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Watch and listen to Royal Society events online, at home, in the office, or on the move. Our public events and prize lectures feature cutting-edge science, revealing history of science, and the exploration of science and culture.

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The next big thing

Stephen Fry, Tim Berners-Lee and others look into the future

Great ideas of biology

Public lecture by Sir Paul Nurse FRS

Plasticity of the brain

Ferrier prize lecture by Colin Blakemore FRS

Plastic electronics

Bakerian prize lecture by Donal Bradley CBE FRS

The eerie silence

Professor Paul Davies asks: are we really alone in the universe?

The secret mathematicians

Faraday prize lecture by Marcus du Sautoy

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Stones from the sky: A heaven-sent opportunity to talk about science, Professor Colin Pillinger CBE FRS

Repairing the code, Dr Simon Boulton

President's Anniversary Day Address 2011, Sir Paul Nurse PRS

Bioinspired technology: from cochlear implants to an artificial pancreas, Professor Christofer Toumazou FRS

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

When will we understand Autism Spectrum Disorders?, Professor Francesca Happé

Royal Society Pfizer Award 2011 video, Dr Julie Makani

The future role of nuclear power in the UK’s long term energy policy, Chris Huhne

Carbon electronics, Professor S Ravi P Silva FREng

Following function in real time, Professor Clare Grey FRS

On the bookseller's dilemma: "Where do I put a novel about scientists, in 'Fiction' or 'Popular Science'?", Apostolos Doxiadis

About Time, Gillian Beer FBA and Eva Hoffman in conversation, chaired by John D Barrow FRS

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

Neuroscience of emotion, Panel discussion involving Professor David Freedberg, Dr Daniela Schiller, Ian McEwan and chaired by Professor Ray Dolan FRS

A voyage around the functions of the human brain, Dr Holly Bridge

Presentation of King Charles II medal (Language: English) or (Language: Mandarin),Mr Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Sir Paul Nurse PRS, President of the Royal Society

Molecular chaperones: how cells stop proteins from misbehaving, Emeritus Professor John Ellis FRS

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Stones from the sky: A heaven-sent opportunity to talk about science, Michael Faraday Prize Lecture by Professor Colin Pillinger CBE FRS. From 5.30pm - 6.30pm (GMT) on 12 January 2012. View event details or watch live.

Other recent events

The Information. A History, A Theory, A Flood., James Gleick

Eyes on the stars – Space as inspiration, Piers Sellers in conversation with Rona Munro and John Zarnecki

Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century launch conference. View the available webcasts from the launch confreence for the Royal Society policy report, Knowledge, Networks and Nations.

Carbon storage: caught between a rock and climate change, Professor Herbert Huppert FRS

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

From bears' winter-sleep to advanced antibiotics, Professor Ada Yonath

The end of the world in 2012? Science communication and science scares, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS

A problem shared: securing a future for our planet, Margaret Atwood in conversation with Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS chaired by Gabrielle Walker

Royal Society Pfizer Award 2010 video, Dr Collins Ouma

DNA repair: protecting the blueprint for life, Dr Stephen West FRS

President's Anniversary Day Address 2010, Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow FRS

Black holes and spin offs, Professor Katherine Blundell

Opening the information floodgates: the technologies and challenges of a web of linked data, Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng

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