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Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2011 - Audio

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 U... Read more

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The price of the pouch: the evolutionary ramifications of mammalian reproductive strategies - Audio

The price of the pouch: the evolutionary ramifications of mammalian reproductive strategies - Audio

Mammals are characterized by lengthy maternal care, and this has been linked to manifold attributes of this successful a... Read more

20 Jan 2012

38mins

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Designing for Students - Audio

Designing for Students - Audio

Sir Peter Cook and his CRAB STUDIO have two new University buildings under construction in Austria and Australia. He des... Read more

20 Jan 2012

38mins

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From pathogen to ally: engineering viruses to treat disease - Audio

From pathogen to ally: engineering viruses to treat disease - Audio

Recombinant DNA technology has been in widespread use since the 1980s. It has allowed the engineering of viral genomes t... Read more

7 Dec 2011

37mins

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The highs and lows of our nearest star, the Sun - Audio

The highs and lows of our nearest star, the Sun - Audio

There is more to the Sun than meets the eye. Observations from spacecraft have, over the last 50 years, revealed a dynam... Read more

7 Dec 2011

34mins

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Did democracy cause the American Civil War? - Audio

Did democracy cause the American Civil War? - Audio

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 t... Read more

1 Dec 2011

41mins

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Child development in developing countries - Audio

Child development in developing countries - Audio

In this lecture Professor Attanasio will talk about the recent interest in child development in developing countries, th... Read more

1 Dec 2011

40mins

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Prometheus and I: building new body parts from stem cells - Audio

Prometheus and I: building new body parts from stem cells - Audio

Prometheus created life from clay, and within many surgeons there is a desire to do the same in an effort to stave off d... Read more

24 Nov 2011

39mins

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Against nature? Homosexuality and evolution - Audio

Against nature? Homosexuality and evolution - Audio

Same-sex sexual behaviour is often condemned on the grounds that it is "against nature". Indeed, biology tells us that s... Read more

24 Nov 2011

39mins

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When technology design provokes errors - Audio

When technology design provokes errors - Audio

Did you ever forget your chip & pin card in a card reader? Leave the original on a photocopier? Send an email to the... Read more

10 Nov 2011

37mins

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London, the divorce capital of the world. ‘Big money’ divorce cases: fairness, gender and judicial discretion - Audio

London, the divorce capital of the world. ‘Big money’ divorce cases: fairness, gender and judicial discretion - Audio

The law gives the courts very broad discretion to determine ‘fair’ property and financial awards when couples divorce. W... Read more

10 Nov 2011

32mins

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