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Science
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Richard Dawkins | Melbourne | Mar. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 At the Melbourne Town Hall, presented by the Melbourne Writers Festival, outspoken and influential author and scientist Richard Dawkins speaks to Robyn Williams (ABC RN) about the ideas underpinning his new book, The Greatest Show on Earth. They discuss the intricacies, the... » play video
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Jason Mattingley | Melbourne | Feb. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 What can neuroscience tell us about the nature of consciousness? Professor Jason Mattingley is a neuroscientist and neuropsychologist from the Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. In this lecture he looks at the nature of consciousn... » play video
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Michael Valenzuela | Sydney | Dec. 2009
Addressing the Mind and Its Potential conference, neuroscientist Dr Michael Valenzuela describes the concept of neuroplasticity in the brain. He cites the tangible benefits that mental and physical activity have on the development and ongoing functioning of the brain to demonstrate how our neural pa... » play video
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In this discussion at the Mind and its Potential conference, this expert panel addresses how recent discoveries in neuroscience have changed the way we conceive of brain function. Recent thinking proposes that the brain is an infinitely malleable organ, constantly changing and heavily influenced by... » play video
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Daniel Siegel | Sydney | Dec. 2009
Presenting at the Mind and its Potential conference, Dr Daniel Siegel MD speaks about Interpersonal Neurobiology, an interdisciplinary view of life experience that draws on over a dozen branches of science to create a framework for understanding of our subjective and interpersonal lives. Daniel Sieg... » play video
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Sean Carroll | Sydney | Dec. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 Speaking at the University of Sydney, acclaimed physicist and cosmologist Sean Carroll gives an entertaining and thought-provoking talk about the nature of time, the origin of entropy and how what happened before the Big Bang might be responsible for the arrow of time we observe toda... » play video
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Derek Yach | Sydney | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Food companies have contributed to the development of a food system that now provides adequate and safe food to billions of people worldwide. However nutrition crises related to over- and under- nutrition remain common. This debate involving nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanto... » play video
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David Mills | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In this Deakins 09 lecture, solar scientist Dr. David Mills talks about how the switch to a complete photon commercial economy is finally underway. Dr Mills examines the current and future photon-based technologies and explores how we have inherited a planet full of system... » play video
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Julian Savulescu | Sydney | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu examines the nature of human beings as products of evolution, in particular their limited altruism, limited co-operative instincts and limited ability to take account of the future consequenc... » play video
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Leon Sterling | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In this Key Thinkers lecture, Leon Sterling (Professor of Software Innovation and Engineering at the University of Melbourne) speaks of the life and influence of Donald Knuth. Knuth, born in 1938, is a renowned Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He was responsible for transfo... » play video
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