Jeremy Bailenson shares his research on virtual reality, avatars, transformed social interaction, and related communication and psychological theories as well as their implications for citizens living in the digital age. (July 28, 2011)

Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of a Virtual Revolution

Thomas Jaramillo examines the prospects of moving away from these traditional chemical fuel sources and instead towards a clean and sustainable path to synthesizing similar molecules using solar energy. (June 16, 2011)

Fuels from Sunlight: Converting Solar Energy

Stephen Palumbi talks about the array of marine habitats and the species that have uniquely been able to live in them. (July 14, 2011)

Shark and Awe: The Extreme Life of the Sea

Andrea Goldsmith, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering describes what the wireless future might look like and some of the innovations and breakthroughs that will be required to realize this vision. (July 29, 2010)

The Next Wave in Wireless Technology

Daria Mochly-Rosen, Associate Dean for Research at the School of Medicine, discusses how the high cost and length of time it takes to develop a new drug is creating a conservative drug industry and how this may impact patient health. (July 15, 2010)

How are Drugs Developed and Why Is It So Expensive?

In the second installation of the Summer Science Lecture Series in 2010, Stanford Professor Jill Helms discusses the potential found in stem cell research for the way we practice medicine. (July 1, 2010)

Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine

J. Christian Gerdes discusses future scenarios regarding automotive safety, the human propensity to counteract safety measures by engaging in riskier behavior and current research in autonomous vehicles and driver assistance. (June 17, 2010)

Driving Safely into the Future

At the time of this talk, it will have been six months since a new administration came into power in Washington. Throughout the election campaign, Obama strongly emphasized the need for change in energy and environmental policies. (July 23, 2009)

State of Energy Address: Are We on the Right Track?

Robert D. Siegel, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, addresses the basic question of "What is a virus?" and looks at the special properties that distinguish viruses from more conventional forms of life. (July 9, 2009)

The Secret Life of Viruses

David C. Magnus, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University and Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, answers questions about the ownership of life.  (June 25, 2009)

Who Owns Life?

Laura Carstensen, Professor of Psychology and Public Policy at Stanford University and the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, discusses the phenomenon of increasing life span. (May 9, 2009)

Long Life in the 21st Century

Professor Schneider discusses the local, regional, and international actions that are already beginning to address global warming and describe other actions that could be taken. (July 24, 2008)

Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy? (Audio)

In this lecture Clifford Nass describes how the human brain and body are "wired" for speech: The sound of a voice, whether from a person or machine, causes us to respond as we respond to actual people. (August 7, 2008)

Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates Interactions with People and Computers (Audio)

Professor Bent introduces the scope of the energy problem and some of the options for sustainable energy, then focuses on two main devices: solar cells and fuel cells. (August 21, 2008)

Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy (Video)

Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy (Audio)

Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates Interactions with People and Computers (Video)

In this lecture, Stephen Schneider discusses the science and research behind global warming as well as the prospect of policies on climate change being implemented in the near future. (July 24, 2008)

Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy?

Professor Beroza discusses what makes earthquake prediction an intrinsically difficult problem. He also covers aspects of the earthquake process that we can predict, and what the prospects are for future progress. (July 10, 2008)

Why Is Earthquake Prediction So Difficult?

In this talk, Russ reviews how genetic variation can affect drug response, and discuss a few examples of variation in commonly used medications. (August 9, 2007)

Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All (Video)

Nancy Fischbein, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery, discusses the challenges of assessing spinal cord injury and the latest imaging techniques for diagnosis. (July 6, 2007)

Imaging Patients with Myelopathy

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