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A stylised brain with computer chip markings on top of it.

Talks and shows

Brain-inspired computing: What's next?

Mon 14 Nov 2022

Yoeri van de Burgt explores organic materials used for brain-inspired systems.

Brain-inspired computing: What's next? Read more
In-person
Colourful origami shapes

Talks and shows

Engineering with origami

Sat 22 Oct 2022

Discover the surprising uses of origami in science and engineering

Engineering with origami Read more
In-person / Livestream
Wilfred G. van der Wiel working on one of his machines

Talks and shows

Materialising intelligence: Information processing with intelligent matter

Mon 03 Oct 2022
Materialising intelligence: Information processing with intelligent matter Read more
In-person
There is a drawn outline of a pistol, in red. This is on a black background.

Talks and shows

Superspy science: The world of James Bond

Thu 01 Sep 2022

Discover the science, tech and deaths from the world of James Bond.

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Podcast he Hubble Space Telescope after deployment on its second servicing mission (HST SM-02)

Technology and engineering

Podcast: Handprints on Hubble – with Kathryn D Sullivan

Kathryn D Sullivan recounts how the team of astronauts, engineers and flight controllers helped launch, rescue and maintain

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Podcast People riding a roller coaster

Technology and engineering

Podcast: How to design a rollercoaster – with Brendan Walker

Brendan Walker explains how he designs rollercoasters to induce thrill, priming our bodies’ innate responses through sounds

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Livestream
Abstract picture involving clear spheres intersected by lots of different coloured curvy lines.

Talks and shows

Searching for new physics with low-energy techniques

Wed 12 Oct 2022

Learn how nuclear, particle and astrophysics intersect in the search for undiscovered phenomena that would herald new physics.

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Blog A split screen image of a satellite and a microscope

Technology and engineering

The science of extremes: the big, the small and the ugly

Explore the exciting science living at opposite ends of the size spectrum.

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Video One of Tesla's gigafactories, an aerial view of a giant L shaped boxy building

Technology and engineering

How Batteries Power the Modern World - with Paul Shearing

From the battery to the electric motor (which celebrates its 200 year anniversary in 2021), breakthroughs made in previous

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Video What Can Intelligent Materials Do? - with Skylar Tibbits

Technology and engineering

What Can Intelligent Materials Do? - with Skylar Tibbits

How can we design simple and elegant intelligent materials, that may one day animate and improve themselves?

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