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Prof. Robert Lustig of UCSF on Metabolical, The Lure & Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition & Medicine Sep 30, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert Lustig who is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF. His most recent book is Metabolical – The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Meredith Small of Cornell Univ. on FAMILY: How the Human Need for Belonging Shapes Our Lives Sep 26, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Meredith Small is a Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Cornell University. Her research focus includes the evolution of human behavior and how biology and culture influence parenting styles,

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Prof. Alex Chan of Harvard on Explainable AI, Medical liability of AI, and the collapse of WWW. Sep 24, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alex Chan is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets at Harvard Business School. He studies market design, with a focus on healthcare markets and AI-driven or AI-impacted markets

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Prof. Zaldy Tan of UCLA on What to Remember When You Are Forgetting Sep 21, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Zaldy Tan is Professor of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, aAiliated with UCLA. His research focuses on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and health services optimization for older patients.

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Prof. Mark Mattson of Johns Hopkins on metabolic switching and intermittent fasting Sep 18, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mark Mattson is adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. His research includes Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders.

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Prof. Rachael Brown of the University of Chicago on Christians and Christianity Sep 15, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rachel Fulton Brown is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include the intellectual and cultural history of Europe in the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on the history of Christianity in the Latin West

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Prof. Trevor Robbins of Univ. of Cambridge on the neural basis of compulsive disorders Sep 12, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Trevor Robbins is a former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. He works in the areas of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, with a special emphasis on psychopharmacology.

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Prof. Eric Betzig of Univ. of California, Berkely on high resolution imaging of biological systems Sep 09, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Eric Betzig is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Chair in Experimental Physics, at the University of California, Berkeley. His interests include new imaging tools to aid in biological discovery, including correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy, 4D dynamic imaging of living systems with non-diffracting light sheets, and adaptive optical microscopy to recover optimal imaging performance deep within aberrating multicellular specimens. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy

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Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on String theory & black holes information paradox Sep 06, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on String theory, black holes, the information paradox and quantum computingProf. Emil Martinec is Professor of Physics at the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College of the University of Chicago. His research focuses on string theory and particle physics.

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Prof. Jonathan Silvertown of the Univ. of Edinburgh on how leaves conjure up the world Sep 02, 2026

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jonathan Silvertown is Professor of Evolutionary Ecology and Chair in Technology-Enhanced Science Education in Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include many areas of plant population biology.

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