Peter Tyack of Woods Hole talks about a hidden wonder of the sea: underwater sound. Onstage at Mission Blue, he explains the amazing ways whales use sound and song to communicate across hundreds of miles of ocean.
Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.
Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.
The world is beginning to learn about problems of the smartphone era that affect everything from our minds to our politics. But the smartphones are not to be blamed. The infrastructure of the internet, often hidden from our sight, provided the technological foundation for the problems we are seeing today. It is possible to build an alternative i...
As an architect, researcher, and teacher, Karin Stieldorf wants to design sustainably, create a biophilic world, learn from the past, and pave the way for a bright future.
Her motto for this is: Form should follow function, follow energy, aim at beauty, pay attention to the needs of people.
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In countries across the world, the gender gap in schools has reversed in recent years. Why do girls get better grades than boys do, on average, and why do more women than men complete high school and graduate from universities? In this eye-opening and personal talk, Camilla Stoltenberg sheds light on trends that challenge modern approaches to eq...
VSSUT Student Satellite has managed to step into the steepy terrains of Rocket Science. A team of budding technocrats with unquenchable zeal, backed by the Idea Innovation Cell VSSUT,Burla have undertaken the task of building an indigenously developed reusable satellites and the rocket through a series of ten arduous missions. With students from...
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“One of the Top 10 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time,” Dr. Paul G. Stoltz, serves up a TEDx first-ever, to spark your imagination and re-define “possible.”
"What if we could harness the greatest adversity of all time to unleash an Inheritance—a heritage, legacy, and future—m...