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    Rapid Climate Change and Species
    Professor of Biosphere and Climate Impacts Iain Colin Prentice on the history of climate changes, the ways of dealing with changes in climate, and the role of overhunting in extinction of mammalian species
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    Renaissance Maps of Paradise
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the four rivers of paradise, Calvin's mapping of Eden, and the first attempts to imagine heaven not on Earth
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    Type 2 Diabetes
    Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on the discovery of insulin, clinical diagnostic tests for diabetes, and the thrifty metabolism hypothesis
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    Social Motivation
    Neuroscientist Antonia Hamilton on the practical use of the neuropsychological laboratory research, the difference between static and dynamic image perception, and how motivation can be measured
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    Brain Imaging
    Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people's reaction to emotional stimuli, and the possibility of brain mapping
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    Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
    Physicist Joanna D. Haigh on greenhouse gases, the impact of aerosols on climate change, and how clouds reflect radiation
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    Microbiome
    Biologist Tim Spector on the overall weight of our microbes, remembering our natural roots, and the importance of getting dirty
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    Genetics and Intelligence
    Robert Plomin on IQ tests, genetic predispositions to higher or lower intelligence, and the Flynn Effect
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    Single-Particle Electron Microscopy
    Richard Henderson on the advantages of cryomicroscopy, factors limiting new discoveries, and the history of molecular biology
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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
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