Video Chemistry CHRISTMAS LECTURES The modern alchemist – Air: The elixir of life (2012) Watch the first lecture from the 2012 CHRISTMAS LECTURES series. The modern alchemist – Air: The elixir of life (2012) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Secrets and lies – How to get lucky (2019) Hannah Fry explores luck and asks whether probability allow us to understand and predict complex systems. Secrets and lies – How to get lucky (2019) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – Fighting back (2021) Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to unlock the science of vaccines, variants and viral genetic code. Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – Fighting back (2021) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The perfect storm (2021) Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to reveal the secrets of contagion and the mathematics of disease. Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The perfect storm (2021) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The invisible enemy (2021) Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to explore viruses, the immune system and modern testing technology. Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The invisible enemy (2021) Read more
Blog CHRISTMAS LECTURES From the lab to the front page Jim Whiting, BBSRC PhD student from the University of Nottingham, tells us how his experiences as 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES Media From the lab to the front page Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate Planet Earth: A user's guide – Up in the air (2020) Tara Shine shows how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen, and why today’s increased carbon emissions are dangerous to Planet Earth: A user's guide – Up in the air (2020) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate Planet Earth: A user's guide – Water world (2020) Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water forms the heart of the Earth's Planet Earth: A user's guide – Water world (2020) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate Planet Earth: A user's guide – Engine Earth (2020) Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history. Planet Earth: A user's guide – Engine Earth (2020) Read more
Person CHRISTMAS LECTURES Chris Jackson Chris Jackson is a geologist and adventurer and was one of the 2020 Christmas Lecturers. Chris Jackson Read more
