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Sociolinguistic Researcher & Author of "Language and Learning in the Digital Age"; Emeritus Regents Professor at Arizona State University

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Professor of BioSciences at Rice University; Co-Author of "A City on Mars" & "Soonish"

National Geographic Explorer, Researcher, Scientist; Outdoors Enthusiast, Storyteller & Author; Forest Conservation and Sustainability Advocate

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Minister Of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & Chief Innovation Officer for the Government of Sierra Leone

Rehabilitation Innovation Specialist & Long COVID Expert; Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine

Josiah Meigs Professor of Environmental Education & Nature TV Host

CEO & Founder of Twist Bioscience

Biophysicist & Neuroscientist

Director of the Institute for Protein Design

Human Emotion Authority; Author of "How Emotions are Made"; Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University

Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Professor of Psychology, Animal Behavior, and Canine Cognition; Bestselling Author of "Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell and Know"

Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia; Growth Mindset Expert

Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles

Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in The Center for Neural Science at New York University

Evolutionary Biologist Specializing in Ancient DNA; Professor of Anthropology at McMaster University

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Researcher; Associate Professor of Life Sciences; and Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroproteomics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology