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Computer Vision

Computer scientist Cordelia Schmid on computers’ ability to recognize and produce images, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

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Hebrew

Shlomo Izre'el on the myths about the Hebrew language, its relations with Yiddish, and how children teach their parents

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Leonardo da Vinci

Historian of Art Martin Kemp on Leonardo da Vinci's intellectual contribution to engineering, Madonna Lisa, and the history of Earth

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Pheromones

Zoologist Tristram D Wyatt on moth traps, alarm pheromones, and the Erox Corporation

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Neanderthals

Archeologist Tim Reynolds on Mousterian tools, cross-species interactions, and Neanderthal language

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Deep Brain Stimulation

Physiologist John Stein on Parkinson's disease, the applications of deep brain stimulation, and its side effects

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Prions: Diseases and Treatment

Molecular biologist Byron Caughey on the structure of prions, prion diseases, and their causes and treatment

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LSD: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects

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

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Working Memory

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

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Myocardial Infarction

Cardiologist Maarten Simoons on symptoms of a heart attack, prevention of the disease, and life-saving volunteer initiatives in Holland