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Can science ever explain consciousness?
Professor Chris Frith (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Neurology) discusses the emerging scientific understanding of this mysterious human faculty.
Mixed-up five-year-olds and the alarming growth of the gender identity industry
"The worry is that reversible treatments [such as hormone blocking drugs] can sometimes have irreversible effects," says Professor Russell Viner (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Child Health).
It takes more than a day to see how the other half lives
Every now and then, we like to play at role reversal. Take the leap-year tradition of allowing, even encouraging, women to propose to men, says Professor Adrian Furnham (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Health Psychology).
All the evidence is against this bill
One does not have to be an intuitivist to oppose this bill when the empirical evidence is firmly in favour of its withdrawal, says Jeff Round (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Epidemiology and Health).
Oxfam's Shelflife links goods with past using QR Codes
"We want to make every Oxfam shop into an interactive social museum," says Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis).
Chemical in bad breath 'influences' dental stem cells
Professor Chris Mason (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Biochemical Engineering) comments on research which has used hydrogen sulphide to help convert stem cells from human teeth into liver cells.
Mapping areas of the brain
Professor Patrick Haggard (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) talks about free will and conscience thought.
Infectious disease: Chronicles of a killer virus
Just over 30 years after HIV/AIDS was first recognized, three accounts of its ravages intrigue Professor Robin Weiss (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Research Department of Infection).
Turing centenary: Is the brain a good model for machine intelligence?
Dr Demis Hassabis (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Neurology) talks about the contributions neuroscience can make towards progress in AI, andÌýmodelling the brain's algorithms.Ìý
Pioneering academics to be honoured by Queen
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Ophthalmology has received a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, presented at Buckingham Palace this week.
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