Featured Talks

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Talk Nerdy to Me

Melissa Marshall

Talk Nerdy to Me

June 20124:34

Melissa Marshall brings a message to all scientists (from non-scientists): We're fascinated by what you're doing. So tell us about it -- in a way we can understand.

2.1M views
45K likes
Build a Tower, Build a Team

Tom Wujec

Build a Tower, Build a Team

April 20106:52

Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the 'marshmallow problem' -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow.

5.3M views
89K likes
How Every Child Can Thrive

Molly Wright

How Every Child Can Thrive

July 20217:45

Seven-year-old Molly Wright shows how every child can thrive by the age of five by highlighting the importance of game-changing early childhood development.

3.8M views
92K likes
Be Humble and Other Lessons

Raymond Tang

Be Humble and Other Lessons

November 201711:23

Raymond Tang shares the profound wisdom found in the Chinese philosophy of water, revealing how its three core principles of humility, harmony, and openness can guide us to be better people.

1.9M views
56K likes
The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

Jonathan Haidt

The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

September 201618:42

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center.

4.2M views
78K likes
How Language Shapes the Way We Think

Lera Boroditsky

How Language Shapes the Way We Think

December 201714:12

Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares how the language we speak shapes the way we see the world, from our ability to save money to our understanding of time itself.

7.8M views
156K likes