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Podcast Variety of pills
Biology and the human body

Podcast: Future Pharma - With Expert Panel

For centuries we’ve been using chemicals to improve health, but technology is set to transform the way medicine works.

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Podcast XO enzyme inhibited by febuxostat
Biology and the human body

Podcast: Quantum biology - with Nigel Scrutton, Alexandra Olaya-Castro and Jenny Brookes

This month, three researchers explain how quantum theory is being applied to their own work in this cutting-edge field of

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Podcast Sculpture of Charles Darwin
Biology and the human body

Podcast: The Story of Life – with Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane

This month, Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane unravel the tangled story of DNA, and why life began in the first place.

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Podcast Man covered in sticky notes
Biology and the human body

Podcast: The Science of stress

This month, Vincent Walsh hosts an expert panel of Joe Herbert, Julie Turner Cobb, and Shane O’Mara, to explore the science of

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Podcast Three-dimensional landscape of the genome
Biology and the human body

Podcast: The gene machine - with Venki Ramakrishnan

This month, the Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan in conversation with Vivienne Parry, tells the story of the race to

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Podcast Endometriosis in the wall of the fallopian tube
Biology and the human body

Podcast: Endometriosis - myths, symptoms and future treatments

In this special extra podcast, Ri Digital Intern and PhD student, Madga Mareckova, sits down with her PhD supervisors, Krina

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Podcast Resting over a valley
Biology and the human body

Podcast: The art of rest – with Claudia Hammond

What is the difference between sleep and rest? What activities to people actually find restful? Why is rest important?

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In-person / Livestream
 magnetic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. tiny purple squares overlapping.
Discourses

Nanomaterials for the future of healthcare (Discourse)

Thu 24 Nov 2022

Discover the evolution of nanomaterials and their use in the future of healthcare.

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In-person / Livestream
An abstract visualisation of what quantum biology may look like. Two gold wiggly circles floating against a black background.
Discourses

A future with quantum biology (Discourse)

Fri 28 Oct 2022

Discover the quantum phenomena happening at biomolecular levels.

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In-person
A black and white photo showing Julian Huxley surrounded by a crowd of people. It is part of his Christmas Lecture series from 1937.
Talks and shows

The Huxleys: Revolutionising science, nature and culture

Mon 10 Oct 2022

Discover the life and work of three generations of the Huxley family.

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