Podcasts by Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Video
Spring 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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Great 2 meet u IRL :-) Twitter and digital identity - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is Twitter an ephemeral technology, consisting of mundane chat about people's personal lives? Or can a study of its use help us to understand how we express our identities on and offline? Can Twitt...
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Should the brain be left to neuroscientists? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of c...
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Sex, Drugs, the Internet and Juries - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is it true that juries rarely convict defendants in rape cases and are more likely to convict ethnic minority defendants than White defendants? And why can’t jurors resist going home at night and g...
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Genetic testing in the 21st century: Should we screen the human embryonic genome before implantation? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), embryos are created by IVF and cells removed from these embryos for genetic analysis. Until recently, testing was solely for the disease the couple carri...
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The origins of the ‘ndrangheta of Calabria: Italy’s most powerful mafia - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On 15 August 2007, six young men with origins in the Italian region of Calabria were ambushed and murdered in the German steel town of Duisburg. This was northern Europe’s St Valentine’s Day massac...
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Will robots take over the world? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2011 is the 90th anniversary of the robot, first imagined as a character in a play, performed in Prague in 1921. It is also the 50th anniversary of the first use of robots in industry with the robo...
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Sex education via the media: Promises and pitfalls - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This lecture will draw on Dr Boynton's experiences of delivering sex advice through the media - as an agony aunt in magazines and online ,and for education radio and TV such as Channel 4's The Sex ...
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From prehistory to the London blitz: foreshore archaeology and a rising river - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When the tide is out, the Thames foreshore is the longest archaeological site in London. The remains cover a wide range of our long history and include prehistoric forests, a Bronze Age bridge, Sax...
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Landing on a planet at 600 miles per hour - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Unmanned robotic missions are essential for understanding the planets within our solar system. Current missions comprise of gentle landings combined with rovers to explore the local region. Due to ...
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Homophobia - a global phenomenon - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To mark LGBT History Month, Professor Michael King will look at why homophobia has existed in nearly every society throughout history, and what motivates the hatred of gay people around the world. ...
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Lisbon, 1939-45: the untold story of Portugal and the Jewish refugees - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
During World War II, Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality, but was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval wars between the Alli...
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Stabilising the global population: Where next for the Millennium Development Goals for health and nutrition? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In many poor countries the Millennium Development Goals for improvements in nutrition and health, especially of mothers and children, will not be met by the target date of 2015. This talk will revi...
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Who enjoys shopping in IKEA? - Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Alan Penn will describe the way that architects use space to sell you things. He shows how space creates patterns of movement and this brings you in contact with goods. In IKEA though, th...
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Who enjoys shopping in IKEA? - Video from 2011-01-21T10:21:07
Professor Alan Penn will describe the way that architects use space to sell you things. He shows how space creates patterns of movement and this brings you in contact with goods. In IKEA though, th...
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Who enjoys shopping in IKEA? - Video from 2011-01-21T10:21:07
Professor Alan Penn will describe the way that architects use space to sell you things. He shows how space creates patterns of movement and this brings you in contact with goods. In IKEA though, th...
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