Kelly McGonigal — How to make stress your friend
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
Miguel Nicolelis — mind-controlled robotic avatars now a reality
Miguel Nicolelis, founder of Duke’s Center for Neuroengineering, presents his astonishing work on mind-controlled robotic avatars, which have already been successful in primate research.
David Eagleman — Brain over mind?
Neuroscientist David Eagleman asks, “Are we free to choose how we act? Is the mind equal to the brain?”
Aidan Dwyer — Better solar designs
13-year old Aidan Dwyer designed a more efficient model for solar power by studying Fibonacci sequences. Today, his divides his time between junior high and collaborations with research organizations like the University of Madison’s Resilience Research Center.
Sylvia Earle — The ocean is in trouble, so we’re in trouble
Most people think that the ocean is so big that there isn’t much that humans could do to change anything. Well now, we know, not only can we change the ocean, but the ocean has been changed, and the pace is picking up.
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