The edges of the universe: black holes, horizons and strings
Professor Andrew Strominger
Held in conjunction with the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
09 May 2012, 69 minutes
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What it means to be human
Panel discussion chaired by Sir Paul Nurse PRS with Professor Colin Blakemore FRS, Professor Robin Dunbar FBA, Professor Ruth Mace FBA and Professor Mark Pagel FRS.
Held as part of “What it means to be human – new perspectives on the boundaries of human nature”, an afternoon seminar and evening public discussion jointly organised by the British Academy and the Royal Society.
08 March 2012, 98 minutes
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Bioinspired technology: from cochlear implants to an artificial pancreas
Professor Christofer Toumazou FRS
28 November 2011, 67 minutes
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One step away from the shore: Dive into the thrilling and extraordinary world of science
Judges Richard Holmes, Robert Llewellyn, Professor Jenny Clack FRS, Professor Cait MacPhee, and shortlisted authors Alex Bellos, Guy Deutscher, Sam Kean, Guy Pretor-Pinney, Ian Sample, and Jon Turney
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2011
17 November 2011, 95 minutes
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On the bookseller's dilemma: "Where do I put a novel about scientists, in 'Fiction' or 'Popular Science'?"
Apostolos Doxiadis
Held as part of One Culture: The Royal Society festival of literature and arts
01 October 2011, 56 minutes
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About Time
Gillian Beer FBA and Eva Hoffman in conversation, chaired by John D Barrow FRS
Organised by the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. Held as part of One Culture: The Royal Society festival of literature and arts
01 October 2011, 64 minutes
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Is biodiversity going the way of the dodo?
Panel discussion with Professor Jonathan Baillie, Dr William Cheung, Professor Adrian Lister and chaired by Dr Susan Lieberman
Held as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011
08 July 2011, 93 minutes
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Neuroscience of emotion
Panel discussion involving Professor David Freedberg, Dr Daniela Schiller, Ian McEwan and chaired by Professor Ray Dolan FRS
Held as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011
05 July 2011, 89 minutes
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A voyage around the functions of the human brain
Dr Holly Bridge
Held as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011
05 July 2011, 27 minutes
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The Information. A History, A Theory, A Flood.
James Gleick
12 April 2011, 66 minutes
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Eyes on the stars – Space as inspiration
Piers Sellers in conversation with Rona Munro and John Zarnecki
Organised in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company
30 March 2011, 64 minutes
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What if...? Coping with uncertainty in health science
Panel discussion involving Tracey Brown, Professor Angela McLean FRS, Professor Richard Jones FRS, Professor Andrew Stirling and chaired by Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS
01 March 2011, 64 minutes
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From bears' winter-sleep to advanced antibiotics
Professor Ada Yonath
24 February 2011, 63 minutes
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Opening the information floodgates: the technologies and challenges of a web of linked data
Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng
16 November 2010, 71 minutes
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A problem shared: securing a future for our planet
Margaret Atwood in conversation with Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS chaired by Gabrielle Walker
Public event: This is event is jointly hosted by the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. It is sponsored by ALCS.
03 November 2010, 85 minutes
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Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2010
Chaired by Maggie Philbin with shortlisted authors Henry Pollack, Frederick Grinnell, James Hannam, Nick Lane, Marcus Chown, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw. Featuring Lord Rees PRS and judges Janet Anders, Tim Birkhead FRS and Tracy Chevalier.
Reading and discussion by the shortlisted authors and announcement of the winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2010
21 October 2010, minutes
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Cloning, stem cells and regenerative medicine
Professor Sir Ian Wilmut FRS
19 October 2010, 64 minutes
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Our buildings. Our neighbourhoods. Our cities?
Chaired by Alok Jha (The Guardian). Panelists: Dr Janet Barlow (University of Reading), Rab Bennetts OBE (Bennetts Associates Architects), Anna Coote (nef - new economics foundation), Professor Jeremy Watson (Arup and Department of Communities & Local Government) and Sir Alan Wilson FRS (University College London)
Organised in partnership with Open-City in association with their 2010 Open House weekend programme and the Society's 350th anniversary Capital Science programme.
13 September 2010, 79 minutes
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Future Technologies
Sir Tim Berners-Lee FRS , Stephen Fry, Professor Dame Wendy Hall FRS , Dr Jim Haseloff, Bill Thompson
Part of See Further: The Festival of Science + Arts
Celebrating 350 years of the Royal Society
28 June 2010, 90 minutes
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Three score years and then? the new biology of ageing
Chaired by Professor Richard Faragher (University of Brighton) with Professor John Harris (University of Manchester), Professor Janet Lord (University of Birmingham) and Professor Linda Partridge DBE FRS (University College London)
11 May 2010, 62 minutes
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Mammalian biodiversity: past, present, future?
