The Electric Information Age Book
Harvard Prof. Jeffrey Schnapp on print-based communications, electric information age, and "dynabooks"
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deepTech
July 15, 2015
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biology
July 14, 2015
Identifying Adaptive Mutations
Biologist Hopi Hoekstra on sand dunes of Nebraska, agouti signaling protein, and adaptation to the habitat
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history
July 13, 2015
The Benandanti
Historian Carlo Ginzburg on the benandanti witches, clashes between medieval peasants and inquisitors, and the...
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Biotech
July 10, 2015
Tissue Engineering Applied to Cancer
Biologist Ali Khademhosseini on tissue engineering, drug testing, and nanomedicines for cancer
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USA
July 9, 2015
International Influence on Copyright Law
Lawyer Tom Winston Bell on the Berne Convention, music pirates, and the copyright lobby
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Impact
July 8, 2015
Principles of Invention
Microbiologist Kim Lewis on the engineering approach to invention, the perfect solution, and abstracting the p...
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biology
July 7, 2015
Neurobiology of Behavior
Biologist Catherine Dulac on triggers of social behavior, the genetic breakthrough, and pheromones
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Impact
July 6, 2015
Daylong Learning
Professor Mitchel Resnick on computer clubhouses for kids, principles of effective learning and designing, and...
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mathematics
July 3, 2015
Non-Bayesian Decision Theory
Mathematician Itzhak Gilboa on known and unknown probabilies, various descriptive models, and ambiguity
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sociology
July 2, 2015
University-City Research Collaboration
Sociologist Christopher Winship on cities, universities, and the role of scientific research in urban policy d...
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astronomy
July 1, 2015
Venusian Volcanism
Astronomer Jean-Loup Bertaux on volcanoes, sulfuric lava, and methods to explore the surface of Venus
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deepTech
June 30, 2015
Ultracold Atomic Matter as a Field of Study
Physicist Wolfgang Ketterle on quantum simulation, atomic Lego pieces, and evaporative cooling
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