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Is Robocop Now A Reality?
Robocop (1987) embodied a particular vision of an electronic crime fighter but what is the reality of electronic crime fighting? How are the police a…
5 years, 11 months ago
COVID-19
At the time of writing, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has killed many thousands worldwide, infected many more - and changed lives around the wo…
6 years ago
The Future of Our Oceans
Recent evidence about the extent of plastics and litter in our oceans has led to grassroots rejection of single-use plastics.
This lecture will draw …
6 years ago
Equations That Have Changed The World
This final lecture will celebrate some of the great mathematical equations, and related algorithms, which have both changed the world as we know it a…
6 years ago
Mysteries of the Dark Cosmos
Dark matter and dark energy together make up 95% of our Universe. Yet, very little is known about them.
This lecture will present the endeavours of c…
6 years ago
Critical Thinking
One of the most dangerous phrases is "evidence shows that …", because you can almost always find evidence to support any viewpoint. Experts…
6 years ago
The Ballets Russes: Turning French
Modernity kept seeping into ballet, a genre that had traditionally looked to a distant, mythical or magical past. First, the tutu gave way to an ever…
6 years ago
Musical Endings
Should a composer leave the listener wanting more, or must a musical ending be definitive? Is a 'fade out' actually a cop-out, and is a dec…
6 years, 1 month ago
Choosing Religious Atrocities in Ireland
Nowhere in Europe have the wars of religion lasted longer than in Ireland. At the heart of this are two rival sets of memories of atrocities: above a…
6 years, 1 month ago
How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit
BOOK LAUNCH
Business has lost the public's trust. Concerns that capitalism only serves the elites has led to major unrest throughout the world an…
6 years, 1 month ago