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CHRISTMAS LECTURES

The science of gunshot residue analysis

After a gun is fired, tiny particles called gunshot residue are left behind. What are these tiny particles, and how can they

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Video A brown mouse in an enclosure. Text overlayed above it reads 'THE RISE OF THE MAMMALS', along with the Royal Institution's logo.

Biology and the human body

The rise and reign of the mammals - with Steve Brusatte

Journey back 325 million years with our mammalian forebears, who persevered in the shadow of the dinosaurs, survived the worst

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Video Jonathan Pettitt speaking at the Ri

Biology and the human body

What Darwin won't tell you about evolution - with Jonathan Pettitt

How did the complexity of life evolve? Was it via finely-tuned natural selection, or a more messy process altogether?

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Video Hatice Gunes speaking at the Ri

Technology and engineering

Can machines be emotionally intelligent? - with Hatice Gunes

Do machines need emotional intelligence? And how can we create technology that behaves in a socio-emotionally intelligent way?

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Video Laura Mersini-Houghton speaking at the Ri

Physics

Do we live in a multiverse? - with Laura Mersini-Houghton

What lies beyond the edge of our own universe? Learn more from cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton as she discusses her ground

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Video Junaid Mubeen speaking at the Ri

Maths

Why does maths give humans the edge over machines? - with Junaid Mubeen

Why will humans always have the advantage over robots? It's because of a remarkable system of thought developed over the

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Video Alex Riley speaking at the Ri

Brain

Psychedelic therapy for depression: hope or hype? - with Alex Riley

We’ve long been trying to find a cure for depression. From the ancient Greeks to Freud, and from therapy rooms to the Prozac

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Video Gianfranco Bertone speaking at the Ri

Physics

Solving the biggest mysteries of the universe - with Gianfranco Bertone

How can we see into the mysterious and inaccessible parts of the universe? How can we connect the infinitely large, and the

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Video Matthew Bothwell speaking at the Ri

Physics

Infrared astronomy - with Matthew Bothwell

Why does the universe look the way it does? The answer could lie in the massive, dusty, and star-producing galaxies that existed

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Video Joy Milne sat in front of a colourful painting

Brain

Can you smell Parkinson's? - with Perdita Barran and Joy Milne

Retired nurse Joy realised she could smell her husband's Parkinson's disease. Scientists are using her discovery to learn more

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Pagination

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