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Genetics and Education

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the heritability of intelligence, the predictive power of the DNA, and a reductionist explanation of children's educational outcomes

Language Acquisition in Children

Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the difficulties with learning languages, a critical period for a new language acquisition, and the role of computational models in a linguistic research

Monetary Revolution in the 11th century England

Historian Rory Naismith on the monk Ælfric Bata, the formation of the English monetary system, and the silver standard

Science and Spectacle in the 18th Century Russia

Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian Academy of Sciences, the foundation of Saint Petersburg, and the application of a spectacle in order to develop scientific tradition

Quantum Effects in Biology

Physicist Cedric Weber on the functions of molecules in the human body, hemoglobin, and the photosystem-II

Different Law Systems

Economist David Friedman on the Jewish law, saga period Iceland, and the Imperial China legal system

Steroid Resistance in COPD

Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on the Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, responsiveness to steroids, and anti-inflammatory treatment of certain diseases

Two Theories of Language Acquisition

Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the Chomskyan concept of the universal grammar, the constructivist approach to language acquisition, and grammatical similarities across different languages

Educational Neuroscience

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the connection between neuroscience and education, neural circuits, and practical application of neuroscience in the classrooms

Plasticity in Speech Perception

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on how people speak the same language differently, adaptation to the new sounds, and the impact of social factors on sound processing

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