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The Turing Lectures: Where next for self-driving vehicles?

Tue 27 Sep 2022

Explore the technology behind autonomous vehicles and the measures needed to ensure safety and accountability.

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On the origin of time: A quantum beginning

Tue 28 Mar 2023

SOLD OUT. Journey into the extreme quantum physics of black holes and cosmic holograms.

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Disability: From 'medical tragedy' to 'mere difference'?

Thu 29 Sep 2022

Discover the paradox of aiming to prevent impairments, yet believing that life with impairments can be good.

Disability: From 'medical tragedy' to 'mere difference'? Book now
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Particle physics made easy: from past successes to remaining challenges

Mon 26 Sep 2022
Particle physics made easy: from past successes to remaining challenges Book now
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How and why the icy moons of Jupiter became a goal for space exploration

Wed 05 Oct 2022
How and why the icy moons of Jupiter became a goal for space exploration Book now
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Clouds in Blue Sky
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The art and science of cloudspotting

Mon 17 Oct 2022

Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, takes you on an illustrated tour of the sky.

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How rewilding transforms the world

Tue 23 Aug 2022

Discover success stories of rewilding from across the world.

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The origin of our universe from the multiverse

Wed 03 Aug 2022

Discover cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton's ground-breaking theory.

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An Introduction To Plasma Physics

Mon 05 Sep 2022

Uncover the world of plasma physics and the very real possibilities it gives to our understanding of the past, and building of

An Introduction To Plasma Physics Book now
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Explosive Food (matinee show)

Fri 26 Aug 2022

Join the Ri's own presenter extraordinaire Dan Plane for a demo-filled journey through the science of food.

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