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Spider sense: Uncover the secrets of spiders

Mon 23 Jan 2023

Join Sara Goodacre, founder of SpiderLab in an evening to explore the diversity of spiders – much of which cannot easily be seen

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In-person / Livestream
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Talks and shows

The Turing Lectures: How to speak whale

Tue 14 Feb 2023

Inside the technology that’s decoding the voices of ocean giants.

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Biology and the human body

The rise and reign of the mammals - with Steve Brusatte

Journey back 325 million years with our mammalian forebears, who persevered in the shadow of the dinosaurs, survived the worst

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Video Jonathan Pettitt speaking at the Ri
Biology and the human body

What Darwin won't tell you about evolution - with Jonathan Pettitt

How did the complexity of life evolve? Was it via finely-tuned natural selection, or a more messy process altogether?

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Podcast Richard Dawkins
Biology and the human body

Podcast: My life in science - with Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins discusses the key individuals, institutions and ideas that have inspired and motivated him since the publication

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Podcast Surgeons
Biology and the human body

Podcast: Colour and cancer; scorpions and surgery - with Dr Henry Marsh and Dr Jim Olson

Is it possible to light up a cancer cell in the brain? Could scorpion venom be the answer?

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Podcast brain cancer chromosomes
Biology and the human body

Podcast: New genes from scratch - Aoife McLysaght

Aoife McLysaght explores the evolution of new genes, how they sometimes become essential, and the link between new genes and

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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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