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Dr Tilly Blyth: How has art influenced science?
Science and art have not always been separately defined. Leonardo Da Vinci studied anatomy, neuroscientist Cajal created beautiful drawings of the ce…
6 years, 8 months ago
Richard Dawkins: Can we live in a world without religion?
Richard Dawkins is considered one of the top British intellectuals of the 21st Century. He’s known for his opinions on atheism and his books on evolu…
6 years, 8 months ago
Does data discriminate against women? – Caroline Criado Perez
When Apple launched its health tracker app HealthKit in 2014, they promised users the ability to track everything from their blood pressure to their …
6 years, 8 months ago
How do you launch a successful space mission? – Mark McCaughrean
Launching a rocket into space doesn’t come cheap. That much won’t surprise anybody, but what goes into the planning, construction and the science bef…
6 years, 9 months ago
What does our skin tell us about ourselves? – Dr Monty Lyman
The largest organ in the body isn’t the lungs or the brain, but the skin. Our skin performs a vast array of functions for us, from protecting us from…
6 years, 9 months ago
Are Generation Z our only hope for the future? – John Higgs
If you grew up on a steady stream of Hollywood blockbusters filled with killer robots, alien invasions and apocalyptic natural disasters, you’d be fo…
6 years, 9 months ago
Is an implantable electronic device the future of medicine? – Gordon Wallace
Materials scientist Gordon Wallace is the director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at the University of Wollongong, New Sout…
6 years, 9 months ago
How accurately can we predict the weather? – Andrew Blum
Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast of the United States in October 2012, causing $65bn of damage. Remarkably, weather forecasters managed to predict …
6 years, 10 months ago
What happened at Bluedot festival 2019? – Libby Jackson, Tom Shakespeare and Danielle George
In mid-July this year, science and music lovers alike donned their Wellington boots and rain ponchos and made the journey to Jodrell Bank Observatory…
6 years, 10 months ago
What does a world with an ageing population look like? – Sarah Harper
We can’t reverse the slow march of time, but thanks to the wonders of technology and modern medicine, we have a lot more of it in our lives. But as p…
6 years, 10 months ago