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Peter Jones

Medieval Universities

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John Worrall

Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change

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Daniel Kontowski

Classical Education

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Superfluidity of Light

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Jonathan Birch

Animal Sentience

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Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities

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Peter Jones

Education in the Middle Ages

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Jeffrey Taylor

Scientific Examination of Art

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Peter Jones

Student Life in the Medieval Universities

Developmental psychologist Uta Frith on autism, social interaction, and the difference between mentalizing and empathy

Spatial Navigation

Neuroscientist Neil Burgess on the discovery of place cells, spatial memory, and experiments with functional neuroimaging

Free Energy Principle

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on the Markov blanket, Bayesian model evidence, and different global brain theories

DNA and Behavioral Genetics

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on the prediction of GCSE results, reading disability, and the heritability of intelligence

Molecular Biologist Richard Henderson on the lipid bilayer, mitochondria, and the evolution of organisms

Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes

Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on leptin, type 2 diabetes, and genome-wide association studies

Medical Scientist Brian Hoffman on the discovery of adrenaline, the “fight or flight response”, and the use of adrenaline in the drug industry

Alzheimer’s Disease

Neuroscientist Mark Mattson on tau proteins, free radicals, and the importance of exercise in maintaining cognitive functions

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

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Molecular Biologist Greg Towers on how HIV is transmitted, the possibilities of an HIV vaccine, and how it helps understand our immune system better

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