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Video History of science Why Trust Science? - with Naomi Oreskes Science is continually changing with new findings and discoveries. When people reject these findings, we end up in a position Why Trust Science? - with Naomi Oreskes Read more
Video Physics Is This a New Kind of Physics? - with Harry Cliff, Paula Alvarez Cartelle and Ben Allanach Our current theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, predicts equal numbers of electrons and muons, but the results Is This a New Kind of Physics? - with Harry Cliff, Paula Alvarez Cartelle and Ben Allanach Read more
Video Brain How Do Neural Networks Grow Smarter? - with Robin Hiesinger Neurobiologists and computer scientists are trying to discover how neural networks become a brain. Will nature give us the How Do Neural Networks Grow Smarter? - with Robin Hiesinger Read more
Video Technology and engineering Is It Our Moral Duty to Explore Other Planets? - with Christopher Mason Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few Is It Our Moral Duty to Explore Other Planets? - with Christopher Mason Read more
Video Brain Essential Functions of Sleep: Learning, Memory and Changing Your Mind - with Gina Poe Sleep is vital to our wellbeing. The stages of deep and dreamless slow wave sleep and vivid dreaming REM sleep both have Essential Functions of Sleep: Learning, Memory and Changing Your Mind - with Gina Poe Read more
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Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Secrets and lies – How can we all win? (2019) Hannah Fry looks at why maths can fail and asks what the limits of maths are. Are there problems maths can’t or shouldn’t solve Secrets and lies – How can we all win? (2019) Read more