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"When a scientist gazes silently up at the sky..."
2011 • People
"... we had a lot of little games, like you would say at the dinner table..."
2011 • People
“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
2015 • Science
Scientists at the "Centre for Existential Risk" grapple with the unprecedented number of planetary threats facing humanity, from runaway AI and cyber attacks to bioterror and nuclear war.
S1E7 • Stories of Impact • 2019 • Science
Interweaves the present-day story of the Rosens, a young family on an odyssey to find a cure for their four-year old daughter's rare genetic disease, with stories of the exciting discoveries of the early pioneers in genetics — Gregor Mendel, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Francis Crick and James Watson. This episode also tracks the dark period in human history when a little genetic knowledge was used to justify terrifying human experiments that culminated in the Holocaust.
S1E1 • The Gene: An Intimate History • 2020 • Science
The final lecture in the series begins with a 'heist'. A jewel thief steals a precious man-made diamond from the Royal Institution's collection. Can forensic evidence conclusively identify and convict the criminal responsible? To find out, the Royal Institution's lecture theatre is transformed into a courtroom and the audience acts as jury on the case, with a special guest king's counsel invited to defend the suspect. Forensic evidence is based on probability; it can never be 100 per cent certain. So, how convincing does the evidence need to be for the court of the Royal Institution's own jury to reach a guilty verdict? Includes insights from real criminal investigations.
S1E3 • Secrets of Forensic Science • 2022 • Science
In this mind-bending episode can the participants work out where the universe comes from?
Part 4 • Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today.
How does the cloud above your head connect to the cloud that stores your data? The answer involves a shipwreck and a shark-proof garden hose.
S1E5 • Connected - The Hidden Science of Everything • 2020 • Science