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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The future of science

Panel presentations on the future of science, with presentations by Peter Gluckman, Ehsan Masood and Andrea Saltelli with a response from Jerome Ravetz. Chaired by Javier Lezaun.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Welcome and brief statements

Welcome to the event, with presentations from Charles Godfray and Rob Iliffe. Chaired by Silvio Funtowicz.
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast

At First Sight - Holly Bridge

We discuss how the Brain processes vision.
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast

Sleeping with One Eye Open - Vladyslav Vyazovskiy

We discuss the Science of Sleep
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast

Intro : Cortex Just Keeps the Rest of the Brain Warm

We talk through what listeners can expect from future episodes of CortexCast.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

An interview with Andrew Ross on 'The future of bread'

An interview with Professor Andrew Ross (Food Science and Technology Department, Oregon State University) for the UBVO 'Instruments and Institutions' series. July 2018.
Science in Ten

The Dreaded Flu

How do we protect ourselves from spiky invaders?
Department of Education Public Seminars

Teachers' professional development on summative assessment of practical science: perspectives from Project Calibrate

This seminar will focus on the teacher education aspect of the project. It will outline the approaches being implemented to develop the teachers' knowledge and understanding to implement strategies to teach and assess practical science.
Science in Ten

New Year, New Me

Are some people taking the 'New Year, New Me' concept a little too far these days?
Science in Ten

Gut Feeling

Are our gut microbes more in control of us than we think?
Futuremakers

From Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing, the birth of AI?

Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out.
The Secrets of Mathematics
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Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? The 2018 Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture

Marcus du Sautoy and Professor Rosalind Picard for 2018's annual Simonyi Lecture: Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence?
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Why Read Frankenstein in 2018?

Two hundred years after it was first published, Nick Groom explains the abiding appeal and extraordinary contemporary relevance of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

How do you grow rice faster?

3 billion people depend on rice for survival & owing to predicted population increases, land that provided enough rice to feed 27 people in 2010 will need to support 43 by 2050. In this week's podcast episode we ask: how do you grow rice faster?
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

Is there a faster way to diagnose Tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is still one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, with 1.4 million people dying from TB in 2015. If your doctor suspects you have the disease it can take up to 6 weeks to get a diagnosis!
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

Can you cure HIV?

HIV isn’t a death sentence anymore. People can live long lives with the virus in their body, as long as they have the right combination of drugs. But some researchers want to take the fight against HIV and AIDS even further...
Surgical Grand Rounds Lectures

Prostate cancer genomic surgery: A shifting paradigm

In the first half, Dr Alastair Lamb discusses the problem with prostate cancer and what it is that needs to be addressed, his previous research and future plans for research.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Evidence in the Multiverse

Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich hash out the problems we encounter when we look for evidence of a multiverse.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

The Hard Fact of Life in Big Physics City

How similar is the fine-tuning of our universe to probabilistic reasoning we use and understand? Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel go through a series of examples.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Stability and Probability

Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich discuss how reasoning in cosmology sometimes conflates topological stability with probability, and why that might be wrong.

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