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1

Sex in the Middle Ages

August 19, 2016 - Ruth Mazo Karras

Historian Ruth Mazo Karras on church court records, means of contraception, and sex and gender roles in the Middle Ages

57,717

2

LSD: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects

January 25, 2017 - David E. Nichols

Pharmacologist David Nichols on the psychedelics, hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder, and therapeutic effects of LSD

19,857

3

Ethics for an Age of Commerce

May 8, 2016 - Deirdre McCloskey

Economist Deirdre McCloskey on fundamental human virtues, their secular interpretation and necessary application in modern economy

18,148

4

Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism

June 22, 2015 - Maria Polinsky

Harvard Prof. Maria Polinsky on introducing two languages, the importance of literacy and advantages of bilingual individuals

17,641

5

August 22, 2016 - Naomi Pasachoff

Biographer and historian of science Naomi Pasachoff on the discovery of radium and polonium, acquaintance with Einstein, and Curie's double Nobel award

16,541

6

Hot and Cold Cognition

January 23, 2017 - Barbara Sahakian

Neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian on risky decision-making, two forms of cognition that people use, and the entrepreneurs' way of thinking

16,299

7

Retroviruses in Gene Therapy

August 16, 2017 - Greg Towers

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

15,201

8

Driver and Passenger Mutation in Cancer

June 29, 2015 - Leonid Mirny

Biophysicist Leonid Mirny on mutation balance, vulnerability of cancer, and its new explanatory paradigm

14,475

9

August 30, 2016 - Mahdi Godazgar

Physicist Mahdi Godazgar on the arrow of time, Schrödinger equation, and Einstein's relativity theory

14,059

10

January 19, 2017 - Alan Baddeley

Psychologist Alan Baddeley on his own model of working memory, its capacity and location in the brain

13,728

11

Depression: symptoms and treatment

September 20, 2016 - Gerard Sanacora

Psychiatrist Gerard Sanacora on new methods of treatment of depression and disease's impact on emotion, cognition and behavior

13,681

12

Behavioral Genetics

January 26, 2017 - Robert Plomin

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on twin studies, genetic influence of parents on their children, and 1% of DNA that makes people different

12,126

13

December 27, 2016 - Steven Brams

Political Scientist Steven Brams on cooperative games, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and win-win solutions in our daily life

11,978

14

Space Exploration

February 24, 2017 - Martin Rees

Cosmologist Martin Rees on the history of space exploration, Sat Nav, and why robots are better than humans for space exploration

11,798

15

Human Sacrifice in Aztec Culture

October 13, 2016 - David L. Carrasco

Historian David L. Carrasco on violent practices of the Aztecs, the purpose of human sacrifice, and the selection of the victim

11,701

16

November 21, 2016 - Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen

Neuroscientist Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen on the biology of mind-wandering, training one's attention, and the role of artificial intelligence in making sense of data about the brain

11,269

17

Constructed Languages

August 22, 2016 - Marc van Oostendorp

Linguist Marc van Oostendorp on international communication, beautiful and ugly sounds, and paradox of constructed languages

10,945

18

December 1, 2016 - John Krystal

Neuroscientist John Krystal on alcohol's action on the brain, social and habitual drinking, and why some people are less likely to become alcoholics than the others

10,710

19

Social Cognition

February 1, 2017 - Chris Frith

Neuropsychologist Chris Frith on the experiments with biological motion, emotion recognition, and open questions of cognitive psychology

10,546

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August 5, 2016 - Paul Allen

Neuroscientist Paul Allen on schizophrenia, self-regulation of neural activity, and famous voice-hearers

10,249

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