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Brain

Humans have changed their consciousness with plants for millennia; from the legally and socially acceptable consumption of

Climate

In the first lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils

Physics

What is matter really made of? How does the stuff around us escape annihilation in the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? And will

Beronda Montgomery explores how plants are masters of adaption and experience sensations that don’t require eyes or ears.

Art, culture and society

Many people reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. Lee McIntyre argues that anyone can and should fight back

Physics

What is the evidence for and against dark matter? Sabine argues for the superfluidity of dark matter that allows for a suitable

Biology and the human body

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

Maths

The answers to everything, from how computers learn to play chess to how a democracy should choose its representatives, can be

Physics

Often dubbed the 'Father of the Nuclear Age’, Ernest Rutherford’s pioneering, and Nobel Award winning, discoveries in nuclear

Biology and the human body

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