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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Astronomer Avi Loeb on biomarkers in our Galaxy, the bubble of radio waves around the Earth, and the earliest life possible

Language of Politics

Linguist Noam Chomsky on two meanings of political terms, primary principle of international relations, and role of propaganda

Statistical Physics in Biology

MIT Associate Prof. Leonid Mirny on the levels of complexity in biology, Fokker–Planck equations, and structure of interacting molecules' network

Atom Interferometry

Physicist David Pritchard on source of coherent atoms, measuring polarization, and precision inertial navigation

Nonlinear Dynamics in Electrochemical Systems

MIT Prof. Martin Z. Bazant on electrical double layer, electroosmotic flow, and deionization shock

Molecular Cause of Aging

Harvard Prof. Vadim Gladyshev on oxidative species, origins of senescence, and cumulative damage

Evaluations of Talent

Neuroscientist Mahzarin Banaji on objective music perception, failing at assessing people, and arranged marriages

MicroRNA in Human Brain Diseases

Harvard Prof. Anna Krichevsky on role of microRNAs in cell differentiation, oncomiRs, and clinical trials

Uncultured Bacteria

Microbiologist Kim Lewis on the great plate count anomaly, siderophores, and the human microbiome

Informal Social Institutions in Soviet Mathematics

MIT Lecturer Vyacheslav Gerovitch on admission policies in institutions, mathematical seminars, and the identity of a disinterested mathematician

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