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Dan Ariely – New York Times bestselling author and professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University will speak on “Temptations and Self-Control.”
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David Bolinsky - The founder of XVIVO Scientific Animation will show some of his cinematic-quality visualizations of topics on the edge of medical and scientific discovery.
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MBL Director and CEO Gary Borisy will host the afternoon event.
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Amy Bower –Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) senior scientist who, despite being legally blind, has traveled the world to study ocean currents and their interaction with climate, will discuss “Science Without Sight.”
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Tamara Clark – Designer and illustrator who, with her collaborators, will present a visual and musical tour focusing on “Patterns in Nature.”
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A.M. Dolan – Falmouth-based actor and playwright will perform selections from the writings of visionary designer, architect, poet, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller, whose Woods Hole geodesic dome is one of the oldest remaining.
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Glenway Fripp (foreground) - Pianist, composer, and jazz virtuoso.
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Roy Gould – Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics education researcher will explore “Other Worlds: Searching for Earthlike Planets from the Classroom.”
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Adam Lazarus – Ant expert Lazarus will share some of his colorful adventures in species collection—and what he’s learned about people along the way.
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Bill Mebane – The MBL’s superintendent of aquaculture engineering and director of the Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative in Haiti will discuss the challenging choreography of “A Dance of Two Cultures: Science in Rural Haiti.”
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Beth Murphy – Documentary filmmaker will reflect on making her new film “The Promise of Freedom,” which focuses on Iraqis who risked everything to work for U.S. soldiers and diplomats as translators, drivers, civil engineers and cultural liaisons.
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Christopher Neill – MBL senior scientist will introduce “Arctic Thrills”—a rare display of polar dancing.
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Arthur Newhall - This WHOI ocean acoustics engineer (by day) and musician and composer (by night) will perform island-rhythm-inspired whalesong.
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Hanumant Singh – WHOI Deep Submergence Laboratory chief engineer will reveal “A Robot’s Vision of the Ocean Depths.”
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Jonathan Todd – President of the pioneering John Todd Ecological Design company in Woods Hole will address sustainable design.
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