Podcasts by Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2008 - Video
Spring 2008 - 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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Reconstructing a Face After Cancer Surgery - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cancer of the mouth and face affects our swallowing, our speech and more importantly our self-perception and self-esteem. Therefore, reconstructive surgery of the mouth and face touches on the deep...
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Differences in cognitive abilities between the sexes - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To even suggest there are sex differences in cognitive abilities is anathema to many. Academics have been sacked for suggesting that there may be group differences in general or specific intelligen...
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Intelligent Colour - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Not all colours in nature originate from pigments. Colour can also emerge if the microstructure of a material is fashioned into an optical diffraction grating. In nanotechnology, this capability of...
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What can Venus, Mars and Titan tell us about Earth? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Several space missions of planetary exploration are currently underway, including Venus Express and Mars Express to our planetary neighbours and Cassini-Huygens to Saturn. In this talk, we will loo...
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The Yin and Yang of Cellular Communication - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The lecture looks at how cells in emerging multicellular organisms have evolved ways of communicating with each other. The basic ‘yes’ and ‘no’ signalling was probably mediated by release into the ...
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The Pleasures of Driving - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nowadays we are all very aware of some the considerable disadvantages, danger and damage caused by automobile driving. Yet people continue to drive, even when suitable alternatives exists. This tal...
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Tesla and the Art of Fugue - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Although the field of ‘art and science’ – the fusion of art, science and technology – has existed for at least two decades, its validity and value are still questioned, often very forcefully, by bo...
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Hepatitis B, a Neat Little Virus - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amongst all human pathogens, the hepatitis B virus is one of the smallest known. The virus particle itself was first described in this Medical School nearly 40 years ago, although its existence had...
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Toad meets T-Rex: The Evolution and Diversification of Frogs - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Love them or loathe them, frogs have a place in popular culture, from ‘Kermit’ to ‘Toad of Toad Hall’. The short, tailless body, large head, and long legs give a profile that is vaguely humanoid, b...
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The Making of Stars and Planets - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stars are formed from the interstellar medium and yet throughout their lifetime they feed material back into it. The interaction and exchange between the stars and the interstellar medium is theref...
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The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement: Law, Science and Globalising Markets - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The SPS Agreement is one of the most innovative and controversial aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This agreement uses science as a benchmark for assessing the legality of Member Stat...
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Lovers in Lab Coats: When Scientists Collaborate as Husband and Wife - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The newlyweds George Gaylord Simpson (palaeontologist) and Anne Roe (psychologist) travelled through Venezuela on an expedition in 1938–39. The result was intellectual work unlike anything each did...
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The Strange Case of Hart Crane and Samuel Greenberg - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the most striking poems in the American poet Hart Crane’s first collection, ‘White Buildings’ (1926) is ‘Emblems of Conduct’. Long after Crane’s premature death in 1932, it emerged that this...
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Living Without a Language Instinct: Language, the Brain and Children With Specific Language Impairment - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Language is a highly complex, specialised cognitive ability that is unique to humans. Nevertheless, most three-year-olds can talk using simple sentences. However, seven per cent of otherwise normal...
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Living Without a Language Instinct: Language, the Brain and Children With Specific Language Impairment - Video from 2011-02-04T12:09:44
Language is a highly complex, specialised cognitive ability that is unique to humans. Nevertheless, most three-year-olds can talk using simple sentences. However, seven per cent of otherwise normal...
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Living Without a Language Instinct: Language, the Brain and Children With Specific Language Impairment - Video from 2011-02-04T12:09:44
Language is a highly complex, specialised cognitive ability that is unique to humans. Nevertheless, most three-year-olds can talk using simple sentences. However, seven per cent of otherwise normal...
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