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Talks and shows

How real is your reality? (family)

Sat 13 Sep 2025

Discover how your brain builds reality—and why it sometimes gets it wrong.

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Podcast Two women playing football.

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The science behind ACL injuries in women's football - with Blake Rivers and Grace Vella

Blake Rivers and Grace Vella talk about why women footballers are more likely to suffer from knee injuries and what is being

Podcast: The science behind ACL injuries in women's football - with Blake Rivers and Grace Vella Read more
Podcast A variety of different bacteria - testing for antimicrobial resistance.

Biology and the human body Natural world

Podcast: Understanding antimicrobial resistance - with Gabriel Astorga

Gabriel Astorga explains how microbes like bacteria get resistant to treatments, how this impacts our lives, and what's the link

Podcast: Understanding antimicrobial resistance - with Gabriel Astorga Read more
Podcast Silhouette of a man running on the beach at sunset.

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The brain on exercise - with Dr Flaminia Ronca

Exercise neuroscientist Flaminia Ronca explains what actually happens to your brain when you exercise.

Podcast: The brain on exercise - with Dr Flaminia Ronca Read more
Podcast Silhouette of a pregnant woman.

Biology and the human body History of science

Podcast: How women drove evolution - with Cat Bohannon

Cat Bohannon reveals insights from her book, Eve: How Women Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution, and highlights women’s pivotal

Podcast: How women drove evolution - with Cat Bohannon Read more
Podcast A person lying in a neuron network, sculpted in snow.

Biology and the human body Brain

Podcast: The neuroscience of memory - with Charan Ranganath

Dr Charan Ranganath, renowned neuroscientist and author, discusses how and why we remember.

Podcast: The neuroscience of memory - with Charan Ranganath Read more
Podcast A linear accelerator (LINAC) set up to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery.

Biology and the human body Technology and engineering

Podcast: Ri on AI: The healthcare revolution – with Dr James Kinross

Dr James Kinross chats to Lisa Derry about the impacts of AI on healthcare, from medical publishing to robotic surgery.

Podcast: Ri on AI: The healthcare revolution – with Dr James Kinross Read more
Podcast  Human C12orf29 protein 3D structure predicted by AlphaFold

Biology and the human body Technology and engineering

Podcast: Ri on AI: Understanding AlphaFold with Dame Janet Thornton

Dame Janet Thornton talks about AlphaFold, the AI programme that can determine a protein structure from its amino acids alone.

Podcast: Ri on AI: Understanding AlphaFold with Dame Janet Thornton Read more
Podcast Color Brain MRI

Biology and the human body Brain Maths

Podcast: Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models – with Sophie Shang

Sophie Shang talks about how she is using computational psychiatry to better understand and help create treatments for anxiety

Podcast: Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models – with Sophie Shang Read more
In-person
Image of an atom

Talks and shows

The afterlife of atoms: Saving lives and exploring space with nuclear waste

Mon 13 Oct 2025

Nuclear chemist Tim Gregory explains the latest technology finding uses for discarded nuclear materials.

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