Professor Andy Purvis
20 April 2010, 77 minutes
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Rising to the Climate Challenge: Artists and Scientists Imagine Tomorrow’s World
One-day public symposium at Tate Modern - 30 minute highlights film
Features Bob Bloomfield, Catherine Brahic, Agnes Denes, Professor Brian Hoskins FRS, Charlie Kronick, Professor Corinne Le Quere, Professor Peter Liss FRS, Judith Nesbitt Lucy Orta, Professor Steve Rayner, Gabriela Salgado, Tomas Saraceno, Professor John Shepherd FRS, Anne-Sophie Witzke
Public event as part of Capital Science and the Society's 350th anniversary celebrations in 2010
20 March 2010, 32 minutes
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The great ideas of biology
Sir Paul Nurse FRS
08 February 2010, 60 minutes
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Seeing Further – The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Melvyn Bragg with Bill Bryson, Maggie Gee, Richard Holmes and Ian Stewart
28 January 2010, 60 minutes
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The eerie silence: are we alone in the universe?
Professor Paul Davies
26 January 2010, 64 minutes
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Geoengineering: a brave new world? Panel Discussion
Curated by Professor John Shepherd FRS with speakers Professor Brian Launder FREng FRS, Dr David Santillo, Professor Corinne Le Quéré, and Professor Steve Rayner
19 January 2010, 62 minutes
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Science not stamp collecting – the importance of botany from 1759 to 2059
Professor Stephen Hopper
Arranged in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to celebrate their 250th anniversary in 2009.
01 December 2009, 68 minutes
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Mathematical curiosities and treasures from Professor Stewart’s cabinet
Professor Ian Stewart FRS
05 November 2009, 63 minutes
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The last 2 million years of human evolution
Professor Christopher Stringer FRS
20 October 2009, 70 minutes
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Cognitive enhancing drugs: neuroethical issues
Professor Barbara Sahakian
13 October 2009, 67 minutes
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Fossils, fact and fiction
Tracy Chevalier FRSL in conversation with Dr Richard Fortey FRS, Chaired by Dr Alice Roberts
In association with the Royal Society of Literature
05 October 2009, 58 minutes
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Seeing the invisible: observing the dark side of the universe
Dr Sarah Bridle
Part of Astronomy: Capturing light and dark
01 October 2009, 60 minutes
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Particle physics and the mysteries of the early Universe
Dr Cristina Lazzeroni
Summer Science Exhibition
30 June 2009, 41 minutes
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"The Great British Refurb": Housing for a low carbon energy future
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn
Part of the Story of London Festival
09 June 2009, 68 minutes
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Making choices to conserve the world’s species: what, where and when?
Professor Georgina Mace FRS, Dr Jonathan Baillie, Professor Hugh Possingham and Dr Mark Avery, chaired by Sir John Lawton CBE FRS
19 May 2009, 65 minutes
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The origins of flowers
Sir Peter Crane FRS
12 May 2009, 64 minutes
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Two Cultures: 50 years on
Professor Stefan Collini FBA, Rt. Hon John Denham MP, Sian Ede, Professor Marcus du Sautoy. Chaired by Melvyn Bragg, Lord Bragg of Wigton.
A public panel discussion as part of the Royal Society's President's Programme. Supported by Prospect Magazine.
05 May 2009, 70 minutes
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Climate change and extinction
Dr Richard Leakey FRS
27 April 2009, 67 minutes
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Talent and Autism
Uta Frith and Daniel Glaser with Francesca Happé, Mark Lythgoe, John Sloboda, Joan Freeman
An evening discussion convened jointly by the British Academy and the Royal Society
12 March 2009, 93 minutes
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What’s going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future
Professor Robert Mair FREng FRS
18 February 2009, 62 minutes
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Lost in history
Adriano Shaplin in conversation with Simon Schaffer
24 November 2008, 66 minutes
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Proof-reading: Telling stories with numbers, telling stories with words
Mark Haddon in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy
In association with the Royal Society of Literature
10 November 2008, 63 minutes
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In Conversation with Dr Hiba Mohamed
Dr Hiba Mohamed in conversation with Sir Magdi Yacoub FRS
Pfizer Award
03 November 2008, 63 minutes
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In conversation with Sir Martin Evans
Sir Martin Evans FRS
01 October 2008, 56 minutes
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Climate change: what can space teach us about our own planet?'
