Christmas Science Lectures Podcast
1) Carrots, spiders and red salt – a fascination with light capture in biology
Using physics, chemistry and biology, the fascination with light capture in nature will be explained in a multi-coloured and animated well – prepare for six-eyed spiders, purple carrots and red salt. ...Show More
Carrots, spiders and red salt – a fascination with light capture in biology
38:19 | Dec 15th, 2015
2) The Chemistry Show 2015
Malcolm Stewart and Dr Fabrice Birembaut are back again with their highly entertaining flash bang lecture! Let Santa and his elf take you on a discovery journey from cold to hot chemistry! Creative C...Show More
3) Social Media: The use of your online information for the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
Social media, everyone uses it, whether it is to connect with long lost friends on Facebook, or to share selfies on Instagram or Twitter! In this talk, I consider the positives & negatives, security &...Show More
Social Media: The use of your online information for the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
38:41 | Dec 14th, 2015
4) Radiotherapy: What is it? How does it work? And how will it change?
Radiotherapy has been going on since 1896, only months after the discovery of X-rays. We will explore what it is, how it works, and examine the change from X-ray beams to particle guns. Creative Com...Show More
5) Epigenetics: What Makes You "You"?
Have you ever wondered why identical twins aren’t, well, actually identical? Do you want to blame your parents for something about you that is different from everyone else in the family? Then you need...Show More
6) Can Machines Think?
Can machines think? How can we test computers for intelligence? Edward Grefenstette delivers a lively presentation about artificial intelligence. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Ali...Show More
7) The Chemistry Show
Join Dr Malcolm Stewart and Dr Fabrice Birembaut to find out just how much fun chemistry can be. Young, or not so young, you'll be entertained and educated by the sort of chemistry you never get to se...Show More
8) Hot Stuff: How Volcanoes Work
Professor David Pyle (Department of Earth Science) presents an illustrated tour of some of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, and an exploration of what we have learnt about how volcanoe...Show More
9) The Accelerate! Show
Get up close and personal with the exciting world of particle and accelerator physics. Learn how particle accelerators can do everything from recreating conditions just after the Big Bang to finding n...Show More
10) Why Should Robots Play Football?
Dr Stephen Cameron (Department of Computer Science) explains why thousands of people from across the world are busy trying to teach robots to play football.