Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life in a talk that challenges perceptions and asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have.
Even though we’re taught to live without regret, Kathryn Schulz makes a case for embracing it.
Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life.
Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut.
Josette Sheeran (head of the UN’s World Food Program) talks about why a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, and even die of starvation, yet use food as a weapon of war.