Maggie Aderin
Summer Science Exhibition
02 July 2008, 47 minutes
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Stumbling on happiness
Daniel Gilbert
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
12 June 2008, 79 minutes
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We are what we remember: memory and the biological basis of individuality
Eric R. Kandel
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
22 April 2008, 83 minutes
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Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s journey through symmetry
Professor Marcus du Sautoy
21 February 2008, 62 minutes
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Touchdown on Titan
Professor John Zarnecki
03 December 2007, 81 minutes
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Nature and nurture in brain function: clues from synesthesia and phantom limbs
Professor VS Ramachandran,
28 November 2007, 80 minutes
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Washing dirty lab coats on the page and the stage
Carl Djerassi FRS
14 November 2007, 76 minutes
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Climate change on the living Earth
Professor James Lovelock CH CBE FRS
29 October 2007, 65 minutes
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Behaving badly
Professor Uta Frith FRS, John Banville, James Blair, Terrie Moffitt, Fay Weldon
15 October 2007, 90 minutes
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Mind-reading machines: technologies with People Sense
Dr Rana el Kaliouby
27 September 2007, 69 minutes
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Deep sea discoveries: Arctic Coral Reefs?
Dr Jason Hall-Spencer
Summer Science Exhibition
02 July 2007, 33 minutes
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The LHC: or how the world’s largest experiment can investigate matter’s smallest constituents
Dr Tara Shears
21 June 2007, 70 minutes
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From sled dogs to rockets: What is everyone doing in the Antarctic and the Arctic?
Paul Rose
Held in support of International Polar Year
24 April 2007, 80 minutes
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Islam and science: beyond the troubled relationship
Ziauddin Sardar
12 December 2006, 75 minutes
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Continuing the voyages of the Endeavour
Dr Mike Griffin
01 December 2006, 56 minutes
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Mind - the gap?
Chaired by Maggie Gee with Nicky Clayton, Doris Lessing, Will Self, Andrew Whiten
In association with the Royal Society of Literature
28 November 2006, 86 minutes
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In conversation with Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn with Professor Lisa Jardine
24 November 2006, 75 minutes
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Exchanges in science and religion
Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS
07 November 2006, 64 minutes
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Why life speeds up as you get older
Douwe Draaisma
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
16 October 2006, 61 minutes
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Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right
Professor Steve Jones
11 April 2006, 72 minutes
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Cosmic Africa
Dr Thebe Medupe
30 January 2006, 57 minutes
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Einstein vs. Newton debate
Chaired by Marcus Du Sautoy, with Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Dr Mark Lythgoe, Sir John Enderby FRS, and Dr Patricia Fara.
23 November 2005, 77 minutes
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The roots of the 'Royal' and the Scottish connection
John Gribbin
04 October 2005, 57 minutes
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The right climate for business
Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool FRS
29 June 2005, 75 minutes
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New views on human origins
Professor Chris Stringer FRS
02 June 2005, 75 minutes
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Why we cooperate
Professor Martin Nowak
03 May 2005, 66 minutes
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Global warming in a chaotic climate - can we be sure?
Tim Palmer FRS and Tim Wheeler
26 April 2005, 67 minutes
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A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
10 March 2005, 67 minutes
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Collapse: how societies choose to fail or survive
Professor Jared Diamond
20 January 2005, 72 minutes
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Science, complexity and the nature of existence
George Ellis
09 December 2004, 63 minutes
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A new Eden
Tim Smit
27 October 2004, 70 minutes
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Not just about numbers
John D Barrow
19 October 2004, 51 minutes
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Wild Reckonings - poems inspired by Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring".
Chaired by Sian Ede, with readers including Richard Dawkins FRS, Ruth Padel, Simon Armitage, John Burnside and Maurice Riordan
05 October 2004, 65 minutes
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Exploring nanotechnologies public debate
Nick Ross, with Ann Dowling (University of Cambridge), Deidre Hutton (National Consumers Council), Doug Parr (Greenpeace),and Ian Pearson (BT Futurologist)
29 September 2004, 83 minutes
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Beauty in science and literature
Chaired by Dan Glaser with Ben Okri FRSL and Nancy Rothwell FRS
In association with the Royal Society of Literature
14 September 2004, 75 minutes
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Trends in global fisheries: implication for food security
Professor Daniel Pauly
21 July 2004, 66 minutes
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Challenges facing the human exploration of Mars
Dr David Scott
05 May 2004, 72 minutes
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Beagle 2 - the next generation - in conversation with Colin Pillinger
Colin Pillinger FRS
08 March 2004, 78 minutes
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The future of the world wide web
Tim Berners-Lee FRS
22 September 2003, 85 minutes
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Nobel lives
Sir John Sulston FRS and Dr Sydney Brenner FRS
01 April 2003, 70 minutes
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To boldly go - the future of space exploration
Dr David Scott, Professor Colin Pillinger FRS and Professor David Southwood
01 October 2002, 82 minutes
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