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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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Marzena Szymanska

Superfluidity of Light

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Jonathan Birch

Animal Sentience

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Peter Jones

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

Laws of Growth and Natural Selection

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

Scientific Examination of Art

Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the documentation techniques in art forensics, types of paints and how can we use spectrum analysis to detect art forgeries

Meteorologist Chris Brierley on the Southern Oscillation, the background state of the Pacific Ocean and why it’s so hard to model El Niño

Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change

Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the scientific revolutions, falsifiability and what are the main features of a scientific hypothesis

Music and Brain

Psychologist Lauren Stewart on congenital amusia, earworms and how music affects mental and physical health

Superfluidity of Light

Physicist Marzena Szymanska on the properties of photons, fluids of light and whether it’s possible to make a solid light

Animals and Human Communication

Linguist David Adger on sound processing in animals, bonobo Kanzi and the nature of linguistic differences between animals and humans

Cultural Evolution of Altruism

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

The Role of Science in Art

Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the art market, the ‘American Leonardo’ and why connoisseurship doesn't work in a court of law

Glaciology and Climate Change

Glaciologist Martin Siegert on the history of glacial theory, lake Vostok research and what ice tells us about the Earth’s climate in the past

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