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Retroviruses in Gene Therapy

Molecular biologist Greg Towers on the great scientific challenges, the dangers of gene therapy, and the way in which it can treat cancer

Detection of Exoplanets

Astrophysicist Didier Queloz on rocky planets, the Kepler space mission, and why it is so difficult to get a picture of a planet

Speech Processing

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on humans’ ability to distinguish sounds, bilingualism, and the Japanese language

Dysconnection Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on split personality, the nature of mental disorders, and the possibility of a therapeutic cure of schizophrenia.

Greek and Roman Meteorology

Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on the relations between myths and science, the ancient attempts at weather forecasting, and its impact on economics

Huntington’s Disease

Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on the Kennedy disease, CAG repeats, and autophagy

Spacetime Transformation Optics

Physicist Martin McCall on a spatial cloak, potentialities of optical processing, and manipulating light

Cognitive Variability

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on differences between children, computational modeling, and the new skills that our species acquired

The Conservatism of Edmund Burke

Historian Richard Bourke on the French Revolution, Marxism-Leninism, and the defense of liberty

Cosmologist Martin Rees on life in the Solar System, artificial transmissions, and inorganic civilizations.

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