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Dessins d’Enfants

Mathematician Gareth Jones on compact Riemann surfaces, algebraic numbers and what is the absolute Galois group

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Music and Williams Syndrome

Psychologist Pamela Heaton on the areas of strength in children with Williams syndrome, how do they recognise emotions and how music can help them to improve various cognitive skills

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Tactile Sensitivity

Cognitive neuroscientist Patrick Haggard on the Pacinian corpuscle, three attributes of the tactile sensations and how do we create a single coherent experience of what we touch

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Knowledge in Art

Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on connoisseurship, how can we tell an original painting from a copy and why lesser details are so important in art

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The Evolution of Altruism

Philosopher Jonathan Birch on altruism in amoebas, Hamilton's rule and the green beard gene

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Aging and Disease

Biogerontologist David Gems on the senescence, medical approach to aging and how can you research the fundamental biology of aging

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Forest Degradation

Geographer Mathias Disney on the deforestation, forested environments and what is needed to reduce deforestation and degradation

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Motor Neurons

Neurologist Kevin Talbot on the RNA transport down the axons, spinal muscular atrophy and why human motor neurons are vulnerable to diseases

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ATLAS Experiment

Physicist Jonathan Butterworth on the collisions of particles, the Large Hadron Collider detectors, and how to detect a neutrino

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Self-aware Networks

Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on the idea of AI self-regulation, the goal function of a network and whether we can use self-aware networks for emergency management