Anthropology of Revolution
Social anthropologist Martin Holbraad on different approaches to revolution as a subject of an anthropological...
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culture
July 20, 2018
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neuroscience
July 19, 2018
Genetics and Education
Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the heritability of intelligence, the predictive power of the DNA, and a redu...
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psychology
July 18, 2018
Language Acquisition in Children
Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the difficulties with learning languages, a critical period for a new language ac...
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history
July 17, 2018
Monetary Revolution in the 11th century England
Historian Rory Naismith on the monk Ælfric Bata, the formation of the English monetary system, and the silver ...
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history
July 12, 2018
Science and Spectacle in the 18th Century Russia
Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian Academy of Sciences, the foundation of Saint Petersburg, and...
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biology
July 11, 2018
Quantum Effects in Biology
Physicist Cedric Weber on the functions of molecules in the human body, hemoglobin, and the photosystem-II
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economics
July 10, 2018
Different Law Systems
Economist David Friedman on the Jewish law, saga period Iceland, and the Imperial China legal system
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biology
July 9, 2018
Steroid Resistance in COPD
Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on the Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, responsiveness to steroids, a...
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psychology
July 5, 2018
Two Theories of Language Acquisition
Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the Chomskyan concept of the universal grammar, the constructivist approach to la...
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neuroscience
July 4, 2018
Educational Neuroscience
Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the connection between neuroscience and education, neural circuits, and pract...
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neuroscience
July 3, 2018
Plasticity in Speech Perception
Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on how people speak the same language differently, adaptation to the new sounds, a...
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biology
July 2, 2018
Biomarkers of Aging
Biologist Tim Spector on the different ways of assessing biological age, twin studies, and the microbiome
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