Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it ...

Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss their book ''Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life.''

Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, ''Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet.'' This event took place on April 9, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

In his book ''Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil,'' world-renowned engineer and best-selling author Robert Zubrin lays out a bold plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on our country and the world. Zubrin presents persuasive evidence that our decades-long relationship with OPEC ...

X Prize and its vision of the future. Playlist videos include updates of the Google Lunar X Prize, the Automotive X Prize, and the Archon X Prize for Genomics.

Nanosolar was started in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company has received financing from a number of technology investors including Benchmark Capital, MDV, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google. Nanosolar received the largest amount in a round of Venture Capital technology funding, amongst United ...

Ian Ayres visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, ''Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart.'' This event took place on November 8, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.

J. Craig Venter visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, ''A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life.'' This event took place on November 12, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.

Buzz Aldrin talks about the Google XPrize $30M prize, what it was like walking on the Moon, going to Mars, the future of space travel and his passion for aviation and inspiring young minds to think BIG!

Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discuss the availability of the SDK, that it will be open source in the future, and demo applications on the Android platform.