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CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The invisible enemy (2021)

Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to explore viruses, the immune system and modern testing technology.

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Physics

The Fundamental Patterns that Explain the Universe - with Brian Clegg

From the cosmic microwave background to Feynman diagrams - what are the underlying rules that work to create patterns of action

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Video The Volcanoes of our Solar System - with Natalie Starkey
Physics

The Volcanoes of our Solar System - with Natalie Starkey

Earth isn't the only planet to harbour volcanoes. In fact, the Solar System, and probably the entire Universe, is littered with

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Brain

How Do Our Brains Perceive the World Around Us? - with Anil Seth

How does our brain translate visual signals into a conscious experience?

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Brain

Is Reality a Controlled Hallucination? - with Anil Seth

How does our biology give rise to the experience of consciousness?

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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 A Beginner's Guide to Black Holes - with Amélie Saintonge
Physics

A Beginner's Guide to Black Holes - with Amélie Saintonge

What is a black hole and how does it come into being? Amélie Saintonge takes us on a lightspeed tour of these fascinating

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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 Christmas Lectures 2020: Up in the Air - with Tara Shine
Climate

Christmas Lectures 2020: Up in the Air - with Tara Shine

In the third lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, environmental scientist Tara Shine demonstrates how Earth produces a never

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Video Christmas Lectures 2020: Water World - with Helen Czerski
Climate

Christmas Lectures 2020: Water World - with Helen Czerski

In the second lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and

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