Ranked #1
Gaia's mission: solving the celestial puzzle
Gaia's mission: solving the celestial puzzle
A space mission to create the largest, most-accurate, map of the Milky Way in three dimensions will revolutionise our un... Read more
31 Jul 2014
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19mins
Ranked #2
Darwin's Women
Darwin's Women
The Darwin Correspondence Project is researching Charles Darwin's letters and has so far located more than 15,000 he eit... Read more
31 Jul 2014
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19mins
Ranked #3
Cambridge Ideas - The future of energy?
Cambridge Ideas - The future of energy?
Today, we consume a truly vast amount of energy - with demand continuing to skyrocket at an alarming rate. We know that ... Read more
3 Aug 2012
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14mins
Ranked #4
Cambridge Ideas - Memories Of Old Awake
Cambridge Ideas - Memories Of Old Awake
Dr Emily Lethbridge, a Cambridge University academic, is exploring the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögu... Read more
27 Sep 2011
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14mins
Ranked #5
Cambridge Ideas - Don't Eat the Plants
Cambridge Ideas - Don't Eat the Plants
Are plants as defenceless as they appear? See the world how the plants do, as Professor John Parker, explores how plants... Read more
23 May 2011
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6mins
Ranked #6
Cambridge Ideas - How Many Lightbulbs?
Cambridge Ideas - How Many Lightbulbs?
Cambridge University physicist, David Mackay, in a passionate, personal analysis of the energy crisis in the UK, in whic... Read more
20 May 2011
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6mins
Ranked #7
Cambridge Ideas - Sticky Feet
Cambridge Ideas - Sticky Feet
Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, while carrying 100 times their body weight. But... Read more
12 Apr 2011
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6mins
Ranked #8
Cambridge Ideas - The Perfect Crew?
Cambridge Ideas - The Perfect Crew?
Striving for, and achieving, high performance in teams has become a major business imperative. Drawing on two years of e... Read more
31 Mar 2011
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5mins
Ranked #9
Cambridge Ideas - Strange Seas of Thought
Cambridge Ideas - Strange Seas of Thought
A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation. We know about the experiments that have led to great scien... Read more
30 Mar 2011
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5mins
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Cambridge Ideas - Vanishing Voices
Cambridge Ideas - Vanishing Voices
Of the world's 6,500 living languages, half will cease to be spoken by the end of this century. Dr Mark Turin, director ... Read more
28 Feb 2011
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6mins