 Five years ago, Jennifer Brea became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that severely impairs normal activities and on bad days makes even the rustling of bed sheets unbearable. In this poignant talk, Brea describes the obstacles she's encountered in seeking treatment, and her mission to document through film the lives of patients like her that medicine struggles to treat. Watch »  Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we're creating. By turning air into art, she invites us to know the invisible world around us. Breathe in the Earth's past and future in this imaginative, trippy talk. Watch » |  Enough with online hate speech: It's time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously. In this powerful talk, Ashley Judd shares in brutal detail her ongoing experience of being targeted on social media, and calls on citizens of the internet, the tech community, law enforcement and legislators to recognize the offline harm of online harassment. (Warning: Graphic language.) Watch »  James Beacham looks for answers to the most important open questions of physics using the biggest science experiment ever mounted, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. In this fun and accessible talk about how science happens, Beacham takes us on a journey through extra-spatial dimensions in search of undiscovered fundamental particles (and an explanation for the mysteries of gravity) and details the drive to keep exploring. Watch » | |
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