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Talks and shows

WiFi Wars Debug XV

Fri 10 Mar 2023

WiFi Wars returns to the Ri.

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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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In-person
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Talks and shows

The maths of Christmas

Tue 20 Dec 2022

Unpack the mysteries of Christmas with a secret superpower - maths!

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In-person
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Talks and shows

Fire chemistry

Wed 26 Oct 2022

Discover the amazing science inside humankind's greatest discovery: fire!

Fire chemistry Read more
Livestream
A picture of an eye in between two blue circles. It is an abstract picture of physics.

Talks and shows

The whole truth: The search for objective reality

Thu 13 Oct 2022

Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles explores objective reality in natural science

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In-person / Livestream
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Discourses

A future with quantum biology (Discourse)

Fri 28 Oct 2022

Discover the quantum phenomena happening at biomolecular levels.

A future with quantum biology (Discourse) Read more
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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In-person / Livestream
A picture of half the Earth from space. It is in shadow. The sun is just peaking above the horizon.

Talks and shows

What is the next global threat?

Tue 04 Oct 2022

Join a panel of experts discussing what is the next big global threat and how we can work to prevent it.

What is the next global threat? Read more
In-person
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Talks and shows

The explosive history of hydrogen with Andrew Szydlo

Sat 26 Nov 2022

An night of spectacular science with one of our favourite science presenters.

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In-person
A sculpture of shakespeare

Talks and shows

Much ado about numbers

Tue 25 Oct 2022

In which mathematician Rob of Eastaway orates on the connections betwixt Shakespeare and mathematics.

Much ado about numbers Read more

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