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Video Jonathan Van-Tam looking at a perspex box filled with colourful ping pong balls and mouse traps that are setting each other off
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.

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Video Are Viruses Alive? - with Carl Zimmer
Biology and the human body

Are Viruses Alive? - with Carl Zimmer

Are viruses alive or are they lifeless packages of protein and nucleic acid?

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Video How do Medicine and Physics Overlap? - with Rohin Francis and Sabine Hossenfelder
Biology and the human body

How do Medicine and Physics Overlap? - with Rohin Francis and Sabine Hossenfelder

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder and cardiologist Rohin Francis discuss the spaces where their fields of study overlap.

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Video What Are the New Discoveries in Human Biology? - with Dan Davis
Biology and the human body

What Are the New Discoveries in Human Biology? - with Dan Davis

Recent and dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the body will profoundly change the experience of being human in the

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Video a burger that has all of its layers perfectly separated
Biology and the human body

How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong - with Giles Yeo

All of the calorie counts you see on food today are wrong. Obesity researcher Giles Yeo shows why calories are not created equal

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Video A still from the 2018 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Who am I? – What makes me, me? (2018)

Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore what makes humans human and what makes every person an individual.

Who am I? – What makes me, me? (2018) Read more
Video A still of Alice Roberts from the 2018 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Who am I? – What makes me human? (2018)

Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore human evolution, from our earliest ancestors to our journey out of Africa.

Who am I? – What makes me human? (2018) Read more
Video A still of Alice Roberts during his CHRISTMAS LECTURE
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Who am I? – Where do I come from? (2018)

Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght explore the tree of life and see where humans come from.

Who am I? – Where do I come from? (2018) Read more
Video A still from Kevin Fong's 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURE
Art, culture and society Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering

How to survive in space – The next frontier (2015)

In the third and final of the 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, space doctor Kevin Fong explores the 'the next frontier' of human space

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Video Kevin Fong floating in the International Space Station.
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering

How to survive in space – Life in orbit (2015)

Kevin Fong explores 'life in orbit' on board the International Space Station.

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