A panel discussion on whether people should be anonymous on the Internet, and Anonymous with speakers Clay Shirky, danah boyd “zephoria”, Megan Carpentier, Whitney “Dr. Troll” Phillips,…
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Mind/Body medicine focuses on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and on the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors…
All cells are coated with sugars but the functions of these sugar coatings were a mystery until very recently. This presentation will highlight recent fascinating discoveries regarding…
Science fiction portrays our Milky Way Galaxy as filled with habitable planets populated by advanced civilizations engaged in interstellar trade and conflict. Back in our real universe,…
What if you were completely conscious but couldn’t move or speak? Neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his team have been using brain-imaging techniques to determine levels of consciousness…
Parker Higgins discusses the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). He also provides a history of intellectual property and Internet regulation bills,…
Space and time are two of the universe’s most fundamental elements. Relativity combines these two into the unified notion of space-time, but twistor theory goes beyond this…
Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their…
An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for…
Two bold young neuroscientists have initiated a revolution in the scientific study of sexual attraction. Before Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, the only researcher to systematically investigate…
Before watching this talk you need to watch the movie Inception. Kyle explores the movie’s key questions and themes, including how we can tell if we’re dreaming…
