Instead, she realized she had known the role since…
Garrett Langley founded Flock because he believed it was too easy to get away with crime in the US. His solution? A network of license plate readers, cameras, drones and audio sensors that has changed…
What’s the most powerful tool in any classroom? In the age of AI, education advocate Matt Wu still believes it’s the people. In this hopeful talk, he discusses the nonprofit he leads, Schoolhouse, which pairs…
What if the next Lionel Messi or Simone Biles is out there right now … but no one knows? Sports scientist Richard Felton-Thomas shows how new AI tools are expanding the reach of talent discovery…
You’ve probably heard the warnings about digital privacy: read the terms of service, think before you share, be careful what you click. But AI ethicist Jen Golbeck says the problem runs a lot deeper than…
Does your “dream job” really exist? You may know Emily Durham as Emily the Recruiter on social media, where she shares practical, refreshingly honest career advice and coaches people through the biggest professional decisions of…
The idea that depression comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain has shaped treatment for decades. Neuroscientist Lisa Monteggia shares research suggesting that’s not the whole story — and shows how a decades-old drug…
Lead poisoning robs the world’s kids of millions of IQ points a day and kills more people than wars, natural disasters and road accidents combined — yet we treat it as a problem we’ve already…
