Featured Talks
Discover inspiring talks from our past events and speakers

Melissa Marshall
Talk Nerdy to Me
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.

Tom Wujec
Build a Tower, Build a Team
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.

Molly Wright
How Every Child Can Thrive
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.

Raymond Tang
Be Humble and Other Lessons
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.

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

Lera Boroditsky
How Language Shapes the Way We Think
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.