Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2008 - Audio Podcast
1) The Yin and Yang of Cellular Communication - Audio
The lecture looks at how cells in emerging multicellular organisms have evolved ways of communicating with each other. The basic âyesâ and ânoâ signalling was probably mediated by release into the ext...Show More
2) What can Venus, Mars and Titan tell us about Earth? - Audio
Several space missions of planetary exploration are currently underway, including Venus Express and Mars Express to our planetary neighbours and Cassini-Huygens to Saturn. In this talk, we will look a...Show More
3) Toad meets T-Rex: The Evolution and Diversification of Frogs - Audio
Love them or loathe them, frogs have a place in popular culture, from âKermitâ to âToad of Toad Hallâ. The short, tailless body, large head, and long legs give a profile that is vaguely humanoid, but ...Show More
4) Tesla and the Art of Fugue - Audio
Although the field of âart and scienceâ â the fusion of art, science and technology â has existed for at least two decades, its validity and value are still questioned, often very forcefully, by both ...Show More
5) The Strange Case of Hart Crane and Samuel Greenberg - Audio
One of the most striking poems in the American poet Hart Craneâs first collection, âWhite Buildingsâ (1926) is âEmblems of Conductâ. Long after Craneâs premature death in 1932, it emerged that this po...Show More
6) The Return of Syphilis - Audio
Between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, syphilis had essentially been eradicated in the UK. There is now an outbreak of syphilis with more diagnoses each year than at any time since the 1940s. Thi...Show More
7) Reconstructing a Face After Cancer Surgery - Audio
Cancer of the mouth and face affects our swallowing, our speech and more importantly our self-perception and self-esteem. Therefore, reconstructive surgery of the mouth and face touches on the deepest...Show More
8) The Pleasures of Driving - Audio
Nowadays we are all very aware of some the considerable disadvantages, danger and damage caused by automobile driving. Yet people continue to drive, even when suitable alternatives exists. This talk e...Show More
9) The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement: Law, Science and Globalising Markets - Audio
The SPS Agreement is one of the most innovative and controversial aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This agreement uses science as a benchmark for assessing the legality of Member State r...Show More
10) The Making of Stars and Planets - Audio
Stars are formed from the interstellar medium and yet throughout their lifetime they feed material back into it. The interaction and exchange between the stars and the interstellar medium is therefore...Show More
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