"Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common
 mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and
 the devastating impact these errors can have on the
 outcome of criminal trials."

"Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food
 industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and
 makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and
 happiness."

"Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic
 -- love - and explains its evolution, its biochemical
 foundations and its social importance. She closes with
 a warning about the potential disaster inherent in
 antidepressant abuse."

"Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the
 perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of
 eye tricks help him prove that not only are we easily
 fooled, we kind of like it."

"Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come
 closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the
 only real difference between humans and chimps is our
 sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to
 change the world."

"Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can
 understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching,
 forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species
 can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural
 exposure."

"Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan
 Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a
 powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that
 are literally alive."

"Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical
 times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem
 illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are
 living in the most peaceful time in our species'
 existence."

"Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why
 we aren't more compassionate more of the time."