Podcasts by Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2011 - Video
Autumn 2011 - UCL's Lunch Hour Lecture Series is an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at the university, in bite-size chunks. Speakers are drawn from across UCL and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications. Lunch Hour Lectures require no pre-booking, are free to attend and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The price of the pouch: the evolutionary ramifications of mammalian reproductive strategies - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mammals are characterized by lengthy maternal care, and this has been linked to manifold attributes of this successful and charismatic group that includes our own species. However, living mammals d...
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The highs and lows of our nearest star, the Sun - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There is more to the Sun than meets the eye. Observations from spacecraft have, over the last 50 years, revealed a dynamic and active behaviour to our Sun that cannot be seen from the Earth. Recent...
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From pathogen to ally: engineering viruses to treat disease - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recombinant DNA technology has been in widespread use since the 1980s. It has allowed the engineering of viral genomes to produce a number of safe and useful medicines. To mark World AIDS Day, this...
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Did democracy cause the American Civil War? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A hundred and fifty years ago the first shots of the American Civil War were fired. It was a war that was to result in the deaths of perhaps three quarters of a million people. Yet the United State...
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Child development in developing countries - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this lecture Professor Attanasio will talk about the recent interest in child development in developing countries, through intervention in early years, and will describe a pilot intervention pro...
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Prometheus and I: building new body parts from stem cells - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prometheus created life from clay, and within many surgeons there is a desire to do the same in an effort to stave off death and disease. Organ transplantation has been one Promethean solution, but...
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When technology design provokes errors - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did you ever forget your chip & pin card in a card reader? Leave the original on a photocopier? Send an email to the wrong person from your address book? The way technology is designed can make err...
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London, the divorce capital of the world. ‘Big money’ divorce cases: fairness, gender and judicial discretion - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The law gives the courts very broad discretion to determine ‘fair’ property and financial awards when couples divorce. While that discretion is exercised in all cases, it has been shaped by princip...
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Photons, spacecraft, atomic clocks and Einstein – fundamental physics in the space environment - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Satellites designed, built and launched by humans orbit the earth to carry out a myriad of tasks, friendly and hostile, commercial and scientific. Many of these missions supply critical data to mod...
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What has 'The King’s Speech' done to improve public awareness about stuttering? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The King’s Speech provides a backdrop against which to review our current understanding of stuttering, also known as stammering. To mark Stammering Awareness Day (22 October) Professor Howell will ...
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Osteoporosis: Bouncing babies to crumbling wrinklies - the need to own our bones - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The skeleton is key to our ability to undertake everyday movements and activities related to well-being and high quality independent living. The general perception of bone is that of a museum speci...
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Voicing Slavery: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mary Prince - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Women's voices were central to the struggle against slavery in the early 19th century. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one of Britain's greatest poets, was the daughter of a slaveowner and the family m...
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The perfect storm: Can disaster reduction occur in the face of climate change and population growth? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the near future we face the perfect storm; where the combination of climate change and population growth is set to increase the numbers of people affected by 'natural' disasters. By 2030 globall...
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The perfect storm: Can disaster reduction occur in the face of climate change and population growth? - Video from 2011-10-20T15:53:06
In the near future we face the perfect storm; where the combination of climate change and population growth is set to increase the numbers of people affected by 'natural' disasters. By 2030 globall...
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The perfect storm: Can disaster reduction occur in the face of climate change and population growth? - Video from 2011-10-20T15:53:06
In the near future we face the perfect storm; where the combination of climate change and population growth is set to increase the numbers of people affected by 'natural' disasters. By 2030 globall...
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