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Motivational speaker and extreme athlete known as The Iceman. Holds several records for withstanding low temperatures, including swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice. Creator of the Wim Hof Method, a combination of cold exposure, breathing techniques, and meditation. Featured in the bestselling book What Doesn't Kill Us.
Psychopharmacologist and professor specializing in neuroscience, psychiatry, and behavioral science. Director of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Canadian computer scientist known for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning. Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Université de Montréal, and scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA).
Former investigative reporter at ProPublica and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Known for specializing in science issues in sports and investigative reporting. Broke the story on Alex Rodriguez testing positive for steroids in 2003.
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science.
Computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. Known for his work in optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. Public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements.
Recipient of a significant grant from the National Institutes of Health for leading a part of the Precision Medicine Initiative. Also serves as the principal investigator for the Scripps hub of the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program.