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Patrick Haggard

Voluntary Action

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David Adger

The Nature of Language

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Peter Jones

History of Laughter

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Gareth Jones

Undecidable Problems

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David Adger

Language and Artificial Intelligence

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Steve Jones

Genes and the Environment

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Onur Güntürkün

Self-construction

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Anson Mackay

Fresh Water and Climate Change

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Erol Gelenbe

Cloud Computing

Skull Modularity in Evolutionary Morphology

Biologist Arkhat Abzhanov on morphological diversity in birds, Hawaiian honeycreepers and how data on skull modularity can help to treat craniofacial abnormalities in humans

Laws of Growth and Natural Selection

Biologist Arkhat Abzhanov on adaptive radiation, Darwin's finches and allopatric speciation

Cultural Evolution of Altruism

Philosopher Jonathan Birch on memes, cultural evolution and the difference in altruistic behaviour between humans and chimpanzees

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

The Evolution of Altruism

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

Aging and Disease

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

Forest Degradation

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

Geographer Anson Mackay on the ecosystem services, the demands on freshwater around the Earth and the decline in biodiversity

Genetic Diversity in Humans

Geneticist Steve Jones on the history of genetics, protein diversity, and why every person is truly unique

Geographer Mathias Disney on carbonate deposits in the ocean, how wildfires release the carbon in the atmosphere and why it’s so hard to model the interactions between the biota and the carbon cycle

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