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>> WELCOME TO THE PREMIER OF "CONNECT."
IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT YOU TO
GREAT IDEAS AND INSPIRED THINKING.
>> WE GIVE UP THIS PICTURE OF JEFFERSON AS A MARBLE
STATUE, AS A PERFECT MAN, AS THE FOUNDING FATHER WITH THE
CAPITAL F. BUT WE GAIN SOMETHING MORE.
>> JOINING US IS HISTORIAN VIRGINIA SCHARFF, AUTHOR OF
"THE WOMEN JEFFERSON LOVED." DR. SCHARFF PAINTS AN
INTRIGUING PORTRAIT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND WEIGHS
IN ON THE CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION OF WHETHER
JEFFERSON FATHERED CHILDREN THROUGH HIS SLAVE.
>> ONCE WE KNOW WHAT MAKES THESE PROTEINS GO BAD, THEN
WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY FOR A CURE.
>> PROFESSOR EVA CHI'S RESEARCH ON PROTEIN DYNAMICS
IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH.
SHE SEEKS AN ANSWER TO THE LIFE AND DEATH QUESTION OF:
WHAT MAKES PROTEINS IN THE BRAIN GO BAD?
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ROBOT, I REALLY DON'T THINK
ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, ROBOTIC UNIT MOVING
AWKWARDLY, YOU KNOW. >> AND OUR VIEWER QUESTION
GIVES US A FASCINATING LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AS WE VISIT
THE LAB OF PROFESSOR YASAMIN MOSTOFI, WHO RECENTLY WON AN
PRESTIGIOUS PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE AWARD.
THE QUESTION: HOW DO WE GET ROBOTS TO THINK FOR
THEMSELVES? "CONNECT" IS NEXT.
