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Protestant Missions and European Empires: Allies or Adversaries?
By the later eighteenth century, Protestant countries’ empires were spreading across the globe but Protestant churches were wriggling free of state c…
3 years, 10 months ago
Life in the Universe
How can life form in the Universe, and what are the necessary ingredients for habitability so that planets can sustain life? Can we expect life elsew…
3 years, 10 months ago
Where Is Globalisation Headed? A Supply Chain View
The conflict in Ukraine – and earlier events like Brexit - led prominent asset managers such as BlackRock to declare the “end of globalisation.” Wher…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Maths of Gyroscopes and Boomerangs
Spinning things are strange. Why does a spinning top stand up? Why doesn't a rolling wheel fall over? How does a falling cat always manage to land on…
3 years, 10 months ago
Investigative Journalism: A New Global Power?
The Internet and enhanced tools of digitalisation and communication have given opportunities to investigative journalists undreamed of even 10 years …
3 years, 10 months ago
How Genetic Adaptation Helped Humans Colonise the Globe
Modern humans evolved in Africa and successfully colonised the globe only in the last 100,000 years or so, a feat made possible by cultural and genet…
3 years, 10 months ago
Natural Prosperity and the Wellbeing Economy
What does Natural Prosperity look like?
In this lecture we envision a new, more equitable future where wellbeing and nature-based solutions take the …
3 years, 10 months ago
Operating Systems
Early computers were either designed to do one thing or, if they were programmable, they would be loaded-up with the program, it would run, and then …
3 years, 11 months ago
Should the Commonwealth Caribbean Abolish Appeals to the Privy Council?
In the Commonwealth Caribbean, final appeals were traditionally heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, or ‘Her Majesty in Council’. So…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Incredible Sine Wave and its Uses
The beautiful sine wave turns out to have a huge number of practical applications, from the motion of springs, to waves in the sea, to sound waves, l…
3 years, 11 months ago