Using Tech to Track Endangered Wildlife – with Kate Jones
This month Kate Jones tells us about the amazing technology being used to monitor wildlife worldwide and how it is helping us to learn about the fascinating world of bats.Kate Jones is Professor of Ec...
28 Maj 201845min
Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything – With Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
What will the world of tomorrow be like? Kelly and Zach Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming soon(ish), from space elevators to origami robots, and explain...
30 Apr 20181h 28min
How To Leave The Planet – Dallas Campbell and Kevin Fong
For millennia, humans have been firmly rooted to the Earth, but haven't you ever fancied a change of scenery?This month, science writer and broadcaster Dallas Campbell talks to former Christmas Lectur...
2 Apr 20181h 13min
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its Legacy – with Experts Phillip Ball, Miranda Seymour, Frank James and Angela Wright
2018 marks 200 years since the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a book that is just as relevant now as it was in 1818. Today, Shelley's creature lives on, as an embodiment of society's anxi...
26 Feb 20181h 27min
A Whirlwind Tour of Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Australian author and presenter Dr Karl Kruszelnicki gives a whirlwind tour of incredible science facts and questions. Like who put a nuclear reactor in africa 2 billion years ago? And is there life o...
31 Jan 20181h 22min
What Our Brains Want - with Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan
Our sense of reward motivates us and is essential for survival, so when the system malfunctions, it can lead to big problems. This month, Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan, winners of the 201...
22 Dec 20171h 15min
Autism: A personal journey – with Dame Stephanie Shirley
An estimated 700,000 people in Britain are affected by autism. In this Discourse, Dame Stephanie Shirley shares her hands-on experience of the disorder.Dame Stephanie Shirley is an information technol...
27 Nov 20171h 10min
New Genes from Scratch - Aoife McLysaght
Aoife McLysaght explores the evolution of new genes, how they sometimes become essential, and the link between new genes and disease including cancer.Aoife's lecture was given as the 2016 JBS Haldane ...
30 Okt 20171h 25min
