Discussion meetings

Audio recordings of the following recent Discussion Meetings are available:

2010 Discussion meetings

• The detection of extra terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society, 25 and 26 January 2010
• Greenhouse gases in the Earth system: setting the agenda to 2030, 22 and 23 February 2010

2009 Discussion meetings

• Genetics and the causes of evolution: 150 years of progress since Darwin, 12 and 13 November 2009
• The first four million years of human evolution, 19 and 20 October 2009
• Energy materials to combat climate change, 8 and 9 June 2009
• New frontiers in science diplomacy, 1 and 2 June 2009
• Darwin and the evolution of flowers, 11 and 12 May 2009
• Computation of emotions in man and machines, 20 and 21 April 2009
• Colloids, grains and dense suspensions, 9 and 10 March 2009
• The Evolution of Society, 19 and 20 January 2009

2008 Discussion meetings

• Brainstem: neural networks vital for life, 8 and 9 December 2008
• New possibilities with aberration corrected electron microscopy, 24 and 25 November 2008
• Towards a low carbon energy future, 17 and 18 November 2008
• Applied Large Eddy Simulation, 27 and 28 October 2008
• Talent and Autism , 29 and 30 September 2008

Previous discussion meetings

We also webcast three of our previous Discussion Meetings, which are available for viewing:

• The science of climate change: A Royal Society showcase of the IPCC 4th Assessment Working Group 1 Report, 1 and 2 March 2007
• Mental processes in the human brain, 16 and 17 October 2006
• Energy... for the future, 10 and 11 April 2006