 Computer code is the next universal language, and Linda Liukas is helping to educate the next generation of programmers -- by sparking their imaginations, and encouraging them to see computers not as mechanical, boring and complicated but as colorful, expressive machines meant to be tinkered with. Imagine a world where the Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow grow up to be optimistic and brave about technology and use it to create a new world that is wonderful, whimsical and a tiny bit weird. Watch »  When Andrés Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, after training as a geoscientist, he set out on a journey deep into the jungle of South America in search of this boiling river. At a time when everything seems mapped and measured, join Ruzo as he explores a river that forces us to question the line between known and unknown ... and reminds us that there are great wonders yet to be discovered. Watch » |  When Ebola broke out in March 2014, Pardis Sabeti and her team worked on sequencing the virus's genome, learning how it mutated and spread. They immediately released this vital research freely online, so virus trackers and scientists from around the world could join in the fight while time ticked away. In this moving talk, she shows how open-hearted collaboration was key to halting the virus ... and to attacking the next one to come along: "We had to work openly, we had to share and we had to work together." Watch »  How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics champion and ambassador Matthew Williams is proof that athletic competition and camaraderie can transform lives, both on and off the field. Together with his fellow athletes, he invites you to join him at the next meet. Watch » | |
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